Sunrisescarf: A Detailed Guide to Creating a Light and Lace Hand-Knitted Scarf Using Naturally Dyed Baby Camel and Tussah Silk Yarn

SUNRISESCARF

This is a light and lacy scarf that was designed to bring out the fine texture and soft hand of a Naturally Dyed 50% Baby Camel and 50% Tussah Silk from my local fiber store, "A Verb For Keeping Warm" ( www.averbforkeepingwarm.com ) in Oakland, California. The colorway is called “Pucker"; in a dusty rose color bringing to mind a very soft kiss. I used the “Sunspot" pattern from Barbara Walker's 'Charted Knitting Designs, A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns', as the base stitch for the body of this scarf (the spots almost look like a mouth puckering for a kiss). This design is really lovely on either side of the fabric.

Materials:

Yarn: Fingering or sock weight. Mine was a hand-spun, 2 ply laceweight with 14 pliedtwists/inch Yardage used: 386yards Needles:US5 Gauge: 7 stitches/inch in stockinette stitch but gauge is not absolutely critical. Finished size: 72 X 6"

Abbreviations:

K: knit P: purl PM: place marker (then pass marker) yo: yarn over, k2tog: knit 2 stitches together k3tog: knit 3 stitches together p2tog: purl 2 stitches together p3tog: purl 3 stitches together ssk: slip, slip, knit sl1-k2tog-psso: slip1 stitch, knit next 2 stitches together, then pass slipped stitch over the knited ones cdd or center double decrease: sl2-k1-p2sso: slip 2 stitches, knit next stitch, then pass the 2 slipped stitches over the knit one (making 3 stitches into 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjWrsQivZz0 inc 1: insert needle into back of stitch in row below first stitch on left-hand needle, and knit it; then knit stitch on the needle. (READ THIS CAREFULLY!) cdi or center double inc: Knit into back, then front of stitch & then knit into vertical bar between stitches, (making 3 stitches from 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11qYe81lAT8

Project instructions:

Cast on 59 stitches (l used a knitted cast-on and I put a stitch marker after the 1st 5 stitches and before the last 5 stitches to mark the borders). Begin border pattern and knit as follows (always slip 1st stitch and purl last stitch): Row 1 (right side): S1 K4, SSK, \*K9, sl2tog-K1-P2ss0; repeat from \* 3 times (to last 16 stitches), K9, K2TOG, K4,p1 (51 stitches) Row 2 : S1 K4, \*P1,K4, [K1,yo, K1] in next stitch,k4\*; repeat from\* to last 6 stitches, p1, K4,p1 (59 stitches) Repeat these 2 rows for atotal of 17 rows (51 stitches) Row 18 (decrese row): S1 K4, P1, K2, K2tog, K1, K2tog twice, P1, K2tog twice, K1, K2tog twice, P1, K2tog twice , k1, K2tog twice, P1, K2tog twice, K1, K2tog, K2, P1, K4, P1 (37 stitches) Rows 19-23: Knit entire row (slip 1st stitch,purl last stitch each row) Rows 24, 26, and 27: S1 K4, PM, Purl 27, PM, K4,p1 Row 25: S1 K4, PM, Knit 27, PM, K4,p1 Next row: start Pattern from Chart (or use the written portion below) and continue until desired scarf length is achieved, leaving enough yarn repeat the initial border pattern in reverse atend.

Main scarf body, written pattern (37 stitches):

Row 1: s,k5,k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, sk, yo, sk2p, yo,k2tog, yo,p5, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k5, p1 Row 2: s, k4,p5,k5,p7, k5,p5,k4,p1 Row 3: s, k5, yo, k3tog, yo, p7, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, p7, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, k4, pl Row 4: s, k4,p4, k7,p5, k7,p4, k4,pl Row 5: s,k4, ssk, yo, ssk, yo,p7, yo, cdd, yo, ssk, yo,p7, yo, cdd, yo,k5, p1 Row 6: s, k4, p4, k7,p5, k7,p4, k4,p1 Row 7: s,k5, yo, cdd, yo,p7, yo, k2tog, yo, cdd, yo, p7, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k4, p1 Row 8: s, k4, p4, k7,p5, k7,p4, k4,pl Row 9: s, k5,inc1, yo, sk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, cdil-3, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, inc1, k5,p1 Row 10: s,k4, p6, k3tog, p9, x, k3tog, p6, k4,p1 Row 11: s, k5, inc1, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, cdi1-3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, inc1, k5,p1 Row 12: s, k4, p6, k3, p9, k3, p6, k4, p1 Row 13: s, k5,p3, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p, yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p, yo, k2tog, yo, p3, k5,pl Row 14: s, k4, p1, k3,p7, k5,p7, k3,p1, k4,pl Row 15: s, k5, p4, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, p7, yo, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, p4, k5, p1 Row 16: s, k4,p1, k4, p5, k7,p5,k4,p1, k4, pl Row 17: s, k5,p4, yo, cdd, yo, ssk, yo,p7, yo, cdd, yo, ssk, yo, p4, k5,pl Row 18: s, k4, p1, k4, p5, k7,p5, k4, p1, k4, pl Row 19: s, k5, p4, yo, k2tog, yo, cdd, yo, p7, yo, k2tog, yo, cdd, yo, p4, k5, p1 Row 20: s, k4, p1, k4, p5, k7,p5, k4, p1, k4,p1 Row 21: s, k5, p2tog2, yo, k2tog, yo, cdi1-3, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, cdi1-3, yo, ssk, yo, p2tog2, k5,p1 Row 22: s, k4, p1, k2tog, p9,k3tog, p9, k2tog, p1, k4,pl Row 23: s, k5, pl, x, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, cdi1-3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, cdi1- 3, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, p1, k5,p1 Row 24: s, k4,p1, k1, p10, kl,p12,kl,pl,k4,pl REPEAT THESE 24 ROWS UNTIL DESIRED LENGTH LEAVING ENOUGH YARN TO

End border pattern:

Row 1 and 3: Knit (slip 1st stitch,purl last stitch ea row) Row 4 and 5: S1 K4, PM, Purl 27, PM, K4,p1 Row 6-9: Knit row (slip 1st stitch,purl last stitch ea row) (still 37 stitches) Row 10 (increase row): S1 K4, P1, K2, inc 1, K1, inc 1 twice, P1, inc 1 twice, K1, inc 1 twice, P1, inc 1 twice, K1,inc 1 twice, P1, inc 1 twice, K1, inc 1, K2, P1, K4,p1 (51 stitches) Row 11 : S1 K4, \*P1,K4, [K1,yo, K1] in next stitch,k4\*; repeat from to last 5 stitches, K4,p1 (59 stitches) Row 12 (right side): S1 K4, SSK, \*K9, sl2tog-K1-P2ss0; repeat from \* to last 16 stitches, K9, K2TOG, K4,p1 (51 stitches) Repeat row 11 and 12, 7 more times. Cast off loosely. Finishing details: wash and block