Rhea Scarf Pattern: A Super Long Shawlette with Grandmother's Edging, Knitting Instructions and Specifications

Rhea

A super long scarf with slight shawlette shaping. Rhea was a Titan goddess, mother of Zeus, and Grandmother of Artemis and Apollo; her name means "flow" and "ease", both of which I feel this scarf personifies. Dimensions: Approx. 7%"x 70" Materials: Yarn: Socks That Rock Medium Weight 380 yds/ 5.5 oz (used approximately 280yds of the skein)

Needle: 4.5 mm (depending on your gauge) Gauge: Gauge is not critical in this pattern, though a smaller gauge wil obviously yield a smaller scarf. Instructions: Using a suitably stretchy method, cast on 16 stitches (I used the Cable Cast On). Following Chart A, work 37 repeats of the edging pattern; if you want a shorter scarf, work fewer repeats, just keep in mind that the number of stitches you will be picking up along the edge will also be fewer. Bind off the stitches on the last row (row 14) of the 37th repeat so that you end up with the yarn on the side where you were slipping stitches and knitting through the back loop. DON'T CUT THE YARN. You should still have one stitch on the needle left over from binding off the edging, turn the work so the wrong side is facing you with the long edge up, and pick up and knit every stitch along the edge. You should now have 260 sts on your needle (or fewer if you did fewer edging repeats) and be ready to work a Rs row. Now to start the short row shaping of the scarf. Knit 138 sts (or, if you did fewer repeats, 8 sts past the center of your scarf), wrap the next st, turn. Purl 16 sts (picking up the wrap and purling it with its stitch when you reach it), wrap the next st, turn. Knit 24 sts (picking up the wrap when you reach it), wrap the next st, turn. Continue in this manner increasing your stitch count by 8 sts every time until you have reached the end of the RS stitches (there should still be a few stitches left to pick up on the WS row). Turn, [P2tog, YO] repeat to last 2 stitches, P2tog (picking up the wrap when you reach it). Note: you'll actually end up with only 4 stitches to pick up on the last set of rows, if desired you can instead pick up 10 stitches for the last two sets, which is what I did. You should now be set up for a RS row; cast on 4 stitches using the Cable Cast On or your preferred method for a stretchy cast on edge. Working back and forth to bind off the 260 sts with the knitted-on edge of Chart B. The SSK of the chart is worked with the last of the 4 edge stitches along with the "next" of the 260 stitches to be bound off. On the last WS row of the knitted-on edge, bind off the 4 edging stitches. Cut the yarn, weave in the ends, give your scarf a good wash and block it severely to really make that Grandmother's Edging shine. @

Legend

Chart A: Grandmother's Edging

Chart B: Knitted-on Edge