SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- LION BRAND® WOOL-EASE®
- #119 Succulent 2 skeins
- LION BRAND® circular needle size 11 (8 mm), 29 in. (73.5 cm) long
- LION BRAND® stitch markers
- LION BRAND® large-eyed blunt needle
- SIZE:
- About 12"x 40"
- GAUGE:
- EXACT GAUGE IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO THIS PROJECT.
DIRECTIONS:
NOTES:
Scarf is worked in one piece with 2 strands of yarn held together and beginning at top edge.
A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number sts. Work back and forth in rows on the circular needle just as if working on straight needles.
Scarf is worked in St st (k on RS, p on WS) with blocks Seed st. Markers are used to keep track of blocks.
Scarf is shaped with decreases.
SCARF:
With 2 strands of yarn held tog, cast on 101 sts.
Knit 1 row.
Set-Up Row (Place Markers - WS): P2tog, p26, place marker (pm), p to last 23 sts, pm, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - you will have 99 sts in this row.
Row 1 (RS): K2tog, k to marker, slip marker (sm), *p1, (k1, p1) twice (for Seed st block), k5 (for St st block); rep from * to next marker, sm, k to last 2 sts, k2tog - 97 sts.
Row 2: P2tog, p to marker, sm, *p5, p1, (k1, p1) twice; rep from * to next marker, sm, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 95 sts.
Rows 3 and 4: Rep Rows 1 and 2 - 91 sts in Row 4.
Row 5: Rep Row 1 - 89 sts.
Row 6 (Move Markers): P2tog, p to marker, remove marker, p5, pm, p to 5 sts before next marker, pm, p to marker, remove marker, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 87 sts.
Rows 7-30: Rep Rows 1-6 for 4 more times removing all markers as you work the last row - 39 sts in Row 30.
Row 31: K2tog, k to last 2 sts, k2tog - 37 sts.
Row 32: P2tog, p to last 2 sts, p2tog - 35 sts.
Rows 32-48: Rep Rows 31 and 32 for 8 more times - 3 sts in Row 48.
Row 49: K2tog, k1 - 2 sts.
Row 50: K2tog - 1 st.
Fasten off last st.
FINISHING:
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)(s)
k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 stitches together
p = purl
p2tog = purl 2 stitches together
rep = repeat
RS = right side
st(s) = stitch(es)
St st = Stockinette stitch
WS = wrong side