This scarf was designed after a ball of beautiful Elsebeth Lavold Chunky Al insisted on coming home with me. The cables and yarn over "ladders" take advantage of the great loft and elegant simplicity of this single ply yarn. I knit this up in a slightly shorter length using two balls of yarn. However, a longer version can be made with 3 balls by working extra pattern repeats.
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Size
M [L] (shown in size M)
Finished Measurements
Width: 5 inches
Length: 47[70] inches
Materials:
Elsebeth Lavold Chunky Al (50% FS alpaca/50% peruvian wool; 82yds
per 50g skein) Color: 009 moss; 2[3] skeins
[Alternative: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky (80% acrylic, 20% wool;153
yd per 140g skein) Color: 630-130 Grass; 1[2] skein(s)]
1 set of size 10 needles
Tapestry needle
Gauge
14 sts/18 rows= 4 inches in stockinette stitch
PATTERN NOTES
C3B
= slip 1 to cable needle, hold at back, k2, p st from cable needle.
C3F = slip 2 to cable needle, hold at front, p1, k2 from cable needle.
C5 = slip 3 sts to cable needle, hold in back, k2, k3 from cable needle.
DIRECTIONS
Loosely cast on 25 stitches.
Row 1 (WS): K2, p3, k5, p2, k1, p2, k5, p3, k2.
Row 2: K5, p5, k2, p1, k2, p5, k5.
Start working from the written directions below or from
the chart. Be sure to read the Chart Notes!
Rows 1 and 3 (WS): K2, p3, k5, p2, k1, p2, k5, p3, k2.
Row 2: K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p5, C5, p5, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 4 : K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p4, C3B, p1, C3F, p4, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 5 : K2, p3, k4, p2, k3, p2, k4, p3, k2.
Row 6 : K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p3, C3B, p3, C3F, p3, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 7 : K2, p3, k3, p2, k5, p2, k3, p3, k2.
Row 8 : K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p2, C3B, p5, C3F, p2, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 9 : K2, p3, k2, p2, k7, p2, k2, p3, k2.
Row 10 : K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p2, C3F, p5, C3B, p2, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 11 : K2, p3, k3, p2, k5, p2, k3, p3, k2.
Row 12: K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p3, C3F, p3, C3B, p3, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 13: K2, p3, k4, p2, k3, p2, k4, p3, k2.
Row 14: K2, k2tog, yo, k1, p4, C3F, p1, C3B, p4, k1, yo, ssk, k2.
Repeat rows one to fourteen 14[21] times.
Work final 3 rows.
End row 1 (WS): K2, p3, k5, p2, k1, p2, k5, p3, k2.
End row 2: K5, p5, k2, p1, k2, p5, k5.
End row 3: K2, p3, k5, p2, k1, p2, k5, p3, k2.
Bind off in pattern.
**CHART NOTES: Not shown in chart are 2 garter stitches (knit sts on every row) on each side creating the pattern border. Read odd numbered rows left to right, even numbered rows right to left. This chart starts with the Wrong Side (WS), so your first row is read left to right. This is opposite of most charts that start with the right side facing.
Finishing:
Weave in yarn ends and block.
