Pattern: Eton’s Scarf
Since I’ve started anew, all the old blog posts are no longer available. I will start reposting those that are most interesting. It’ll be like walking down a selective memory lane :) Since I’ve already gotten a few messages about this missing pattern, I’m starting my reposting process with Eton’s Scarf. Enjoy!
Pattern:
Yarn: Cascade 220 (100% wool yarn; worsted/10 ply)
Needles: Size 8
Dimensions of finished scarf: Appox 5′ long and 6″ wide.
Cast on 36 stitches. (You can make it narrower/wider by using another number divisible by 4)
Row 1&2: (K2, P2) 9x
Row 3&4: (P2, K2) 9x
Repeat til happy with length of scarf.
Pretty simple, eh? It makes for some great train knitting while listening to music and/or podcasts.
P.S. Thank you to everyone out there who’s been reading my blog this year. You guys definitely keep me writing – it’s nice to know you’re not writing into the ether…
Addendum: It took me a month to finish this scarf since I put it down and picked it up several times. Otherwise, it should take no longer than a week or two – depends on your knitting speed.
This is nice!!!
thanks :)
Beautiful scarf! Thanks for sharing! Is there a a rib pattern for the first couple of stitches? It looks that way in the photograph. Thank you!
The ribbing is due to the cast on row and the first 2 rows of the pattern – it just naturally looks like it’s ribbed. If you want a more defined ribbing in the beginning and end, you could add a few extra rows.
And thank you :)
about how many skeins of yarn are needed for this project?
It’s a little over 200 yards so I’d recommend 2 skeins.
Will this work well with bulkier wool, too? Or do you think the pattern will get lost
It looks great with bulkier wool. You’d just have to adjust the number of stitches to get the right gauge.