Plum Pudding Scarf
You create garments that are lightweight and feel luxurious. The generous yardages in lace and fingering yarns means you can splurge for a single skein and still get a lovely garment. Shawls, cowls, fingerless mittens, scarves - there is so much you can make with a 100 gram skein.
The Plum Pudding Scarf is a one-skein project, using 4 mm needles, and a simple repetitive stitch pattern. The lace sections alternate with garter stitch to give you a break. Gauge is not critical as this is a scarf. Focus on making your tension consistent to get the best results. The bias construction only requires regular increases and decreases at the beginning and end of each right-side row and results in a dramatic look for little effort. You can customize your scarf length to suit you and how you wish to wear it. My scarf ended up being about 5.5 inches wide and 74 inches long from point to point.
Materials: One skein of a drapey lace weight yarn. The Plum Pudding Scarf uses less than a single skein of Noro Kirameki yarn. This is a rayon, nylon, wool, cashmere blend so if you wish to substitute another lace weight yarn, choose one with rayon, silk or other drapey fibre.
Tools: 4 mm circular needle or straight needle. Choose a needle/pair of needles with sharper points to make stitch manipulation easier. If you are new to using this weight of yarn, I recommend wooden needles to make it harder to accidentally slide stitches off the needle. (Ask me how I know!)
Pattern
The scarf pattern combines bias increases and decreases, and alternating bands of broken bamboo and garter stitch. Gauge is not critical as this is a scarf. Be careful not to knit tightly otherwise you will have issues moving your yarn overs over other stitches. Consistent tension is key.
Cast on 55 stitches. Complete 4 rows garter stitch. This will serve as the bottom edge of your scarf.
Next row: k2, pm, kfb, ( yo, k2, psso), repeat to last 4 stitches, k2tog, pm, k2.
Next row: k2, sm, purl to last marker, sm, k2.
Broken Bamboo Band
Next row: k2, sm, kfb, ( yo, k2, psso), repeat to last 4 stitches, k2tog, sm, k2.
Next row: k2, sm, purl to last marker, sm, k2.
Repeat the last two rows twice more. (6 rows of pattern in total.)
Garter stitch band
Next row: k2, sm, kfb knit to the last 4 sts, k2tog, sm, k2.
Next row: k2, sm, knit to next marker, sm, k2.
Repeat the last two rows once more.(6 rows of garter stocking.)
Continue alternating Pattern and Garter Stitch Bands until work reaches your desired length, ending with a pattern band.
Then knit 4 rows of garter stitch (without increases and decreases), and cast off loosely.
Wash and block to open up the stitch pattern.
If you enjoy this pattern, please consider buying me a coffee! Feel free to share this patten. You are free to make scarves for sale using this pattern provided they are not mass produced and you give credit to me as the designer.
Abbreviations
k - knit
p - purl
pm - place marker
sm - slip marker
Kfb - knit into the front and back of the same stitch
k2tog- knit two stitches together
yo - yarn over
psso - pass the stitch you made with the yarn over over the 2 stitches you just knitted
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