This simple, stylish scarf really shows off the cabling at its best. The cables are reminiscent to me of classic pullovers and the final effect is a homey, warm feeling. Make it for someone special in your life.
Gauge
24sts/31rws at 4” in cabled stitch on US 6 / 4mm needles
Sizes and Measurements
One size
Width: 9” / 23cm
Length: 57” / 145cm
Materials
- Ístex Kambgarn [100% Merino, 163yd / 149m per 50g skein]; color: 0996; just under 3.5 skeins
- 2 US 6 / 4mm straight needles, 14 inch
- Cabling needle
- Darning needle
Directions
(Popknits uses knittinghelp.com's standard abbreviations)
Special Stitch instructions
Cables (C3L): Sl 3 st onto a cable needle and hold at front, k3, then k3 from the cable needle
The Scarf
Cast on 60 stitches, loosely.
Rows 1-26: k60.
Cabled body of scarf: (See chart below)
Row 1: k7, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k7.
Row 2: k5, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k5.
Row 3: k7, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k7.
Row 4: k5, p2, C3L, p2, k10, p2, C3L, p2, k10, p2, C3L, p2, k5.
Row 5: k7, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k7.
Row 6: k5, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k5.
Row 7: k7, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k2, p10, k2, p6, k7.
Row 8: k5, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k10, p2, k6, p2, k5.
Repeat rows 1-8 until desired length is reached (48 repeats in this scarf).
Begin end border:
K60 for 26 rows to create end border.
Cast off loosely. Weave in yarn ends using a large darning needle.
Blocking
Lay flat on a towel, pin into position and spray lightly with water, leave to dry completely.
Charts
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Download these chart as a PDF
About the Author
Hilary took an interest in knitting when she hit the age of 30, and has become yarn obsessed since then. Knitting is her way to relax from her hectic day-job of being a PhD student in leukaemia research. Originally from Gosport, England, she currently lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but dislikes the daily rain there.
Credits
Photos by Hilary Colyer
Model: Richard
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Errata
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License
Toyboy Scarf by
Hilary Colyer is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at
http://www.popknits.com/index.php/patterns/page/toyboy_scarf/.
