My friend Yuliya loves things that are one-of-a-kind without screaming it. So I decided to knit her a scarf with a cable pattern one could not find at a store. Browsing through Barbara Walker’s A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, I found the briar rose pattern, which I used for the side panels. I set off the wildness of the briar rose with a structured, clean, open cable in the center panel. Named after my friend, the Yuliya scarf is long and warm to keep out the worst winter chill.
Gauge
26st/26rws at 4” in Double-Knot Lattice pattern.
Sizes and Measurements
Not Applicable
12” x 60” (length adjustable)
Materials
- Lion Brand Yarn Fishermen’s Wool [100% wool, 465yd / 425m per 227g skein]; color: Natural; 2 skeins.
- Note on substitution: Fishermen’s Wool comes in skeins of over 400yd. This scarf pictured used approximately 1.5 skeins, or around 600yd of yarn.
- One pair US 8 / 5mm straight needles or circular (to knit flat)
- Darning needle
- Stitch holder or scrap yarn
Directions
(Popknits uses knittinghelp.com's standard abbreviations)
Please see pattern's other notes.
Special Stitch Instructions
RT (as recommended by Barbara Walker): Knit first stitch on left-hand needle, keeping it on needle. Now k2tog the first and second stitches on the needle and drop both off left-hand needle.
LT (as recommended by Barbara Walker): Knit 2nd stitch on left-hand needle tbl, keeping stitch on needle. Now knit both the first and second stitch on left-hand needle tbl and drop both off left-hand needle.
Bobble: (k1, yo, k1) into one stitch, turn, p3, turn, k3.
P3tog-tbl: purl 3 together through back loop.
C3R: Sl 1 st to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, p1 from cable needle.
C3L: Sl 2 st to cable needle and hold in front of work, p1, k2 from cable needle.
C4B: Sl 2 st to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, k2 from cable needle.
C4F: Sl 2 st to cable needle and hold in front of work, k2, k2 from cable needle.
Wrap-4: With yarn in front, sl 4 st to right hand needle, bring yarn to back, sl stitches back to left hand needle, bring yarn to front, sl st back to right hand needle
DN: Darning needle
Stitch Patterns
Double-Knotted Lattice pattern
Worked over 32 st
Row 1 (RS): P4, C4B, C4F, p8, C4B, C4F, p4.
Row 2: K4, p8, k8, p8, k4.
Row 3: P4, k8, p8, k8, p4.
Row 4: K4, p8, k8, p8, k4.
Row 5: P4, C4B, C4fF p8, C4B, C4F, p4.
Row 6: K4, p8, k8, p8, k4.
Row 7: P4, k8, p8, k8, p4.
Row 8: K4, p8, k8, p8, k4.
Row 9: P4, C4B, C4F, p8, C4B, C4F, p4.
Row 10: K4, p2, Wrap-4, p2, k8, p2, Wrap 4, p2, k4.
Row 11: P3, C3R, p4, C3L, p6, C3R, p4, C3L, p3.
Row 12: K3, p2, k6, p2, k6, p2, k6, p2, k3.
Row 13: P2, C3R, p6, C3L, P4, C3R, p6, C3L, p2.
Row 14: K2, p2, k8, p2, Wrap-4, p2, k8, p2, k2.
Row 15: P2, k2, p8, C4B, C4F, p8, k2, p2.
Row 16: K2, p2, k8, p8, k8, p2, k2.
Row 17: P2, k2, p8, k8, p8, k2, p2.
Row 18: K2, p2, k8, p8, k8, p2, k2.
Row 19: P2, k2, p8, C4B, C4F, p8, k2, p2.
Row 20: K2, p2, k8, p8, k8, p2, k2.
Row 21: P2, k2, p8, k8, p8, k2, p2.
Row 22: K2, p2, k8, p8, k8, p2, k2.
Row 23: P2, k2, p8, C4B, C4F, p8, k2, p2.
Row 24: K2, p2, k8, p2, Wrap-4, p2, k8, p2, k2.
Row 25: P2, C3L, p6, C3R, p4, C3L, p6, C3R, p2.
Row 26: K3, p2, k6, p2, k6, p2, k6, p2, k3.
Row 27: P3, C3L, p4, C3R, p6, C3L, p4, C3R, p3.
Row 28: K4, p2, Wrap-4, p2, k8, p2, Wrap 4, p2, k4.
Repeat rows 1-28.
Briar Rose pattern
Worked over 13 st
Row 1 (RS): P3, LT, p1, LT, RT, p3.
Row 2: K4, p2, k2, p1, k4.
Row 3: P2, bobble, p1, LT, p1, RT, p4.
Row 4: K4, p2, k1, p1, k2, p3tog-tbl, k2.
Row 5: P2, LT, p1, k1tbl, RT, LT, p3.
Row 6: K3, p1, k2, p2, k1, p1, k3.
Row 7: P3, LT, RT, p1, RT, p3.
Row 8: K4, p1, k2, p2, k4.
Row 9: P4, LT, p1, RT, p1, bobble, p2.
Row 10: K2, p3tog, k2, p1, k2, p2, k4.
Row 11: P3, RT, LT, k1tbl, p1, RT, p2.
Row 12: K3, p1, k1, p2, k2, p1, k3.
Repeat rows 1-12.
Make Two
CO 71 st. Work 6 rows in 1×1 rib:
Row 1, 3, 5 (WS): k1 *p1, k1 * to end.
Row 2, 4, 6 (RS): p1, *k1, p1 * to end.
Row 7 (decrease row): K1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (1×1 rib border); p1, p2tog, p1, LT, p1, LT, RT, p3 (modified Row 1 of Briar Rose pattern); k1tbl; Row 1 of Double-Knotted Lattice pattern; k1tbl; row 7 of Briar Rose pattern; p1, k1, p1, k1, p1 (1×1 rib border).
Row 8 (RS): P1, k1, p1, k1, p1; Row 8 of Briar Rose pattern; p1; Row 2 of Double-Knotted Lattice; p1; Row 2 of Briar Rose pattern; p1, k1, p1, k1, p1.
Continue in pattern as set until scarf measures 3 feet from cast-on edge. Leave stitches on a needle holder, spare needle, or scrap yarn. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.
(Note: if desired, continue working until scarf measures 6 feet or desired length. Increase 1 stitch on last row of pattern and work 7 rows in 1×1 rib. The pattern will not be symmetrical on each end.)
Make the second half of the scarf the same way. Be sure to end in the same place as for the first half.
Grafting
Kitchener stitch for grafting knit stitches:
Thread yarn tail through DN. Hold knitting needles with stitches to be grafted so that one needle is in front of the other, with RS of work facing out.
Set up: Pass DN through the first stitch on the front needle as if to purl. Pass DN through first stitch on back needle as if you knit.
(Pass DN through first stitch on front needle as if to knit and drop it off needle. Pass DN through next stitch on front needle as if to purl.
Pass DN through first stitch on back needle as if to purl and drop it off needle. Pas DN through next stitch on back needle as if to knit.)
Repeat instructions in (parentheses) to graft together knit stitches.
Kitchener stitch for grafting purl stitches:
Thread yarn tail through DN. Hold knitting needles to be grafted so that one needle is in front of the other, RS facing out.
Set up: Pass DN through first stitch on front needle as if to knit. Pass DN through first stitch on back needle as if to purl.
(Pass DN through first stitch on front needle as if to purl and drop it off needle. Pass DN through next stitch on front needle as if to knit.
Pass DN through first stitch on back needle as if to knit and drop it off needle. Pass DN through next stitch on back needle as if to purl.)
Repeat instructions in (parentheses) to graft purl stitches.
Finishing
Put the two halves of the scarf onto knitting needles so that when the two halves are held with their WS together, both needles are pointed to the right and the one of the yarn tails is on the right side.
Use kitchener stitch to graft the two halves together. When grafting combinations of knit and purl stitches, use appropriate instructions. Set up instructions for kitchener stitch need only be followed at the beginning of a row.
Weave in ends. Block if desired.
Charts
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Other Notes
The scarf is worked in two halves, starting at each end. After completing one half, its live stitches are placed on stitch holders or scrap yarn, and the second half is knitted. The two halves are then grafted in the center to give symmetrical ends.
If desired, the scarf can be knit in one piece. The patterns will then appear to climb up one end of the scarf and down the other.
Since this is a scarf, gauge is quite flexible. Don’t worry if you are having trouble meeting row gauge, since you are knitting by length and not by row.
The Briar Rose pattern was taken from Barbara Walker’s Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. The Double-Knotted Lattice pattern was adapted from Vogue: the Ultimate Knitting Guide but has appeared in the Treasury as well.
Pattern is presented both in charts and written format.
About the Author
Tanya somehow managed to get a PhD in cell biology while knitting non-stop. She and her very understanding husband recently moved to Cleveland, OH, where their new large closets are not helping her yarn addiction. Read all about it at http://doveknits.blogspot.com
Credits
Photos by Russell Carleton, Tanya Klimova
Model: Tanya Klimova
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License
Yuliya Scarf by
Tanya Klimova is licensed under a
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