SCARFMAS 2016 is HERE!!! YAY! For every day that passes, the pattern price goes up! So on the 8th, grab the pattern for $2, on the 9th: $3, 10th: $4, 11th: $5, and from the 12th on (Day 2 of Scarfmas!) the pattern will be the full price of $6!!!!

No coupon code necessary!!! Just add the pattern to your cart and BAM! Discount added! NOTE: Price reflects the price before any applicable taxes or fees. Discount offer valid from the 8th-11th, December 2016. Discount changes at 11:59pm CST every day.

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Focal Point is a study in stripes, short rows, texture, and color! It has a lovely slipped stitch border and tons of garter squishiness!

It’s also a fun, quick, little enigma of a knit and sure to be fun from start to finish! DON’T knit a boring scarf, DO knit a smashingly fun one!

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What IS Scarfmas?

Well. It all started two years ago and has been going strong ever since! The idea is to make a scarf/cowl/shawl and split it up over small increments to allow YOU as a knitter to have a gift under the tree for YOU! It can also be that perfect last minute gift for someone special that you just don’t know what to make them!

The idea, on the whole, is to take a break from the holiday crazy and have FUN! Make something amazing and squishy in little pieces over a 12 day stretch! No stress or worries!

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Size: One size

Recommended yarn: Three colors of worsted weight yarns in semi-solid/tonal/speckled/variegated colors AND one color of fingering weight yarn in a semi-solid/tonal/speckled/variegated colors.

Sample used Hedgehog Fibres Merino Singles (100% Merino Wool; 241 yd / 220 m) in the color ways Typewriter (A), Monet (B), and Vengeance (C), as well as LadyDyeYarns Superwash Fingering (100% Superwash Merino; 425 yd / 389m) in the color way Pumpkin (D)

Yardage: Colors A-C: 240 yd / 220m ; Color D: 200 yd / 183m

Needles: One set of 32” (80 cm) circular needles in US size 9 / 5.5mm

Gauge: 4 sts to the inch/cm in garter stitch

Notions: Stitch markers, scissors, tapestry needle

SCHEDULE:
From the 11th-23rd, you will receive a daily email/message with the updated pattern. It will contain a message from me along with all the pattern updates you will need!

CHOOSING YARN:
The BEST part!!! This year’s scarfmas pattern uses 4 colors!

You’ll need three colors that play together! Pick a light, medium, and dark color palette! I used a light grey, a sky blue with purple speckles, and a dark purple that has pops of fuchsia and green.

Place the colors from light to dark and you’ll have A, B, and C!

Color D is an accent! Pick something special, bright, contrasting, and make it POP! I used a bright ORANGE to really pop against the softer palette and making it shine!

You might be curious as to the question of mixing weights. You do NOT have to do this! You could always use four worsted weights and rock it out! The fingering weight yarn weight is to add some tactile differences in the fabric, add some light notes, and make it easy to use scraps!

NOTES:

• The pattern will be released in stages. Every day you will receive an update with the newest addition to the pattern!
• The updates will be released via Ravelry and you will receive a message telling you to update the pattern in your library to download the newest addition!
• Scarfmas is ALL. ABOUT. THE. SHARING! So whether you decide to make the scarf for yourself or for someone special, share all over social media and share your progress in the Ravelry group! Tag your photos with #scarfmas2016 and join the fun! Share yarn choices, pattern progress, and any questions in the Ravelry group!

And FINALLY: HAVE TONS OF FUN!!!! This is one of my favorite things to do each year and this year’s pattern is a FUN ONE! I adore my sample and the colors and the lines and all the magic that you’ll get to see unfold soon! Cheers and get your needles READY!!!
- Josh