Life of a Knitgirl by Mary Annarella

Life of a Knitgirl

Knitting
September 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
23.5 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Scarf is 3.75” (and 22 sts) wide in overall Dragonfly Lace with icord edges
US 7 - 4.5 mm
165 - 180 yards (151 - 165 m)
55(59)" in length, 4" wide
English
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Look what you made me knit: A timeless scarf for every Era

Enjoy a Swift-forward playlist on Spotify to jam to while you knit.

This sweet scarf uses a modified dragonfly-lace pattern with zero-cabling (a smocked set of sts repaces the cables) and a neat, icord edging.

Designed for a single skein of Miss Babs’ Billow yarn, you can substitute another fluffy yarn (fingering + mohair held together, for example) as long as you match gauge. Note that I did get both the shorter size and the longer size scarf from 1 skein, but my skein was a tad over 100g.

Written for 2 size lengths, the scarf can be easily lengthened or shortened further by adding or subtracting the number of repeats worked in the pattern.

Instructions are both charted and written out line-by-line.

Gauge: 23.5 sts & 28 rows (blocked)/4” in the full pattern (dragonfly lace + the icord edges). Note that the scarf is only 3.75” wide (22 sts across, measuring with the icord edges flattened), so gauge is calculated from that. Really, it’s a good idea to use the scarf itself as a swatch since it’s a small project.

Materials: 1 skein of of Miss Babs Billow (320 yds/100 g, shown in Slate on p. 1 and in Bougainvillea above), or
(145) 175 yds of the MC, of DK or light-worsted yarn.
A 24” size 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle or size needle required to achieve gauge,
A tapestry needle, and a double pointed needle (for bind off).
Finished Measurements: Approximately 3.75” wide and 48(60)” from tip to tip after blocking.