This scarf was knit with yarn spun by unclerob and sent to me as part of an ongoing adventure to design for, and knit with, handspun yarn. The merino and silk fibre was spun and plied to a DK weight, and the silk gives the yarn heathered highlights with a lovely sheen. The spinner loves scarves, and is a little obsessed with reversible fabrics, so I swatched several textured, reversible stitch patterns, but I wasn’t happy with any of them. The textured fabrics obscured the silk highlights in the yarn, highlights that could be seen to great effect in stocking stitch. In the end, I knit stocking stitch on the bias, with accents of eyelets surrounded by garter ridges. The scarf is not reversible, but it is beautiful. If you don’t have handspun, you can, of course, use commercial yarn. To achieve similar results to the sample, use a DK weight yarn in wool blended with something with subtle sheen, like silk or bamboo. The shape of the scarf and the combination of stitch patterns would work with yarns of different weights and fibres, and I suggest you experiment (i.e., swatch) to find your ideal match between yarn and gauge.

This is an easy project. The techniques you will need to know, or learn, in order to knit this scarf are:

• cast on and bind off;
• knit and purl;
• kfb increase;
• yo increase;
• ssk decrease.

“Meaford is situated on the Georgian Bay coast and is at the heart of Ontario’s apple country. U-pick farms, an annual scarecrow festival, and a thriving farmers’ market help to make up Meaford’s unique character.”
~ https://www.grey.ca/