This design provides a sampling of quilt star motifs as a knitted fabric. I wanted the scarf to have the nostalgia and whimsy of patchwork quilts. Each star motif is knitted in stranded colourwork, and in intarsia for the border and where different panels meet. The small and easy amount of intarsia is perfect for those who are new-to the intarsia technique.

--> pattern publishes January 28th, 2025.

SIZE one size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
59” / 150 cm tip to tip x 14” / 35.5 cm deep.

MATERIALS
FINGERING WEIGHT YARN: Biche et Buches, Le Petit Lambswool 100% lambswool, 270 yds / 248 m – 50 g / 1.75 oz.), in the listed colourways and approx. yardage below.

C1: Soft Orange Brown, 65 yds / 60 m, 12 g / 0.5 oz.
C2: Yellow Mustard, 32.5 yds / 30 m, 6 g / 0.25 oz.
C3: Gold, 81 yds / 75 m, 15 g / 0.5 oz.
C4: Medium Peach, 32.5 yds / 30 m, 6 g / 0.25 oz.
C5: Dark Red, 81 yds / 75 m, 15 g / 0.5 oz.
C6: Dark Brown, 81 yds / 75 m, 15 g / 0.5 oz.
C7: Orange Grey, 54 yds / 50 m, 10 g / 0.35 oz.
C8: Medium Grey Brown, 108 yds / 100 m, 20 g / 0.7 oz.

SUGGESTED NEEDLE SIZES
US 2.5 / 3 mm needles. Or size needed to meet the pattern’s gauge. Use your preferred needle type and length to comfortably knit back and forth on a 14” / 35.5 cm fabric.

2 DPNs (used in the BO set up), in the same needle size used to knit the scarf.

NOTIONS: tapestry needle, scissors.

GAUGE
28 sts x 27 rows = 4” x 4” / 10 x 10 cm, after blocking, in stranded colourwork.
(A match in gauge will give a similar resulting item to the photographed sample.)

ABBREVIATIONS (full list in pattern)
k2tog – knit 2 together
kfb – knit front back
ssk – slip slip knit

NOTES
The scarf is worked from tip to tip, trimmed with a tidy and easy to work 1x1 rib edge, using the intarsia method. Each section of star quilt motif is worked back and forth in stranded colourwork.

Colour changes and star pattern sequence in each section are charted.