Using 2 shades of Kidsilk Haze and a generous serving of crystal beads, this wide scarf yields drape and weight – because of the beads. The 2 shades are never used together, they alternate, and by using a neat and simple stitch trick, we create an almost 3-D effect, giving the appearance of depth in the shadows we are knitting. It is far easier than it might look. This scarf looks lovely draped open over the shoulders and equally fabulous scrunched into the collar of a winter coat or jacket.

This scarf takes 2 balls of Kidsilk Haze in 2 contrasting shades, plus almost 700 large crystal beads. That seems like a lot, and it is but placing them is easy and doesn’t happen on every row anyway. The effect we knit looks like intarsia, or shadow work, but in fact it’s not, it is an easily acquired trick.