This scarf is designed to use a textured lightweight yarn made of Suri alpaca plied with silk hankies.

The pattern is a simple lace pattern with a 4-row repeat, which makes it easy for a spinner to keep knitting to use all the yarn they have spun, without the worry of wasting much. A provisional cast on enables the knitter to graft the ends together and form a continuous loop.

“The easy natural elegance and lacy waves in the pattern which combine the colors of sand and sea glass remind me of my Zia Licia.” - Christopher Kale

Finished measurements

8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 44 inches (112 cm) long after blocking, before grafting

Materials

Approximately 224 yards (205 meters) fingering weight yarn (2-ply, 23 WPI, one single Suri alpaca and one single silk hanky)

US 2.5 (3mm) needles for working flat, or size needed to achieve gauge

Spare needle, US 2.5 (3mm) or smaller for holding provisional cast on for grafting

Gauge

22 stitches and 24 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) in Zia Licia stitch pattern after blocking