This scarf was inspired by a vintage counterpane (bedspread) pattern, and is long enough to keep you just as warm. Knit in two pieces, the scarf is joined at the center to create symmetrical, scalloped edges on each end. The self-striping yarn does the color work for you.

Skills used
Cast on and bind off.
Basic knit stitches (knit, purl, slip stitches knitwise)
Increasing and decreasing (yo, skp)
Special stitch pattern: P4W (written instructions included)
Knitting flat in rows
Seaming

Skill level
Intermediate

Finished Size
Adult: 13” (33 cm) width x 72” (183 cm) length.

Materials
Knit Picks Chroma Worsted yarn (70% superwash wool/30% nylon, 3.5 oz/100 g/198 yd/181 m) – 3 skeins in 26175 Seaweed, or approximately 594 yd (543 m) in any medium weight, self-striping yarn.

US Size 10/6 mm knitting needles, or any size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Cable needle or double pointed needle.

Gauge
24 sts x 28 rows in pattern = 6” (15 cm) unblocked. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.

This pattern was originally published in the Knit Picks Chroma 2014 Collection.