Border Fair Isle Scarf by Helen Gray Designs

Border Fair Isle Scarf

Knitting
August 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stranded Colourwork
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
1200 yards (1097 m)
One Size; length 50"; width 6.25" (blocked)
English
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This bright and cheerful muffler type scarf is knit in the round using a range of traditional fair isle peerie and border patterns.

Size
One size
Length (blocked) 50” (127cm)
Width (blocked) 6.25” (15.8cm)
(note the muffler is knit in the round, so the circumference will be approx twice the width, ie 12.5” (32cm).

Yarns Used
Designed to cross over under a coat or jacket, the pattern calls for approximately 1200 yards (1100 metres) of fingering weight wool yarns in 9 shades:

JC Rennie Supersoft Lambswool 4ply
Azure 68 yards (13g)
Tudor Red 79 yards (15g)
Marzipan 89 yards (16g)
Silver Grey 244 yards (45g)
Duck Egg Blue 169 yards (31g)

JC Rennie Unique Shetland 4ply wool
Hawthorn 105 yards (28g)

Brooklyn Tweed Loft
Sap 169 yards (31g)

Rowan Scottish Tweed 4ply wool (discontinued)
Sunset 75 yards (16g)
substitute Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift shade Flame,
or J&S 2ply Jumper Weight shade FC7 or Holst Supersoft Lambswool shade Burnt Orange

Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift wool
Clyde Blue - 3 balls

Needles
Suggested needle sizes: 2.75mm and 3mm - circular or dpns suitable for knitting circumferences in the round (adjust for gauge).
Suggested circular needle lengths: 1 or 2 x 40cm, or 1 x 120cm for magic loop.

Construction
The scarf is knit in one piece, from bottom to top, starting and ending with corrugated ribbing. An optional peerie motif chart is included to make the scarf symmetrical for both halves. Suggestions for converting the scarf into a cowl are on the last page.

The pdf consists of 6 pages:

  1. Pattern description; materials; table of yarn weights and measures (includes 25% yarn buffer); notes on gauge.
  2. Pattern notes for yarn dominance and symmetry; schematic showing chart sequence, instructions.
  3. Colour charts A, A1, B.
  4. Colour charts C, D.
  5. Greyscale and black & white charts for A, A1, B, C, D.
  6. Brief guidance notes on adapting for cowl; techniques.

The pattern is suitable for knitters who are comfortable knitting stranded colourwork in the round.