Helicase is the protein that “unzips” and re-zips DNA molecules, enabling life as we know it to function. Through the magic of stranded knitting, you too can unzip and re-zip strands of DNA!

Yarn Requirements
Fingering weight yarn in 2 highly contrasting colors, C1 \& C2. Two 100g/400y skeins of each color.

Sample used Pancake and Lulu PLY Twist Fingering in “bone” as C1 and Sparkle Fingering in “charcoal”. 195g/780y of C1 and 140g/620y of C2.

Sizing/Gauge
41 sts x 31 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch, lightly blocked. Sample measures 62” long and 7.5” wide. Suggestions for making a longer or shorter scarf are included.

Techniques
This pattern is written for an advanced knitter experienced with stranded colorwork and reading charts. You will have to work extensively from charts, and even read them upside-down (i.e. top-to-bottom rather than bottom-to-top).

Tools

• 16” circular needle in size US2/2.75mm (or size needed to obtain gauge) for colorwork
• Additional needle (circular or straight) in the same size for ribbing
• Two stitch markers in different colors

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