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“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

There have been recent world wide events, and some closer to home, that have caused me to be encouraged by this verse. We are never alone. This gives me strength to get through.

Thank you so much, Hitomi Shida, for your incrediblely beautiful stitch patterns, and, Gayle Roehm, for all you have done to help us understand how they are made. It has been so fun to put this scarf pattern together using these beauties as inspiration. I hope I do them justice.

For this MKAL, on the first of each month, beginning in January 2021 a new clue will be released. For pattern support, you may join us in my group, Knitting in the Loft. We will knit 30 to 60 rows of beautiful, lacy, Japanese texture that flows from one month to the next. Lots of sampler scarves have clear dividers separating each month’s clue. This scarf is set up to gradually transition to each new stitch pattern. I would encourage you to trust the chart when the stitches seem like they are not moving in the direction they were before. I believe that you will be pleasantly surprised.

This is a colored chart pattern. I find colored charts easier to read. I have tried to take black and white printers into consideration, but you may want to add some color to help keep the stitches easy to identify.

The pattern is not written out row by row. The stitch definitions have been written as clearly as possible. They have been broken down into step-by-step, if needed, and paired with the symbols used in the charts. My testers and I have worked hard to make this as clear a pattern as possible for your knitting enjoyment. Remember, “One Stitch at a Time.” You can do this!!!

Materials
880 yards/200 grams #1 Fingering Yarn
Solid, tonal, or a very subtle gradient yarns
US Size 5 (3.75 mm) Needles
Crochet Hook to match or size smaller
Tapestry Needle
Cable Needle
Stitch Markers (optional)
Beads (optional – can be substituted for a few baubles)
Other than the occasional bauble/nupp, there have not been any
beads included in this design. There is LOTS and LOTS of
texture!

Finished Size Approximately 8 x 70 - 11 x 94 inches, depending on the knitting tension of each individual knitter

Gauge 10 Knit through the back loop/Purl stitches x 6.5 Knit through the back loop rows in a 1” x 1” square. (This is a scarf…gauge is not important.)

errata

Stitch Definitions:
SPKP (A) pink square: Slip 1 purlwise, K1, PSSO (left, single decrease) The key may say (left, 2 sts) - the “2 stitches” implies that this decrease will use two stitches to become one. (The definition is correct.)
Slip Purlwise 3, K3tog (SSSPK3tog) ( d ) green square: the “K2tog” has been corrected to be “K3tog”
Wrap2 K2lP1K2l ( l l ● l l ) double outline : the “1” for “P1” has been added.

January Keys: cursive “l” is K1tbl on RS or P1tbl on WS. The information in Stitch Definitions and Symbols Charts is correct.

January Second Chart: FYI - We will loose a stitch with the ‘YO/No stitch/Double decrease’ sequence on the RS rows, but will gain it back on the ‘P1/YO/P1’ sequence on the WS rows.

April Second Chart: Row 48, stitch 35 needs to be a K1.

Thank you so much to my testers, quilterlis, teowyn, Wookie1950, and MinnesotaNancy. You are the best!

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Happy Knitting, everyone!

©Toni L. Lorenz Designs 2020