Choose the PatchRib Set ebook, and make the matching collection of scarf, hat and infinity loop.

Two colors interact in a fluffy reversible Fisherman’s rib, dominating and receding to create an overscale patchwork effect with a different appearance on each side. Add fun pompoms and fling it about your neck for a fashionable frosty season.

Construction: Worked back and forth from one end to the other, the PatchRib Scarf is cast on and bound off using the tubular method for a smooth, infinity edge. Color 2 is introduced after the CO for the Fisherman’s rib colorwork, which cycles through the color progression. The fluffy rib stitch pattern is a four-row repeat, in which two RS rows are worked with alternating colors by sliding the stitches to the other end of the circular needle after the first row, then the work is turned and two WS rows are worked similarly, using only one color at a time. Slipped stitch edges keep the color changes invisible and create a tidy and sophisticated appearance.

Techniques & Skills Used: tubular CO, knit/purl, working into the stitch below, tubular BO, grafting. This pattern contains written instructions, with links to my tutorials for the tubular CO and working into the stitch below.

Size: one size; 6.25” wide and 81” long, measured hanging as worn; customizable to any length.

Yarn: Lion Brand Yarns Heartland (100% acrylic; 251 yards/230m/142g), sample shown in Color 1 Yosemite (orange), Color 2 Wolf Trap (pink), Color 3 Voyageurs (light blue), Color 4 Kings Canyon (green), Color 5 Kobuk Valley (purple), and Color 6 Grand Canyon (beige); 1 skein or approximately 45 yards of each color, or 270 yards total of worsted weight yarn, plus additional 140 yards for optional pompoms.

Other Materials: US 7 (4.5mm) 16” circular needle, or size to match gauge; US 5 (3.75mm) 16” circular needle for CO and BO; spare US 5 needle for BO; Yarn needle, optional pompom maker.

Gauge: 12 st and 34 rows/4” in Fisherman’s rib st, measured flat; 16 st and 24 rows/4” measured with scarf hanging as when worn. Gauge is not critical for this project, however a different gauge may result in a smaller or larger finished scarf, and different yardage requirements.

Thank you to my lovely tech editor, Kate Vanover.