The scarf starts at the bottom front. The two long tails are worked up to the neck ending with four mirrored increases on each side to shape the neck slightly. Then back-of-neck stitches are cast on and the two tails are joined to form the basis of the back collar. Decreases on each side shape the back.

Actually, this is a blank canvas for a knitter’s creativity. The back could be squared off like a sailor’s collar. The long pieces can be any width or length a person desires. The pattern could be a cable, lace, texture or multicolored.

Story: At an annual knitting retreat, a friend told me that the air conditioning where she worked hit her between her shoulders and she would like to find a scarf pattern that covered more of her back than scarfs usually do. I designed this scarf pattern for her (Patricia).