Pumpkin Blanket Scarf by Meg Roke

Pumpkin Blanket Scarf

Knitting
October 2024
Aran (8 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 16 rows = 4 inches
in colorwork stockinette stitch pattern
US 10 - 6.0 mm
240 - 615 yards (219 - 562 m)
see notes below
English
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The Pumpkin Blanket Scarf is the tenth pattern in the Storytime Knits Collection. This design was inspired by and directly complements the children’s book, The Pumpkin Blanket by Deborah Turney Zagwyn. It features large colorwork patchwork blocks with mini fringe on the short edges.

Shown in the pictures here are the child scarf and the blanket scarf.

Finished Measurements
child scarf (adult scarf, blanket scarf)
49 (65, 66 1⁄4)“ (124.5 (165, 168.5) cm) approx length without fringe
7 (9, 13)” 18 (23, 33) cm approx width

Materials
Woolstok Tweed from Blue Sky Fibers (85% fine highland wool, 15% donegal ) (109 yards (100 m)/ 100 g (3.53 oz) per skein): 1 (2, 2) skeins in A, 1 (1, 2) skeins in B, 1 (1, 2) skeins in C, 1 (1, 2) skeins in D.

Child scarf shown in Rolled Oats (A), Tiger Lily (B), Deep Earth (C), and Blue Lichen (D).

Blanket scarf shown in Cactus Flower (A), Tiger Lily (B), Deep Earth (C), and Sage Rose (D).

Or approx 80 (135, 210) yards (74 (124, 192) m) in A, 55 (90, 140) yards (51 (83, 128) m) in B, 55 (90, 140) yards (51 (83, 128) m) in C, and 50 (80, 125) yards (46 (74, 115) m) in D of aran weight yarn

US 10 (6 mm) 16” 40 cm circular needles (or size required to obtain gauge)

Gauge
16 sts and 16 rows to 4” (10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch colorwork pattern on US 10 (6 mm) needles