Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide No. 15: Open is the perfect way to open yourself up to the possibilities of lace!

How often do you get to make a five-foot-long scarf with only 26 rows? Here we see what happens when we cast on 278 stitches, then settle into an angular tumbling blocks lace pattern.

The amazing thing? When you’ve finished one repeat of the stitch pattern—26 rows of yarnovers and decreases—you’re done.

Instructions are for two versions, one in light fingering weight yarn and one in aran weight yarn.

Materials
Light Fingering Version:
— Helix by La Bien Aimée [100 g hanks, each approx 710 yds (650 m), 75% Falkland merino wool, 25% Gotland wool]: 1 hank Madeleine (A)
— Size US 8 (5 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
— Blocking pins
Aran Version:
— Merino Aran by La Bien Aimée
[100 g hanks, each approx 182 yds (166 m), 100% superwash merino wool]: 2 hanks Rust (B)
— Size US 10.5 (6.5 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
— Blocking pins

Knitted Measurements
— 65.5 (66.25)“ wide × 4.25 (5.25)” long [166.5 (168.5) × 11 (13.5) cm]

Gauge
— Light Fingering Version: 17 sts and 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) over Tumbling Blocks Lace, using smaller needles and 2 strands of A held together
— Aran Version: 15 sts and 22 rows = 4” (10 cm) over Tumbling Blocks Lace, using larger needles and 1 strand of B

Size
— One Size

Notes
— Instructions are given for Light Fingering Version first, with Aran Version in parentheses; when only one number is given, it applies to both versions.
— For Light Fingering Version, use 2 strands of yarn held together for entire piece.
— You may work the Tumbling Blocks Lace from either the text or the chart (see pages 16–17).