I’m a big fan of short scarves that keep your neck warm but don’t take a lot of “extra” knitting. This one has a cute little rosette that acts as a button to keep the scarf on and keep your neck nice and toasty! This looked like a scarf I thought my favorite Downton Abbey character would wear so it was named in her honor.

Notes on Yarn Selection:
This design works best with yarn that has a bit of floof™ and / or poof™ to it. I achieved this by stranding two yarns together. This is a great way to add a bit of loft to your knits as yarns behave differently when stranded together.

The two yarns I combined for the scarf shown on this page have angora and mohair (i.e. “floof”) which allowed the scarf to drape well and yet still have a nicely filled-in ribbed fabric. When I made a second one, I used Malabrigo Worsted which is actually spun in such a way that it looks like a singles but is composed of very lightly-twisted plies of very fine merino yarn (thus its obvious “poof” compared to most singles and also most of its fellow worsted-weight yarns).

If you would like to use a yarn that says “worsted weight” or “8-ply” on the label, but:

• it looks to be on the lighter side of worsted, or
• it doesn’t feel springy when you tug on it, or
• it isn’t puffy like an angry kitten’s tail, or
• unlike Queen Bey, you can’t see its “halo (halo) halo”…

…then you will definitely want to explore one of the following options: 1. to just hold your yarn double and go up to a 6.0 mm (US 10 needle), or 2. use your yarn as-is and go down a needle size but add more stitches.

If you have questions about yarn selection, making any of these modifications, or any other questions, please make a post in my Ravelry group: The Busiest Bee and I will be happy to help!