This pattern was made on commission for a fellow Raveler. : )

This is a charted pattern for knitting a walking bass line into a two-panel scarf. The charted image is knitted onto the front panel of the scarf using stranded color work, and a back panel is knitted separately using plain stockinette stitch. The two panels are then seamed together, like a sandwich. Alternatively, the chart could be worked onto a scarf using a double-knitting technique.

This pattern depicts a classic ‘12-bar blues’ walking bass line in the key of C. Such lines are commonly found in jazz and blues music and often played on bass guitars, string basses and jazz pianos. A classic example of a featured walking bass line can be heard in “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby”, famously played here by Tom the cat. : )

Techniques: swatching, casting-on, binding-off, working stockinette stitch flat, stranded color work OR double-knitting, joining yarn, weaving in ends, seaming.

Please be sure to download both…
1) the directions: 2-page PDF including a materials list, diagram and photos.
2) the chart: 10-page PDF in bass clef.

This pattern has not been test knitted because, frankly, knitting a ten-page chart is a lot of work. :)

Note: Scarf in photo depicts a different song.