Widdershins is a scarf pattern that uses a biasing, openwork stitch to make a long scarf from a single skein of sock yarn. Periodically, stitches are cast off from one edge, and cast on at the other, working against the flow of the bias fabric. (‘Widdershins’ originally meant a path or course opposite to that taken by the sun). In the name of optimism, the scarf takes two steps backwards for every three steps forwards, producing a long, off-kilter rectangle (ok, a parallelogram if you’re going to be pedantic!) with serrated edges. The two faces of the scarf are not identical – but both look great on display.