Life, Knitting and the Pursuit of Roller Coasters

For Christmas I wish you cables and coziness and warmth.

And I give you the pattern to create your own, so you’re recipient can be as happy as mine was.

Inspired Scarf

After making The Yarn Harlot’s Unoriginal Hat, I needed a scarf to go with it. This pattern isn’t exactly like the hat, more of a variation on the theme. Hence inspired; I was inspired by her hat to create this scarf.

The first part of the pattern is based on the more open cable on the hat but with more length to work with, I was able to play with the cables and build a bigger repeat with a little more variation to it. Enjoy!

Yarn: Bulky weight, I used Malabrigo chunky for mine, ~ 3 skeins. (I used the leftovers from the hat and had to break into the 4th skein for the last 4 rows of the scarf.)

Needles: US Size 10 ½, 6.5 mm

Gauge: It’s a scarf, shouldn’t really matter. My finished piece was ~ 5 ½ feet long with 5 repeats + 16 rows.

Instructions:

CO 30 stitches

Row 1: *p3, k4, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 2: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 3: *p2, T3R, T3L, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 4: *k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 5: *p1, T3R, p2, T3L, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 6: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 7: *p1, k2, p4, k2, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 8: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 9: *p1, k2, p4, k2, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 10: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 11: *p1, k2, p4, k2, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 12: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 13: *p1, T3L, P2, T3R, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 14: *k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 15: *p2, T3L, T3R, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 16: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 17: *p3, C4B, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 18: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 19: *p3, k4, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 20: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 21: *p3, C4B, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 22: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 23: *p3, k4, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 24: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 25: *p2, T3R, T3L, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 26: *k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 27: *p1, T3R, p2, T3L, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 28: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 29: *T3R, p4, T3L, repeat from * twice more

Row 30: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 31: *k2, p6, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 32: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 33: k2, [p6, C4F] 2 times, p6, k2

Row 34: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 35: *k2, p6, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 36: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 37: k2, [p6, C4F] 2 times, p6, k2

Row 38: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 39: *k2, p6, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 40: *p2, k6, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 41: *T3L, p4, T3R, repeat from * twice more

Row 42: *k1, p2, k4, p2, k1, repeat from * twice more

Row 43: *p1, T3L, p2, T3R, p1, repeat from * twice more

Row 44: *k2, p2, k2, p2, k2, repeat from * twice more

Row 45: *p2, T3L, T3R, p2, repeat from * twice more

Row 46: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 47: *p3, C4B, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 48: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 49: *p3, k4, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 50: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Row 51: *p3, C4B, p3, repeat from * twice more

Row 52: *k3, p4, k3, repeat from * twice more

Repeat until scarf reaches desired length, I repeated 5 x, each pattern repeat yielded about a foot of scarf.

begin another repeat ending on row 16 of the chart.

Bind off in pattern. Add fringe if desired.