Difficulty: Hard
Time: 18 hours to design and knit
Price: $5-10
Needle Size: 10.5
US (6.5mm)
Yarn: Worsted
(you could use
larger needles and heavier yarn, too)
Intro blurb:
This scarf it all
about creating the 'zig' and 'zag'. This is accomplished by
decreasing and increasing stitches on opposite sides. There is also
a taper, so one side decreases faster than the other increases.
To keep the scarf
from curling up, I used moss stitch. This means I had to keep track
of how to K and P to get the stitching to come out right, and this is
reflected in the detail I've written out in the pattern. (You could
simplify it by only doing knit stitch, but that'll shorten the scarf)
On the color
change – you are trying to get a pattern without extra threads
hanging around. The easiest way to explain it is to just tie the
new colors in and out for the different stitches. (Just make sure
the knots are tight!)
S = Slip stitch
P = Purl
K = Knit
de = your favorite
decrease (I used k2tog)
in = your favorite
increase (I used Kfb)
Cast on 25 with
the yellow.
1: S (P K)x12
2: S de (P K)x10
in P
3: S (K P)x12
4: S de (K P)x10
in K
5: S (P K)x10 P de
P – there are now 24 stitches
6: S de (K P)x9 K
in P
7: S (K P)x11 K
8: S de (P K)x9 P
in K
9: S (P K)x11 P
10: S de (K P) x9
K in P
11: S (K P)x10 de
P – now 23
12: S de (K P)x9
in K
13: S (P K)x11
14: S de (P K)x9
in P
15: S (K P)x11
16: S de (K P)x9
in K
17: S (P K)x9 P de
P – now 22
18: S de (K P)x8 K
in P
19: S (K P)x10 K
20: S de (P K)x8 P
in K
21: S (P K)x10 P
22: S de (K P) x8
K in P
23: S (K P)x9 de P
– now 21
24: S de (K P)x8
in K
25: S (P K)x10
26: S de (P K)x8
in P
27: S (K P)x10
28: S de (K P)x8
in K
29: S (P K)x8 P de
P –now 20
30: S de (K P)x7 K
in P
Now the
direction of the zig/zag changes
31: S (K P)x9 K
32: S in (K P)x7 K
de K
33: S (P K)x9 P
34: S in (P K)x7 P
de P
35: S de (K P)x8 K
- now 19
36: S in (K P)x7
de P
37: S (K P)x9
38: S in (P K)x7
de K
39: S (P K)x9
40: S in (K P)x7
de P
41: S de (K P)x8 –
now 18
42: S in (P K)x6 P de P
42: S in (P K)x6 P de P
And
the direction changes again
43: S (K P)x8 K
44: S de (P K)x6 P
in K
45: S (P K)x8 P
46: S de (K P)x6 K
in P
47: S (K P)x7 de P
– now 17
48: S de (K P)x6
in K
49: S (P K)x8
50: S de (P K)x6
in P
51: S (K P)x8
52: S de (K P)x6
in K
53: S (P K)x6 P de
P – now 16
54: S de (K P)x5 K
in P
Constant
section
55:S
(K P)x7 K
56:
S de (P K)x5 P in K
57:
S (P K)x7 P
58:
S de (K P)x5 K in P
59:S
(K P)x7 K
60:
S de (P K)x5 P in K
61:
S (P K)x7 P
62:
S de (K P)x5 K in P
63:S
(K P)x7 K
64:
S de (P K)x5 P in K
65:
S (P K)x7 P
66:
S de (K P)x5 K in P
Color
Change
yellow
in regular font
Red
in Bold Font
67:
P (K P)x7 K
68:
P in K P K P K P K P K P K de K
69:
S P K P K P K P K P K P K P K P
70:
S in P K P K P K P K P K P de P
71:
P K P K P K P K P K P K P K P K
72:
P in K P K P K P K P K P K de K
73:
S (P K)x7 P
74:
S in (P K)x5 P de P
Red
Portion
Repeat
this block of 4 rows x3
1: S (K
P)x7 K
2: S in
(K P)x5 K de K
3: S (P
K)x7 P
4: S in
(P K)x5 P de P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K P)x7 K
2: S de (P K)x5
P in K
3: S (P K)x7 P
4:
S de (K P)x5 K in P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K
P)x7 K
2: S in
(K P)x5 K de K
3: S (P
K)x7 P
4: S in
(P K)x5 P de P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K P)x7 K
2: S de (P K)x5
P in K
3: S (P K)x7 P
4: S de
(K P)x5 K in P
Halfway
point !
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K
P)x7 K
2: S in
(K P)x5 K de K
3: S (P
K)x7 P
4: S in
(P K)x5 P de P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K P)x7 K
2: S de (P K)x5
P in K
3: S (P K)x7 P
4: S de
(K P)x5 K in P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x5
1: S (K
P)x7 K
2: S in
(K P)x5 K de K
3: S (P
K)x7 P
4: S in
(P K)x5 P de P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x3
1: S (K P)x7 K
2: S de (P K)x5
P in K
3: S (P K)x7 P
4: S de
(K P)x5 K in P
Color
change back to yellow
1: S (K P)x7 K
2: S de
(P K)x5 P in K
3: S P
K P K P K P K P K P K
P K P
4: S de
K P K P K P K P K P
K in P
5: S K
P K P K P K P
K P K P K P K
6: S de
P K P K P
K P K P K P
in K
7: S P
K P K P K P K P K P K
P K P
8: S de
K P K P K P K P K P K in P
Repeat
below block of 4 rows x2
1:
S (K P)x7 K
2:
S in (K P)x5 K de K
3:
S (P K)x7 P
4:
S in (P K)x5 P de P
Then,
1:
S (K P)x6 K in P
2:
S in (P K)x6 de K
3:
S (P K)x8
4:
S in (K P)x6 de P
5:
S (K P)x8
6:
S in (P K)x6 de K
7:
S (P K)x7 in P
8:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
9:
S (K P)x8 K
10:
S in (K P)x6 K de K
11:
S (P K)x8 P
12:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
13:
S in (P K)x8
14:
S de (P K)x7 in P
15:
S (K P)x9
16:
S de (K P)x7 in K
17:
S (P K)x9
18:
S de (P K)x7 in P
19:
S in (P K)x8 P
20:
S de (K P)x7 K in P
21:
S (K P)x9 K
22:
S de (P K)x7 P in K
23:
S (P K)x9 P
24:
S de (K P)x7 K in P
25:
S (K P)x6 K in P
26:
S in (P K)x6 de K
27:
S (P K)x8
28:
S in (K P)x6 de P
29:
S (K P)x8
30:
S in (P K)x6 de K
31:
S (P K)x7 in P
32:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
33:
S (K P)x8 K
34:
S in (K P)x6 K de K
35:
S (P K)x8 P
36:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
37:
S (K P)x6 K in P
38:
S in (P K)x6 de K
39:
S (P K)x8
40:
S in (K P)x6 de P
41:
S (K P)x8
42:
S in (P K)x6 de K
43:
S (P K)x7 in P
44:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
45:
S (K P)x8 K
46:
S in (K P)x6 K de K
47:
S (P K)x8 P
48:
S in (P K)x6 P de P
49:
S (K P)x6 K in P
50:
S in (P K)x6 de K
51:
S (P K)x8
52:
S in (K P)x6 de P
53:
S (K P)x8
54:
S in (P K)x6 de K
And
then tie off and you're done!
