Purple Scarf

Finally finished my daughter's scarf. My second scarf is completed!  Found some $1/skein wool that my daughter loved and I was learning some new patterns with the work girls. I really hate this yarn – it is nasty. Especially after all the wool I’ve been knitting with. It is not very nice acrylic. Made the patterning up as I went along – here it is so I can do it again.

Yarn: 4 skeins variegated & 1 skein purple

Cast on 24 stitches.

Basket Weave:
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K

Cables (Repeat until you have 18 repeats done):
P2, K3, P4, K6, P4, K3, P2
K4, P1, K4, P1, K4, P1, K4, P1, K4
P2, K3, P4, K6, P4, K3, P2
K4, P1, Slip2, K2, K2 that were slipped, P1, K4, P1, Slip2, K2, K2 that were slipped, P1, K4

Neck Area (to length for you – I did 17”):
K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2, K2, P2
You want to end on the front so that the first row of cabling is on the BACK of the piece!

Cables (Repeat until you have 18 repeats done):
P2, K3, P4, K6, P4, K3, P2 (ON THE BACK!!!!)
K4, P1, K4, P1, K4, P1, K4, P1, K4
P2, K3, P4, K6, P4, K3, P2
K4, P1, Slip2, K2, K2 that were slipped, P1, K4, P1, Slip2, K2, K2 that were slipped, P1, K4

Basket Weave:
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K
6 rows: 6K, 6P, 6K, 6P
6 rows: 6P, 6K, 6P, 6K

Cast off!

The scarf

Basket weave

Cables

Transition from basket weave to cables

Transition from cables to neck area