Scarf along

I still have scarves on the brain. I finished 3 more in the last week and have ideas for more, especially patterns for guys. I've found lots of good patterns online for scarves for women but not much for guys.

1) Simple garter stitch scarf from a chenille yarn with a silver metallic strand running through it (Caron Glimmer). I tapered the ends for a different look. One 49 yard skein made this simple scarf. Dimensions: 43" x 4.5"

2) Crocheted triangle scarf from Sandnes Soft Mohair. I used one 120 yard skein and a little from a second skein. The colorway has several shades of violet/purple and some lime green. It's really much prettier than the picture shows. Dimensions: 44" wide x 19" long at tip. I did this as a top down decreasing triangle. Chained about 88 stitches with a size K hook and decreased down one stitch at the start of each row. Dc, chain 1 across each row. The scarf was a little small so I added a treble crochet border and a chain 6 every other stitch edge on top of that. There is still one full skein and a partial to use up or trade for something else.

3) SW Textured Scarf - this is a new pattern I came up with that's good for either guys or gals. It looks like the "eye" design seen in lots of southwestern designs. Red Heart Supersaver Flecks acrylic worsted weight yarn.
Dimensions: 43" x 6"

Worsted weight yarn
2.3 ounces/about 150 yards
US 10.5 (6.5 mm) needles

Cast on 21 stitches. Knit 3 or 4 rows of garter stitch. Purl one row. Keep 3 stitches at the beginning and end in garter stitch (knit on every row). The wrong side rows will be purled except for these edge stitches. The right side rows are a simple 3 row repeat. The vertical line separate the edge stitches from the pattern stitches.

Row 1: K3 | k6, p3, k6 | k3
Row 2: K3, purl across, k3. (Repeat on all even rows)
Row 3: K3 | k3, p3, k3, p3, k3 | k3
Row 5: K3 | p3, k9, p3 | k3
Row 7: repeat row 1
Row 9: repeat row 5
Row 11: repeat row 3
Row 13: repeat row 1

Repeat rows 1-8 until as long as you want or you only have a few yards of yarn left. Work a few rows of garter stitch then bind off all stitches.

Written out like this you can see the design better. The purled stitches are in coral.
This is only the right side rows. Wrong side rows are purled except for the first and last 3 stitches.
(e = edge stitch, k = knit stitch, p = purl stitch)

1) eee kkk kkk ppp kkk kkk eee
3) eee kkk ppp kkk ppp kkk eee
5) eee ppp kkk kkk kkk ppp eee
7) eee kkk kkk ppp kkk kkk eee
9) eee ppp kkk kkk kkk ppp eee
11) eee kkk ppp kkk ppp kkk eee
13) eee kkk kkk ppp kkk kkk eee

© October 2007 Vicki Mikulak
All rights reserved. Please print only one (1) copy of this pattern for your own personal use. Feel free to use this pattern for charitable donations.