The Yarnarian Posts the Mitered Scarf!

TADA! Here we go. Please feel free to comment here, remark on the Ravelry forum,wherever, especially if you notice a mistake.

I'm correcting mistakes/confusing directions as I get feedback from you, so if you've started and it doesn't make sense, ask, and I'll post up the better directions. I'll post the clarifications/corrections in italics.

This is so much harder to write up than a sock pattern. Or maybe it's that I'm used to doing sock patterns. Well, whatever, if I have goofed or you don't understand, let me know. And if you are on Ravelry, which you better be already (!), join the KAL and then we can all discuss until the cows come home.

Origins of the pattern: I was inspired by Shelly Kang's awesome Blankie, and by Vivian Hoxbro's patterns. I claim little or no originality here, just the desire to share a pretty pattern.

Diamonds Modular Scarf

Size: Approx. 5.5” x 45”.

Material: Sock yarn, approx 400 yards or more if you want a longer scarf.

Needles: Size 6, or whatever you prefer. You don’t want this to be tightly knit; drape is important here.

Gauge: My diamonds are approx 3.5”. This is not critical; if your diamond measures 3 or 4 inches, it’s not a big deal. Just as long as you know that the size of the scarf itself will be determined by the modules.


First module: Loosely cast on 25 stitches. Pay close attention to the purl and slipped stitches; that’s what’s going to give you that nice place to pick up stitches.

Row 1 RS: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, k 10 sts, sl 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, knit 10 sts, purl the last stitch.

Row 2 WS, and all wrong side rows: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, knit until the last stitch, purl the last stitch.

Row 3: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, k 9 sts, sl 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, knit 9 sts, purl the last stitch.

Row 5: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, k 8 sts, sl 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, knit 8 sts, purl the last stitch.

Continue in this pattern until there are 3 stitches left on the right side. On the wrong side, slip the first stitch as if to knit, k1, p1.

Last row: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, knit 2 tog, psso. Do NOT break thread since this last stitch will be the first stich on the pick-up row.






Left end module: Turn your work so that it looks like the third picture above ^ with the right side of the work facing you.

With the point of the right hand needle, pick up and knit 12 stitches through those nice edge stitches that you made with the purl/slip stitch combo. You already have that first stitch on the needle, now you are adding 12 more to it for a total of 13 stitches.







When you have picked up and knitted 12 stitches, dig your needle through the end of the cast on row (middle picture) and pull a stitch through it. See the last picture.

Turn your work and slip the first stitch as if to knit, and knit to the last stitch and then purl that last stitch. Recognize the pattern?

Row 1 RS: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, knit until 3 sts from the end, ssk, purl the last stitch.

Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, and knit to the last stitch and then purl that last stitch.

Continue in this manner until you have 3 stitches left on the right side. Slip the first stitch as if to knit, p2tog. Turn your work, slip the first stitch and purl the last stitch. Turn your work back to the right side, slip the first stitch, knit the last stitch, psso. Pull your thread through, and cut it. This is what your piece should now look like:

The first picture shows how it looks after you’ve pulled the thread through. The second picture shows how it will look as your scarf. You can cut your thread now, but leave it long enough to weave it through.

This little triangle is the final module that you will do on every row.

Second Row

From now on, you will be working your rows on the diagonal. Trust me, it's very easy!

Second Row. Cast on 25 stitches and work as first module. You will have 1 remaining stitch on the needle.

Turn your work as you did on the first row, but instead of knitting a triangle, you will now pick up the following stitches: Pick up 12 sts on your module, and then pick up 12 sts on the very first module you made for a total of 25 sts.




Turn your work so that the wrong side is facing you.

Turn your work and slip the first stitch as if to knit, and knit to the last stitch and then purl that last stitch.

Row 1 right side: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, k 10 sts, sl 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, knit 10 sts, purl the last stitch.

Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, and knit to the last stitch and then purl that last stitch.

Row 3: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, k 9 sts, sl 1 purlwise, k2tog, psso, knit 9 sts, purl the last stitch.

Continue in this pattern until there are 3 stitches left on the right side. On the wrong side, slip the first stitch as if to knit, k1, p1.

Last row: Slip the first stitch as if to knit, knit 2 tog, psso.

This is what your work will look like at this point.


Next module, another diamond, pick up and work the module just as you did the one before.


After you’ve worked this module, you are ready to do that left triangle again.

That's all for today. We'll continue either tomorrow or Tuesday, depending on how many questions you need answered.

Enjoy!

MaryAnn - didn't I tell you it was easy peasy? Just remember to always slip the first st as if to knit, and to purl the last stitch. Otherwise picking up the stitches is a pain in the keester.

Ilene - where on the scarf are you? Are you at the point where you are about to start the second row? If you are, here's what you have: 13 sts on the bottom module that you just finished and then picked up and knit. You need to pick up and knit 12 sts from that original module to get the 25 sts. I know this seems weird, but it actually works. Try it.