Designed by solmama November 2007
Do you love when people adorn their necks with the beautiful Noro Striped Scarf by Jared Flood, but the idea of doing 1×1 rib makes you shudder? Do you have a love affair with slip stitches or playing with color? Do you have Noro Matsuri, Tidiori or other similar yarn hanging around without a project in sight? Do you go gaga over any noro stripey yarn? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the scarf pattern for you :-D
Materials:
Noro Stripey Yarn that tickles your fancy
The scarf pictured here was knit with 2 balls of Noro Matsuri color #4 and 2 balls of Noro Matsuri color #6. Finished measurements are 7in width by about 6 ft or so
For needle size follow your ball band suggestion
US 6 needles were used for the example
tapestry needle
Special Instructions:
Slip all stitches purlwise
yif = with yarn in front
yib = with yarn in back
Directions:
With MC, Cast On 36 stitches or a multiple of 3 sts for the desired width
Row 1: *yif, sl 1, yib, K2, repeat from * to the end of the row
Row 2: Knit
Attach CC color yarn.
Row 3: *K2, yif, sl 1, yib , repeat from * to the end of the row
Row 4: Knit
Repeat Rows 1-4 until you reach the desired length.
Bind Off in MC.
Weave in Ends.
Enjoy!
This is such a cool pattern!! I made the regular Noro striped scarf last year for a friend. I’ve queued this one up for myself!
I’m interested in the knitted border pattern on the top of your blog page. It’s in tri-color: eggplant, green 3 row of ribbing (I think) and 4th row something else?
Thanks for reading,
escapetoknit
knittingknewbie,
I should’ve also asked what brand of yarn and color you knit the pattern stitch you use as the top of your blog border. 3-color eggplant/purple, green, tan.
Thanks again,
escapetoknit
The pattern is Leftover Towel by Stephanie Haberman. It can be found for free here:
http://stephsdesigns.bravehost.com/leftover.html
The yarn and colorway are Lily Sugar’n Cream in country side ombre.
This is a great pattern! Just love the colors. I’m an editor for FaveCrafts.com, and I took the liberty of linking to your blog from my roundup blog post of free scarf knitting patterns. You can check it out here. I also just published a collection of free scarf knitting patterns at our website if you are interested. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Your site is wonderful! I will link to you, too. :-D
I picked up some Plymouth Yarns’ Gina, it’s looking great so far! The “original” pattern can be rather manly, but I love that this one sort of feminizes the pattern, it almost looks woven. Thanks so much for this!
Thank you for the sweet comment <3
I’m new to knitting. Please, what does Cc and MC mean?
mc = main color of yarn
cc = contrasting color of yarn
Welcome to the world of knitting :-D Hope this helps!
Not sure what I am doing wrong, but my version of this scarf looks nothing like the photo. I am using Plymouth Gina, very close to Noro Kureyon. I went down one needle size from the #7 recommended. And I have been watching my tension, but it is still pretty lacy instead of woven looking. Any ideas?
I think it all depends what you want the finished product to look like. You could be a really loose knitter, so a US size 5 or 6 might give you the fabric you are looking for. I am a tight crocheter, so I typically go up 2 hook sizes. The lacy version of this scarf can be pretty, too. The first time I made this pattern it was a little lacy.
http://ravel.me/solmama/tnssss3
I hope you can find what works. Whatever you choose, I am sure it will be beautiful :-)