My husband's family reunion is this weekend in British Columbia ~ a family reunion we promised to attend before the fuel pump in our SUV quit, and before we realized the bumpy backroads of the last camping trip dislodged all the upper cabinets in our Itty-Bitty (aka. the trailer). So there we are. No working vehicle to our name and a dishevled Itty-Bitty. Thank goodness for rental cars, one room left at the 6 room motel, and a sweet mother-in-law who sends gas cards and coffee cards through the mail to make our 10 hour drive a little nicer.
The best part of this trip so far? It's this scarf, knit through frustration and budgeting and phone calls and re-budgeting, all with the thought of snuggling up near the campfire with my family.
And now it can be yours too, minus the frustration of vacation plans gone to pot (and then saved miraculously).
What you’ll need:
Garnstudio Drops Alpaca, 3 skeins
US 7 (4.5 mm) needles – straights & 40” circ.
Gauge:
5 sts x 6 rows / 1” square
Notes: The main body of the scarf is worked lengthwise in stockinette st. The ruffle is then picked up from the curved edge of the scarf and worked in garter st.
Scarf:
Cast on 10 sts.
Purl 1 row.
Inc R1: sl 1, yo, k to end.
R2: sl 1, p to end.
Repeat last two rows until you have 65 sts total.
Even R1: sl 1, yo, ssk, k to end.
R2: sl 1, p to end.
Repeat last two rows until scarf measures 47” from cast on edge.
Dec R1: sl 1, yo, sssk, k to end.
R2: sl 1, p to end.
Repeat last two rows until you have 10 sts remaining.
Bind off.
Ruffle:
With 40” circ, pick up and knit 10 sts from cast on edge, at the curved edge of the scarf, pick up one st in each of the slipped sts, and one st in each of the yo spaces, then pick up 10 sts from the bind off edge. Turn.
Inc Row: *k2, k1f&b; repeat from * to end of row.
Following Rows: k1, k1f&b, k to end
Work in garter stitch, increasing 1 stitch at the beginning of each row until ruffle measures 2”.
Bind off loosely.
Finishing:
Weave in all loose ends.
Block only the scarf (the stockinette part), but not the ruffle.
And there she is. One cozy scarf, a pretty little ruffle, and what I can only hope is an easy-peasy weekend trip.
