This is part 6 of 12 of my Sampler Infinity Scarf Knitting Pattern
Section 5 at a glance…
Textured Stitch
Contrast Colour
44 rows (approx. 17cm)
59 stitches
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About this section
This section features a textured knitting stitch that is a bit more of a challenge to work, but it is so pretty front and back that I wanted to include it in my sampler scarf. It is in the family of stitches sometimes called ‘raindrops’.
There is nothing inherently difficult about the stitch – it is a combination of knit and purl stitches only. What makes it tricky is that it is not easy (at least for me!) to see from looking at the work and previous stitches, what stitch you should be working at any given time. So if you loose track of which row you are working, it’s hard to work out what you should be doing – unlike in something like a rib stitch where you can generally see what you should be knitting next by looking at the stitch below. It’s also harder to spot mistakes quickly.
The answer (at least if you’re like me) is to keep strict track of your rows, and make frequent use of lifelines!
The pattern
For stitch information and abbreviations, please see the Sampler Infinity Scarf Pattern – Introduction.
If you’re at all anxious that you might loose count of your rows, or make a mistake, I would recommend that you insert a ‘lifeline’ before you begin this section, and indeed that you move it up several times during this section so you don’t have to unravel too far if you get lost. This is a really good detailed tutorial on inserting a lifeline in your knitting.
NOTE that the vital part of using a lifeline here will be to make a note of which row it is you have safeguarded. This is because if, like me, you find it difficult (or impossible!) to count knitting rows in a stitch like this one, you may find yourself having unravelled back to a lifeline and re-inserted your needle, but with absolutely no idea which row to work next! Make sure you make a note explicitly telling yourself which row the lifeline is, or which row comes next. The tip in the above tutorial about always inserting a lifeline at the end of a section of repeated rows is also a good backup method – in this section, that would be in any repeat of Row 5.
Before you start, check you have 45 sts on your needle and are ready to start a right side row.
Continue with your 5mm needles and change to your contrast colour.
Row 1 [RS] – increasing row: sl1 knitwise, pfb, k1, repeat [pfb, p1, k1] thirteen times (to last 3 sts), p2, k1 — 59sts
If you don’t like working the pfb increase, just use the kfb increase instead – the difference in how it looks in the finished scarf is not huge.
Row 2 [WS]: sl1 knitwise, k2, repeat [p1, k3] to end.
Row 3: sl1 knitwise, k1, repeat [p3, k1] to last 5 sts, p3, k2.
Row 4: sl1 knitwise, p1, repeat [k3, p1] to last st, k1.
Row 5: k1, p2, repeat [k1, p3] to last 4 sts, k1, p2, k1.
Rows 6-43: repeat Rows 2-5, ending on a repeat of Row 3.
You might like to insert a lifeline in Row 43, before you start the next row, in case you get muddled in the decreases. Make sure you make a note that the next row to work after unravelling to this lifeline would be Row 44.
Row 44 – decreasing row: sl1 knitwise, p1,
repeat [k3, p1] twice, k1, k2tog, p1,
repeat [k3, p1] twice, k1, k2tog, p1,
repeat [k3, p1] twice, k1, k2tog, p1,
repeat [k3, p1] twice, k1, k2tog, p1,
repeat [k3, p1] twice, k1 — 55sts
Row table
You can draw yourself the following table and cross off completed rows as you go:
Don’t forget Row 44 which is not shown in the above table!
If you’d like a printable version of the complete scarf pattern which includes row tables for every single row, it is now available to download. The premium printer-friendly version of the pattern is over 32 pages long with even more detailed notes. It also includes a succinct version of the whole pattern which prints on a single sheet of paper, for those who don’t need all the detail
and for ease of use when travelling!
Section 5 of the scarf should finish approximately 17cm long and 23-25cm (9-10inches) wide.
Variations
If you’d like to shorten or lengthen this section, do so by adding or reducing the number of rows you work by a multiple of four, always making sure you end on a repeat of Row 3. In other words, you can add or remove 4 rows, 8 rows, 12 rows, etc. Finish by working the decreases in Row 44 ready for the next section.
Section 5 complete – breathe a sigh of relief, that’s the trickiest stitch that appears in this scarf, and there’s something a lot easier next week!
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