Iloisa by Tiina Arponen

Iloisa

Knitting
December 2022
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
One Size
English Finnish

This long, colourful scarf is knitted in thick, airy wool. As a result, you will get an incredibly warm and cosy piece for your everyday adventures. Great for colourwork novices too!

SIZE
One Size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 12” / 30 cm.

Length: 87” / 220 cm (without pompoms).

MATERIALS
Yarn: 2 skeins of Kos by Sandnes Garn (9% wool, 62 % baby alpaca, 29% polyamide, 164 yds / 150 m – 50 g), colourways blue 6055 (C1), yellow 2023 (C2), powdery pink 3511 (C3), lilac 4631 (C4), orange 2516 (C5) and pink 4614 (C6).

If you decide to use another yarn, you will need approx 1969 yds / 1800 m of bulky-weight yarn, approx. 328  yds / 300 m in each colour.

Needles: US 10 / 6 mm 24” / 60 cm circular needles.

Notions: Stitch marker.

GAUGE
16 sts x 18 rnds to 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
This long colourwork scarf is knitted from one end to the other in the round, making it extra thick. Pompoms are attached to the ends. First, you will work the triangle beginning by decreasing stitches. After that, you will pick up stitches from the cast-on edge and continue knitting to the other end of the scarf. Finally, you will work another triangle for the end.