I’m really pleased with how this turned out! This scarf is lovely and light but has a nice dense stitch.

This was inspired by the scrappy lengthwise scarf but is a bit different. I knitted it in the round with a steek and cut it open. I used up the whole ball.

This is what I did:

• Cast on 471 st + 30 st for steek using 6mm needle. Join for knitting in the round. Total 501 st cast on (any other odd number will work^). Check my finished size above, this might be a bit long for you. Adjust the number of body and steek stitches to suit yourself.
• Switch to 4.5mm needle.
• r1: k30, k1, * sl1 wyif, k1; rep from *
• r2: k30, sl1 wyif, * k1, sl1 wyif; rep from *
• Keep repeating r1 and r2.
• When slipping slip as if to purl.
• Cast off using decrease cast off through the back loop knitwise (but don’t cast off the steek).
• Cut open halfway along steek and unravel to form fringe.
• Knot pairs of strands together.

^ If you cast on an even number of stitches drop the first k1 of r1 and the first sl1 of r2. I just wanted all my rounds to be symmetric… yeah a tad OCD, I know.

Edit 11/10/12: A brainwave! I reckon if you twisted the 1st and 30th stitches i.e. either side of the steek you mightn’t need to knot the strands together. Not sure how it would work on the first and last row though hmm.. I leave that for your industrious minds.