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Burr Oak
Light and shadow work together with color changes in this iconic knitted plaid pattern. Knit garter-stitch stripes, basic brioche stitches, and a simple slipped-stitch (mosaic) pattern. Delightful!
Size of finished scarf:
About 10” wide by 76” long.
Yarn:
Any Sunday Knits 3 ply (sport-weight) yarn in four colors:
Main color (MC), Lighter color (LC), darker color (DC) and a color for pop (PC).
Scarf sample shown in MC: Nirvana artisan French Pink, LC: Eden Mist, DC: Eden Dove, and PC: Eden Bay.
There are endless color possibilities. Others shown on left, in Sunday Knits 3 ply colors:
Red: MC: Nirvana artisan Apple, LC: Eden Fawn, DC: Brigadoon Relic, and PC: Brigadoon Lagoon.
Olive: MC: Angelic artisan Olive, LC: Eden Bay, DC: Brigadoon Relic, and PC: Eden artisan Violet.
Yellow: MC: Brigadoon Mustard, LC: Nirvana Natural, DC: Brigadoon Centro, and PC: Brigadoon Aqua.
(Note that the olive (a triangle shawl) and yellow and red (kerchiefs) designs were worked in slightly different plaid patterns than we’re using here in the scarf. These other designs will be coming out in the near future, and are shown here just to show other color possibilities.)
Substitute any sport-weight yarn: MC: 215 yds, LC: 195 yds, DC: 95 yds, PC: 55 yds.
Needles:
Size US 5 (3.75 mm), plus size US 3 (3.25 mm) for garter edging.
Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Gauge:
20 sts = 4” in garter stitch using size 5 ndls.
Techniques used:
Slip stitch, basic brioche stitches. joining yarn using Russian join and Russian T. All techniques are explained with linked tutorials.
Pattern includes:
Written instructions, stitch pattern in both written and charted formats, glossary, links.
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- First published: September 2026
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