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Named after the Greek goddess of the dew, the Ersa Scarf is inspired by early morning walks through misty fields, where dew drops might be spotted glistening on spiderwebs, rolling down ripe berries or sprinkled among the long grasses and growing crops.

Whether you knit the small neckerchief version or the larger scarf option, Ersa is the perfect accessory for just such a dew-sprinkled walk at any time of year.

CONSTRUCTION
The Ersa Scarf is knitted from side-to-side in two pieces, which are joined together with a 3-needle cast off, once the knitting in complete.
Both the one-colour and two-colour versions feature a garter stitch background traversed with slipped stitches and geometric shapes which are created by working paired decreases with yarnover increases, small cables and interesting ‘junction stitches’ where the slipped stitch columns meet. The two-colour versions use a ‘double-pass’ technique (also known as ‘knit and slide’) to create single-row garter stitch patterning.

YARN
Telling Yarns, Resolute (4ply; 400m / 437 yds per 100g skein; 50% Bluefaced Leicester / 30% Romney / 15% Masham / 5% Zwartbles)
SMALL ONE-COLOUR SAMPLE: 1 skein in Natural
LARGE TWO-COLOUR SAMPLE: 1 skein in Sunfyre (MC) &
1 skein in Natural (CC)

This is the yardage estimated for the suggested yarn:
SMALL ONE-COLOUR: 160 m / 175 yds
SMALL TWO-COLOUR: 85 m / 93 yds of MC
75 m / 82 yds of CC
LARGE ONE-COLOUR: 565m / 618 yds
LARGE TWO-COLOUR: 300m / 328 yds of MC
265m / 290 yds of CC

GAUGE, NEEDLES & NOTIONS
Gauge
Unblocked: 23 sts x 45 rows = 10 cm / 4” measured over slip stitch pattern
Blocked: 22 sts x 38 rows = 10 cm / 4” measured over slip stitch pattern
NOTE: Use the beginning of pattern as a gauge swatch.

Needles
3.25 mm circular needles (straight needles can be used for one-colour version)
3.25 mm DPNs (optional but handy for managing small number of sts at start of scarf)
Spare 3.75 mm needle for 3-needle cast off

Notions
Spare needle / stitch holder / scrap yarn
5 (9) st markers plus 1 lockable st marker / safety pin
Cable needle

SIZES & VERSIONS
Small (Large): 108 (193) cm / 42.5 (76) in long x 14 (27) cm / 5.5 (10.5) in wide
One colour and two colour versions can be made in both small and large sizes.

Pattern includes full written instructions (including chart equivalents), photographs, a schematic and has been professionally tech-edited.