Just as the leaves slowly fall from the trees and turn from green to orange to yellow to brown, this double-sided scarf is full of leaves shifting from one color to the next as it cascades down in a generous length.

Like a field of wildflowers, this shawl is dotted with buds and splashed with flowers surrounded by windblown grass. Wear it on a winter day to remind you of spring.

Yarn
MC - 100gm fingering sample used A Gentle Whisper’s A Crisp Breeze Fingering 83.3% Superwash Merino/16.7% Linen in Rainforest (Note: To show off the short row sections, choose a yarn with a slight striping effect)
CC - 100gm fingering sample used A Gentle Whisper’s Royalty 70% Extrafine Merino/20% Royal Alpaca/10% Mulberry Silk in Persimmon
CC2 - 100 - 120 gm fingering sample used A Gentle Whisper’s Mohmer 70% Extrafine Merino/20% Royal Alpaca/10% Mulberry Silk in Persimmon

Needles & Notions
32-inch US size 4 needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
32-inch US size 3 needle for border, if desired
darning needle

Gauge: 10 sts, 12 rows = 1 inch stockinette blocked

Measurements: approx. 60 inches wide, 16 inches deep

Stitches:
CO cast on
MC main color
CC contrasting color
k knit
p purl
st/sts stitch(es)
kfb knit in the front and back of same st
kfbf knit in the front, back, and front of same st
YO yarn over
sl slip purlwise
sl1wyib sl 1 st with yarn in back
KYOK k, YO, k in same st (Note: KYOK is counted as a single st in all row st counts because all three loops are knit together in the following row)
k1w3 k one wrapping yarn 3x around needle
5W wyib sl5 dropping extra wraps, (bring yarn to front, sl5 to left needle, bring yarn to back, sl5 to right needle) x2
3W wyib, sl3 dropping extra wraps, (bring yarn to front, sl3 to left needle, bring yarn to back, sl3 to right needle) x2
DS double stitch using German Short Row technique (see photo tutorial at end of pattern)
k8tog slip 5 sts from left needle to right needle; (lift second st to right needle over first st and off needle; move life st to left needle and pass second st on left needle over first st and off needle, move live st to right needle) 3x, move live st to right needle and pass second st to right needle; move live st to left needle; p live st