The look of lace, without knitting lace!
Long skinny scarves are trending, but who has time to knit a complicated lace version? Here, easy drop-stitch “lace” on both ends makes for a quick and simple knit, with speedy bias stockinette in between. Soon you’ll be wrapping your boldly colored scarf around your neck and wearing it with flair!

Yarn: 325 yds/297m of sportweight or light DK yarn. Turquoise sample knit with 1 skein Malabrigo Susurro (325yds/297m each) in colorway Bobby Blue.


Needles: US 7/4.5mm needles, or size to get gauge.


Notions: 6 stitch markers; scrap yarn or stitch holder for holding stitches; darning needle for weaving in ends and seaming.

Gauge: approximately 19 sts & 28 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette st, blocked. 


Dimensions (blocked): length: 94”/239cm; width (across bias stockinette middle section): 6”/15.2cm. Note: scarf is stretchy and will get a little narrrower and longer when worn.

Pattern Notes:

• This pattern is a great choice for smooth, drapey yarn blends with silk, linen, or rayon/viscose. Very smooth superwash wool or long staple cotton works well too. Avoid aggressively slubby or sticky yarns (mohair); the dropped stitches will be harder to do.

• The scarf is knit in two pieces and then grafted so that the ends will be exact matches. The lacy pattern is created from a combination of dropped stitches and a panel of twisted stitches. Switching between twisted stitches and normal stitches creates a lacy illusion—without actually having to knit lace.

• Scarf is knit on the bias to reduce curling.

• The scarf is long enough to wrap twice around your neck or just once for a longer look.