Note: The Intarsia Snail Mail has already begun and will be running until February – that’s when the single scarf pattern will be released.

Six months. Six letters. One intarsia scarf.

The Intarsia Snail Mail is a six-month creative knitting journey exploring intarsia and colour: It’s all about slow progress, taking the time to experiment, making the most of your stash and small leftovers, creating unexpected colour palettes, and, of course, intarsia! 

The scarf is divided into six parts, each inspired by a different painting and with its own colour palette and focus. Each part will be developed and knitted slowly, one step at a time, before eventually coming together as one larger project.

Each month, a letter arrives in your mailbox with the next chapter of the scarf – along with something new to discover, explore and experiment with.

The finished project is a colourful, graphic intarsia scarf made up of six sections. Each section has its own visual character, while together they create a playful composition of contrasting colours, patterns and textures.

Scarf details:
The scarf is worked flat in garter stitch from one end to the other, knitting a small I-cord edge as you go. The gauge calls for sport-weight yarn, but you can work with plenty different combinations and all sorts of leftovers: sport-weight yarns, a fingering-weight yarn held together with a lace-weight yarn (such as mohair/alpaca, wool or linen), an alpaca blend held double or a mohair blend held triple.  

Finished size: 25 x 220 cm / 10.5 x 86.5 inches
Needle Size: 3.25 mm / US 3 circular or straight needles (or size to get gauge)
Gauge: 22 stitches, 42 rows (garter stitch)
Total weight: about 320g