Mountain Stream Sampler Scarf by Vikki Perkins

Mountain Stream Sampler Scarf

Knitting
August 2018
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
13 stitches and 11 rows = 2 inches
in pattern stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
711 - 820 yards (650 - 750 m)
One size.
English
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The mountain streams of the Canadian Rockies knit their way through the mountains and foothills around Calgary, and they are the inspiration for this long, changing-motif scarf. This is a very long, stitch-sampler scarf with varied knit/purl stitches done in sections. I did the first two and last two sampler stitch sections in a complementary colour, but you can do all one colour, or change colour every new sampler section.

The sampler sections are all repeats of 5 or 10 stitches which are easy and quick to learn so you can relax while knitting. You could make the scarf narrower by removing a repeat; you can make it shorter by removing a sampler section.

Difficulty - Easy

Skills used - Knit, purl

Sizes - One size

Gauge – unstretched and unblocked
13 stitches and 11 Rows = 5 cm / 2 inches in lace stitch pattern on US 7 (4.5 mm) needles

Approximate yardage
est. 325 g / 11.5 oz. (650 m / 711 yds)

Yarn
Estelle Yarns Worsted 200 m / 100 g (219 yds / 3.5 oz), 2 balls. Colour Party Pink. Any currently available Worsted (#4) yarn with similar yardage may be substituted.
Estelle Yarns Worsted 200 m / 100 g (219 yds / 3.5 oz), 2 balls. Colour Peony. Any currently available Worsted (#4) yarn with similar yardage may be substituted.

Needles - US 7 (4.5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions - Stitch markers, tapestry needle