The Pippin Scarves are a pair of two simple triangular scarves that will keep you warm on chilly autumnal mornings. They are both knitted from the neck-down with i-cord edges and they have been designed to use exactly three 25g skeins of Cardiff Cashmere Brushlight, or your choice of alternative yarn, on 6 mm needles. The first scarf is worked all over in sand stitch to match the Pippin Sweater and Cardigan and the second scarf features a simple lace pattern that is worked over a 16-row repeat. Both scarves are pretty beginner friendly, using only M1L/R and YO increases and K2tog and SSK decreases, all of which is explained below.

I would recommend beginning with the Lace Scarf, as the pattern for this is more precise. You can then use your remaining yarn to make the Sand Stitch Scarf which is more forgiving.

Materials & Fit

Notions: 6 mm knitting needles. You can either use a long circular needle (e.g., with a 80- or 100-cm cord) or straight needles; whichever you find most comfortable. You will also need a 4-6 mm crochet hook to work the garter tab cast-on and a single 6 mm double-pointed knitting needle to work the garter tab cast-on. Lastly, you will need a darning needle to weave in your ends.

Yarn: 3 skeins / 414 m of Cardiff Cashmere Brushlight (82% cashmere, 18% silk; 138 m/25 g). Please note that the yarn is held double for each scarf throughout. If you just want to make one of the scarves, please note that the lace sample scarf used approximately c. 182 m/33 g of yarn in total and the sand stitch sample scarf used about 231 m/42 g of yarn in total. The samples were made with the shade White 101.

Yarn alternatives: Any lace-/fingering-weight mohair or alpaca yarn held double will work beautifully. Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk (77% alpaca, 23% silk; 140 m/25 g) would be a good option. You could also use a ‘chunky’ mohair like Wool and the Gang Take Care Mohair (78% kid mohair, 13% wool, 9% polyamide; 100 m/50 g) if you prefer to work with a single strand. If you want something less fluffy, King Cole Superfine Alpaca Chunky (100% alpaca; 62m/50g) would also work, as would Sandnes Garn Kos (62% alpaca, 29% nylon and 9% wool; 150 m/50 g), Rowan Cocoon (80% wool, 20% mohair; 115 m/100g) or WYS Re:Treat (100% wool; 140m/100g) are also good options that should meet the required gauge, especially for the Sand Stitch Scarf.

Tension (after blocking): The tension for the 2 scarves is slightly different. For the lace scarf, the tension is 11 stitches x 21 rows in the lace pattern on 6 mm needles. For the sand stitch scarf, the tension is 13 stitches x 21 rows in sand stitch on 6 mm needles. If you have knitted my patterns before and know that your gauge is significantly tighter or looser than mine, you may wish to go up or down to a 5.5 or 6.5 mm needle accordingly. However, this is a very easily adaptable pattern and your tension is not overly important here, so swatching is by no means necessary. If you do swatch with your yarn, you may wish to unravel your swatch and reclaim the yarn as I have not budgeted for a swatch in the yarn quantities given above. Unlike swatching, blocking is essential for this project. A guide to blocking can be found below.

Dimensions (after blocking): The Lace Scarf measures 75 cm across the longest edge and 50 cm across the 2 shorter edges. The Sand Stitch Scarf measures 76 cm across the longest edge and 51 cm across the 2 shorter edges.

Techniques include a garter tab cast-on, reading a knitting chart (optional, as written instructions are also given), leaning increases and decreases, i-cord cast-off, and blocking. All techniques are explained within the pattern.