I love easy knitting. Stockinette in the round, flat garter stitch - it’s great for TV watching and stitch night, and also a great chance to play with all of those handdyed skeins that always look so tempting at the yarn shop. This squishy scarf, with a lay-flat edge from Ysolda Teague’s Mae Scarf, is a little fiddly to set up at first, but quickly transitions into literal miles of stockinette in the round. Because you’re knitting a tube, you won’t even have to weave in most of the ends.

Use a miniskein set and a matching solid for the stripes shown here, run through a gradient skein or two, or just enjoy the flow with a variegated or semisolid luxury yarn. The pattern is written for fingering weight, but can easily be adjusted for any weight you like.

Materials

about 1000 yards of fingering weight yarn - yes, break into those fancy skeins you were saving for “something special” or use up leftovers with some creative striping

US 1.5 / 2.5mm needles (DPNs or circulars, depending on your preferred method of knitting in the round - I used DPNS and a long circular to start and end, but transitioned to a 16” circular for the middle piece)

2 stitch markers

Tapestry needle