This scarf features five colours, and is great for using up leftovers. Aside from the main colour (which takes around 3/4 of a ball of sock/ light-fingering yarn), you only need around a third of a ball of each of the other 4 colours. The brioche and zigzag sections benefit from strong contrast colours. Whereas other parts of the scarf can use gentler contrasts, as well as bold choices – whatever you prefer. The two colours marked ‘strong contrast’ can be the same yarn if you like.

Blocking is essential for a patter like this – to open up the holes, to achieve the required length, and to show off the colours in areas like the honeycomb and brioche.

Before you start, if you’ve not knitted a 2 colour icord before, and picked up two colours of stitches from it, it’s worth trying this (part 1) over 20 stitches before you dive into the whole scarf. The same goes for 2-colour brioche. However the rest is more straightforward.

Finished measurements
After blocking: 180cm long x 28cm wide (depending on how hard you block)

Yarn:
All yarns are sock weight (400m per 100g)

Main colour (MC): Malabrigo Lettuce, 304m 76g
Strong Contrast A (SCA): Malabrigo Fiona (Dark Green) 92m 23g – if not using, then combine total with SCB)
Strong Contrast B (SCB): Malabrigo Whale’s Road (Dark Purple) 148m 37g
Contrast C (CCC): Malabrigo Sabiduria (mid blue-purple) 120m 30g
Contrast D (CCD): Malabrigo Fucsia (pink) 92m 23g

Needles + notions
US size 4 needle / 3.5mm needle for main body
160cm circular needle
US size 6 / 4.5mm for icord cast on and bind off (double pointed, or a circular needle)
At least 20 stitch markers

Gauge
After blocking: 10cm is 22 stitches in stockinette.