Tiller

• Product description

  Cozy enough for working on the water or just for fending off the elements on a blustery day, this generous scarf is plush with panels of trinity stitch and interlacing cables. Tiller is more than six feet of toothsome knitting, worked from one end to the other with a tubular cast-on and bind-off for neat and durable edges. The handsome net of cables is intuitive to knit, so you’ll quickly find a comfortable rhythm. And the trinity stitch yields deep texture in the flanking panels, mimicking the appearance of small bobbles through paired triple increases and decreases that are simple to work. Tiller will also introduce a new edge technique into your repertoire: wrapped chain selvedges have a similar appearance to garter stitch, but yield a cleaner and more structured straight edge that’s useful for all kinds of projects.

  Knit this scarf in your favorite bright hue of Shelter to beat the winter doldrums or select a warm neutral to pair with any outfit when the air turns chilly.

  Designer: Julie Hoover

  Collection: Fall 2014

   

• Pattern materials

  YARDAGE

  • Approximately 940 yards worsted weight wool yarn  

  
  

  YARN

  • 7 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
  • Photographed in color Nest

  
  

• Pattern specs

  GAUGE

  • 28-stitch motif from Cable Panel measures 4½” wide with Size A needle(s), after blocking
  • 14-stitch motif from Left or Right Trinity Panel measures 2½” wide with Size A needle(s), after blocking
  • 30 rows = 4″ in either stitch pattern

  
  

  NEEDLES

  Size A (for Main Fabric):

  • One pair of straight needles or a 24″ circular needle* in size needed to obtain gauges listed
  • Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)

  
  

  Size B (for Ribbing):

  • One pair of straight needles or a 24″ circular needle*, one size smaller than Size A
  • Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

  
  

  Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On & Bind Off only):

  • One 24″ circular needle, one size smaller than Size B
  • Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

  
  

  *Knitter’s preferred style of needle may be used

  
  

  Note: If you have adjusted the needle size to obtain the correct gauge, it may or may not be necessary to make a matching adjustment to the needle size used for Tubular Cast On due to variance in individual work. Please test your chosen cast-on method on your swatch.

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • 10½” wide; 76¾” long

  
  

• Techniques

  Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern.

  REQUIRED TECHNIQUES

  • Cast on of choice (for 2×2 ribbed fabric)
  • 2 x 2 bind off of choice
  • Blocking (Suggested method: Wet-Blocking)

  
  

  OPTIONAL TECHNIQUES

  • Tubular Cast On- flat knitting (for 2×2 ribbed fabric)
  • 2 x 2 Tubular Bind Off
  • Grafting (Kitchener Stitch)

  
  

• Pattern Updates

  18 September 2014: Version 2.0

  The cable crosses written as RC and LC within the pattern instructions have been corrected to read RT and LT, as in the chart legend.

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