Fletching Silk Scarf
by Angela Roberge
by Angela Roberge
Finished Measurements:
6″ x 78″
Materials:
2 skeins Noro Silk Garden [45% silk, 45% kid mohair, 10% lambs wool; 100m/50g] Colour 84
5.0mm circular needles
tapestry needle
Gauge:
4 stitches per inch [Gauge not critical for this project].
Glossary:
yoo – wrap yarn around needle twice
DD – double decrease – slip 2 sts together as if to knit, k1 then pass the two slipped stitches over
Directions:
Cast on 25 stitches.
Row 1: Purl
**Row 2: K1, ssk, k4, yoo, k4, DD, k4, yoo, k4, k2tog, k1
Row 3: P6, [p1, k1 into the yoo], p9, [p1, k1 into the yoo], p6**
Repeat Rows 2 & 3 (ending on Row 3) until you have just enough yarn to…
Final Row: Knit all (25) stitches.
Bind off in purl.
Finishing:
Weave in ends and block.
The Half-Assed Housewife 
Can you help? I am new to knitting but would like to try this scarf. I’m having trouble with the abbreviations in the pattern. I keep ending up with extra stiches.
I do not know if she is still looking for help, but I wouldn’t mind a bit of translation. : )
Echo
Are you still looking for help with this pattern? I know it’s a year later and maybe you’ve learned a lot more about knitting but let me know.
I’m having lots of trouble too! I think the pattern is confusing me. It looks like in order to complete Row 2, you need to have a total of 29 stitches on the needle. Is this correct? I keep coming up short when it comes to the final k4, k2tog, k1. Help please!
Nope, 25 works, however, I should probably write that line differently:
K1, ssk, k4, yoo, k4, DD, k4, yoo, k4, k2tog, k1
yoo – wrap yarn around needle twice
dd – slip 2 sts together as if to knit, k1, psso
Is that more clear?
Got it!! The part that screwed me up was actually the “yarn over twice” thing. I was using up stitches for that part thinking that I would do a single yo twice, thus using 2 stitches each time…..oops!
I need a translation as well. On the second row, the way I’m interpreting the stitches, it comes out that I only need 24 stitches, instead of 25, but then again, there are some stitches and abbreviations that are new to me, so I’m probably doing something wrong.
Here’s the stitches counted out.
The # in the bracket is the stitch number
Row 2: K1(1), ssk(2&3), k4 (4-7), yoo, k4(8-11), DD(12-14), k4(15-18), yoo, k4(19-22), k2tog(23&24), k1(25).
I hope that helps.
~A
PS. Which abbreviations are unfamiliar to you?
It was the DD that was confusing me, I was only combining 2 stitches instead of 3.
ssk and yoo were new to me, but google pointed me where I needed to go and you clarified the last thing.
Thanks a bunch~
I’m glad you were able to get it all worked out.
DD is described in the pattern, so you should be all good, now!
I look forward to seeing pictures. Are you on Ravelry?
~A
I do happen to be on Ravelry! I recently got it though, so I’m still figuring things out. That’s actually how I found this pattern. I’ve been looking for a not overly complex pattern that’s still elegant and was more than overjoyed at finding this one~
I am curious as to why a scarf that appears to be worked flat calls for circular needles.. I ask because I want to make one, and don’t want to start it until I’m sure this isn’t a typo.
Hi there.
It’s not a typo. I knit everything with circulars, whether the project is flat or not. If you’re more comfortable knitting with straights, however, it’ll work just as well.
Happy knitting!
~A