This pretty beaded scarf is easy and versatile. Worked with just 1 ball of yarn, it will make a short neck-scarf, of comforter length, covered with many beads. Worked on a bigger needle and with more yarn (2 balls is more than enough) it makes a longer scarf, with fewer beads but with a carefully engineered flouncing ruffle, also beaded.

I have given you both versions here.

The pattern is quite easy and though there are no real ‘resting’ rows, it is a basic 3X2 rib, to which I have added lace and beads. The beads are placed from the wrong side on the main scarf – an easy version of placing them from the right side as we usually do – and then they are placed from the right side on the ruffle. My notes fully explain how.

I have given you all the numbers so you can increase or reduce the scarf.

It would make a lovely scarf without beads, if you used a yarn with some in-built sparkle such as Kidsilk Glamour. And I also think it would make a super-snuggly throw knitted on 7mm needles in Cocoon and sized up, sans beads.

You will need:
1 or 2 balls of Rowan Kidsilk Haze (or equivalent) i.e., approx 200 – 400 meters of yarn
Either approx 300; or 800 beads, size 6, depending on which design you choose
4 or 5mm needles