Dogwood Necklace Scarf (Pattern No. 221)

Ever since I was a little girl making necklaces, garlands, little tiaras, and crowns out of daisies, clover flowers, and violets, I have longed to wear flowers around my neck. Here in the 49 continental states we haven’t quite got the hang of it or enough flowers in season to pull it off. If you feel the same way as I do - here is your solution!

What more perfect flower could there be to bespeak Springtime than a dogwood? I wait for the days when they are in bloom all through the forest. The trees are only just starting to leaf out, so there is the hint of green everywhere but you can still see right into the depths of the woods. There they are -- the ephemeral dogwood blossoms floating on air in palest pink, white, cream, deeper pink. Now you can festoon yourself with their delicacy, their beauty. Make a few, make a pile. Decorate this necklace scarf concept with them, or go quite mad and make a whole glorious wrap of them (and then send me a picture!).

Pattern Difficulty
Intrepid beginner to intermediate knitters: requires knitting, purling, increasing, and decreasing.

Gauge
Gauge is not important for this pattern. Nevertheless, work each felted flower with a single strand of worsted weight, feltable yarn held throughout. To make the flowers in the size pictured, use the recommended needle size(s). For smaller or larger flowers, change your gauge by going down in yarn and needle size, or up, respectively.

Yarn Requirements
250 yds (229m) of each of White, Baby Pink and Pink or Zinnia Pink with Sage centers This amount of yarn makes a pile of dogwood flowers

Each dogwood flower requires approximately 15 yards total of yarn).
To make pictured scarf, also purchase 2 yards 1/2” - 3/4” (1.5-2cm) wide double-sided velvet ribbon in the color of your choice OR 1/8th yard of velvet fabric to make ribbon cords.

Needles and Other Materials
Size 6 (4mm) double-pointed needles (set)
Locking stitch markers to use as stitch holders
Tapestry needle
Sewing needle
Seed Beads and Nylon beading thread

Pictured Samples
Pictured flowers were created with Tilli Tomas Flurries in Moss, Natural, Hope, and Bubble Gum. We regret it is no longer available; nevertheless, wonderful substitutes in Shepherd’s Wool include hand-beaded Sage (or Lime), White, Baby Pink and Zinnia Pink.