Konpeito Candy by Hiromi Glover

Konpeito Candy

Knitting
April 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
33 stitches and 46 rows = 4 inches
in st patt, after blocking.
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1600 yards (1463 m)
One size.
English Finnish

This scarf was inspired by a traditional Japanese sugar candy that is small, brightly coloured and has a spikey surface. The four-row pattern repeat is easy to memorise and fun to knit.

SIZE 
One size.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 12” / 30.5 cm. 
Length: Approx. 80” / 204 cm.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Approx. the following amounts of fingering-weight yarn:
MC: 200 g / 800 yds / 730 m.
CC: A total of 200 g / 800 yds / 730 m. 

The sample was knitted in Fingering Singles by The Wandering Flock in colourway 100s & 1000s (MC), which is a fingering-weight, hand-dyed, soft merino yarn. For CCs, a mix of different fingering-weight yarns were used, such as Purl Soho Linen Quill and Furl, Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Mondim as well as Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair.

Needles: US 4 / 3.5 mm needles.  

GAUGE
33 sts x 46 rows to 4” / 10 cm in st patt, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
This striped scarf is worked in one piece, flat. It features an easy-to-memorise stitch pattern that is repeated over four rows, alternating two rows in MC and two rows in CC. You can use as many CC colours as you want.