My Father’s Fair Isle Scarf by Hazel Tindall

My Father’s Fair Isle Scarf

Knitting
October 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
31 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch, colorwork, in the round, blocked
US 2 - 2.75 mm
800 - 1265 yards (732 - 1157 m)
one size
English

Materials

  • Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift (100% Shetland wool), 115 yd (105 m)/25 g: #141 Camel (tan), #375 Flax (pale yellow), #870 Cocoa (medium brown), and #880 Coffee (dark brown), 2 balls each; #805 Spruce (teal), #470 Pumpkin (orange), and #365 Chartreuse (light green), 1 ball each.
  • Needles: size 2 or 2.5 (3 mm): 9” (23 cm) circular (cir) or set of double-pointed (dpn), or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Marker for start/end of round, plus (optional) markers in contrasting colors to separate the
  • chart repeats
  • Tapestry needle
  • Crochet hook for attaching fringe
  • Scissors

Finished Size: 6” wide × 48” long (15.2 × 122 cm), including fringe.
Gauge: 31 sts and 32 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in stockinette colorwork patterns from charts, after blocking.