Scarf Stane by Elizabeth Williamson

Scarf Stane

Knitting
August 2026
Lace ?
18 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch base blocked
US 4 - 3.5 mm
212 yards (194 m)
One Size
English
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I wanted to design a small scarf, more of a neckerchief really using just one ball of Shetland yarn. I have many single balls kicking around the house, usually left over from other projects so I thought that this would be a great use for them.

This design is named after a sea rock called the Scarf Stane. Stane in Shetland dialect is a stone or a rock and just to confuse people scarf in Shetland dialect does not refer to the item which you wear around your neck but a sea bird, a cormorant.
It translates to Cormorant Rock. It was maybe a place where cormorants were seen sitting, drying their wings.

A scarf is known in Shetland as a gravit.

Finished size - Wingspan 115cm/45in x Depth 35cm/14in