This handsome scarf or cowl uses a “magical” stitch to create tiles of vertical and horizontal stripes. The piece is fully reversible, with horizontal stripes reversing to vertical stripes and vice versa.
Amaze your friends!
It’s perfect for team or school colors, and makes a great gift.
You may knit it as a scarf, or graft the ends together for a cowl.
SIZE
Approximately 9 in wide and 48 in long / 22 cm by 120 cm. The piece can easily be made wider or longer.
YARN
The Plucky Knitter Plucky Sweater, DK / 8 ply,
90% Merino, 10% Nylon, 270 yds/245m
Prickly Pear (yellow), 1 skein – Color A;
Strut Your Stuff (blue), 1 skein – Color B.
NEEDLES
US 6 – 4.0 mm, circular needle, 24-32 in./ 60-80 cm, or size required to achieve gauge.
GAUGE
30 st and 22 rows = 4 in/10 cm in ribbing (gauge is not crucial, but will affect size of finished piece)
NOTIONS
Yarn needle, 3 Stitch markers
PATTERN NOTES
A circular needle is required for this pattern.
It’s easy to make the scarf wider; just cast on more stitches. You may also make the solid sections longer, or add more sections.

-- Thank you to my lovely test knitters! --
Quotes:
“This pattern/design is absolutely brilliant! It is classy and elegant with very little effort. The pattern is written concisely with easy to follow steps.”
“This was a great pattern! The instructions were clear and the pattern had a rhythm that allowed me to continue without having to check the pattern constantly.”
“This pattern is fun! The stripes section is easy for me to remember when I break it into a 4 st. repeat.”
“Love this pattern! Ingenious!”