Add to your Misty Horizons Cardigan from the October 2017 issue with this matching scarf! The engaging cable panel keeps the knitting interesting as you buzz along.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Finished Size 60¾” / [154.5 cm] long x 8¾” / [22 cm] wide
Gauge: 18 sts and 25 rows = 4″ [10 cm] in St st with larger needles.
23 sts = 4¼” [11 cm] in Cable Panel with larger needles.
Materials
Yarn: Swans Island Natural Colors Merino Worsted (100% Organic merino wool; 250 yards [229 meters]/100 grams): Oyster, 2 hanks
Needles: US sizes 5 (3.75 mm): straight; US size 7 (4.5 mm): straight
Notions: Tapestry needle; stitch markers; cable needle
Abbreviations
cn: cable needle
CO: cast on
cont: continue
est: establish(ed)
k: knit
LC (left cable): sl 1 st to cn and hold in front, k1, k1 from cn
LPC (left purl cable): sl 1 st to cn and hold in front, p1, k1 from cn
p: purl
patt: pattern
RC (right cable): sl 1 st to cn and hold in back, k1, k1 from cn
RPC (right purl cable): sl 1 st to cn and hold in back, k1, p1 from cn
rep: repeat
RS: right side
sl: slip
st(s): stitch(es)
WS: wrong side
Special Stitches
1/1/1RC: bring yarn to front, sl 2 sts to cn and hold in back, bring yarn behind left needle (in front of cn) and k1, bring yarn behind cn and return left st from cn to left needle, hold cn in front, bring yarn in front of left needle and p1, bring yarn to back and return last st from cn to left needle and k1.
See photo tutorial here: https://kristentendyke.com/blogs/news/103052038-tutorial-how-to-knit-the-1-1-1rc-cable
Garter Stitch: Knit all sts, every row.
Stockinette Stitch: Knit all sts on RS, purl all sts on WS.
Cable Panel (panel of 23 sts)
Rnd 1: (P1, k1) twice, p1, RPC, p4, RPC, LPC, p4, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 2: (P1, k1) 3 times, p5, k1, p2, p4, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 3: (P1, k1) twice, p6, RPC, p2, LPC, p3, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 4: (P1, k1) twice, p6, k1, p4, k1, p3, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 5: P1, 1/1/1RC, p5, RC, p4, LPC, p2, 1/1/1RC, p1.
Rnd 6: (P1, k1) twice, p5, k2, p5, k1, p2, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 7: (P1, k1) twice, p5, RPC, LPC, p4, LPC, p1, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 8: (P1, k1) twice, p4, k1, p2, k1, p5, (k1, p1) 3 times.
Rnd 9: (P1, k1) twice, p3, RPC, p2, LPC, p6, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 10: (P1, k1) twice, p3, k1, p4, k1, p6, (k1, p1) twice.
Rnd 11: P1, 1/1/1RC, p2, RPC, p4, LC, p5, 1/1/1RC, p1.
Rnd 12: (P1, k1) twice, p2, k1, p5, k2, p5, (k1, p1) twice.
Rep Rnds 1-12 for patt.
Pattern
Scarf
With smaller needles, CO 43 sts.
Knit 11 rows.
Change to larger needles.
Set-up Row 1 (WS): K4, p6, pm, (k1, p1) twice, k5, p2, k5, p1, k2, (p1, k1) twice, pm, p6, k4.
Set-up Row 2 (RS): Work next 4 sts in Garter St, 6 sts in St st, 23 sts in Cable Panel, 6 sts in St st then 4 sts in Garter St.
Cont working even as est until Rows 1-12 of Cable Panel have been worked 30 times.
Work Rows 1-2 once more.
Change to smaller needles.
Knit 11 rows, ending after a RS row.
Next Row (WS): BO all sts knitwise.
Finishing
Weave in ends.
Block piece to measurements.