Knit a Large Cable Scarf Pattern

Learn How to Make Your Own Super Large Wool Accessory

Project excerpted from Head to Toe Knits: 35 hats, scarves, gloves, and socks you'll love to knit.

A luxurious scarf (made here from pure Aran wool) that will be the envy of all your friends. The chunky cable makes it extra thick and warm, and with the super-long length you’ll never be cold. You could also try this pattern with finer yarn for a skinnier and lighter-weight version of this scarf.

Size

Approximately 82 1⁄2in (209.5cm) long and 8 1⁄4in (21cm) wide.

Yarn suggestion 

Ten 3 1⁄2oz (100g) balls—approximately 1859yds (1700m)—of worsted-weight yarn, such as Rowan Pure Wool Aran

Needles

Pair of US 11 (8.0mm) knitting needles

Other materials

Cable needle

Knitter’s sewing needle

Gauge (tension)

18 stitches and 16 rows to 4in (10cm) square over patt using US 11 (8.0mm) needles and 2 strands of yarn held together

Abbreviations

C6F = slip next 3 sts onto cable needle and leave at front of work, k3, then k3 from cable needle.

C6B = slip next 3 sts onto cable needle and leave at back of work, k3, then k3 from cable needle.

See also page 101

Pattern

SCARF

Using 2 strands of yarn held together, cast on 38 sts.

Row 1 (RS): Knit.

Row 2: Purl.

Row 3: K1, [C6F] six times, k1.

Row 4: Purl.

Row 5: Knit.

Row 6: Purl.

Row 7: K4, [C6B] five times, k4.

Row 8: Purl.

These 8 rows form patt.

Cont in patt until scarf measures approx 821⁄2in (209.5cm), ending after patt row 4 or 8.

Bind (cast) off.

FINISHING

Do NOT press. Weave in yarn ends.

For fringe, cut 231⁄2in (60cm) lengths of yarn.

Knot pairs of these lengths through every st along cast-on and bound-off (cast-off) edge.
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Courtesy of Head to Toe Knits by Bronwyn Lowenthal. CICO Books, $19.95, 2010. Available at Amazon.com.

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