Falling Water Lace Scarf

This scarf is based on stitch pattern #196 in Leslie Stanfield’s The New Knitting Stitch Library, one of my
favorite stitch dictionaries.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length after blocking: 70-74 inches
Width after blocking: approx. 6 inches

(Length and width before blocking: 48-52 inches x approx. 4 inches)

MATERIALS
300-400 yards of any soft fingering weight wool yarn

US #5/3.75mm or US #6/4.0mm straight or circular needles. (I recommend swatching with two or three
different needle sizes, then blocking your swatch to determine which needle size will produce the most
pleasing fabric with the yarn you are using. Swatching will also help you determine how many repeats of
the stitch pattern to do to get your desired scarf length.)

GAUGE
Gauge is not crucial and will vary depending on yarn used.

PATTERN NOTES
This scarf can be knit using any weight yarn. You’ll get a wider scarf with sport weight, DK, or worsted
weight yarn.

If you use a laceweight yarn, you may want to do 1 or 2 additional repeats of the stitch pattern, so that the
scarf is not too narrow. Cast on 40 stitches for 4 repeats of the stitch pattern, or 48 stitches for 5 repeats.

 = knit on RS, purl on WS

• = purl on RS, knit on WS

\ = ssk (slip 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit those 2 stitches together)

/ = k2tog (knit 2 together)

O = yarn over

DIRECTIONS
Loosely cast on 32 stitches. Work four rows in garter stitch (knit every row). Begin working lace pattern,
following the written instructions or the chart below.
Complete 20-25 repeats of the stitch pattern, ending with Row 15. Work four rows in garter stitch and
loosely bind off.

Note: Every row begins and ends with a border of 3 knit stitches. These border stitches are NOT shown
in the chart, but are included in the written instructions. You may want to place a stitch marker after the
first 3 knit (border) stitches on each row and before the last 3 knit (border) stitches, to distinguish them
from the lace pattern stitches.

WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS

Row 1 [RS] k3, *p2, k6, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3

Row 2 [and all WS rows] k3, *k2, p6, rep from * 2 times, k5
Row 3 [RS] k3, *p2, yo, k2, ssk, k2, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 5 [RS] k3, *p2, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 7 [RS] k3, *p2, k2, yo, k2, ssk, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 9 [RS] k3, *p2, k6, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 11 [RS] k3, *p2, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 13 [RS] k3, *p2, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3
Row 15 [RS] k3, *p2, k2tog, k2, yo, k2, rep from * 2 times, p2, k3

CHART

16 • • • •
• • O / • • 15
14 • • • •
• • O / • • 13
12 • • • •
• • O / • • 11
10 • • • •
• • • • 9
8 • • • •
• • \ O • • 7
6 • • • •
• • \ O • • 5
4 • • • •
• • \ O • • 3
2 • • • •
• • • • 1

FINISHING
Weave in ends. Soak scarf in cool water until thoroughly wet. Place between two towels and squeeze out
excess water. Block by pinning on a flat surface. Allow to dry.

© Bonnie Sennott, 2006

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