I knit the sample scarf using the colour change yarn I dyed in the cold pad dyeing tutorial but you can use any colour of your choice as the background. You might like to try a subtle variegated yarn or even the colours of your favourite footy team!
Size
Approximately 140cm long and 10cm wide along patterned length. (ie: head is slightly wider, tail is thinner).
Materials
Approx 160m black 8 ply wool for the fairisle patterning and 330m of variegated wool for the background colour.
A scrap of red 8 ply wool for the forked tongue.
I used about 75gm of Jo Sharp Classic DK 8 ply wool in colour black and 150gm of natural which I dyed using the colour-change yarn method in my cold pad dyeing tutorial.
Needles: A set of 4mm double pointed needles
Gauge
22sts per 10cm over fairisle pattern on 4mm needles
Abbreviations
Inc/Increase = knit the next st but do not drop it off the left hand needle, knit into back of the same stitch, then drop it off the left hand needle. You will have turned 1 stitch into 2 stitches.
Pattern
Using your background colour, cast on 6sts and join for circular knitting. Knit 1 round.
2nd round: Increase in each stitch. (12sts)
Knit 4 rounds.
7th round: Increase in each stitch (24sts).
Join black yarn and continue as follows in stripes of 2 rounds black, 2 round background colour.
K 8 rounds
Next round: (K5, inc); repeat to end of round. (28sts)
Knit 8 rounds
Next round: (K6, inc); repeat to end of round. (32sts)
Knit 8 rounds
Next round: (K7, inc); repeat to end of round. (36sts)
Knit 8 rounds
Next round: (K8, inc); repeat to end of round. (40sts)
Knit 8 rounds
Next round: (K9, inc); repeat to end of round. (44sts)
Keep knitting in stripes without shaping until you have a total of 13 black stripes.
Work 1 round background colour.
Continue knitting without shaping, following the fairisle chart below until your scarf measures 125cm from the cast on edge, ending with row 5 of the chart..
Cut black yarn and darn in all loose ends.
Shape Head
1st round: (K1, m1, k21, m1) twice
2nd round: Knit
3rd round; (k1, m1, k23, m1) twice
Knit without shaping for a further 9cm
Decrease for mouth as follows:
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k21, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k19, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k17, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k15, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k13, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k11, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k9, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k7, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k5, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k3, ssk) twice
Next round: (K1, k2tog, k1, ssk) twice
Cut yarn, thread through remaining stitches and fasten off.
Tongue
Using red wool and 4mm needles cast on 15sts.
Next row: Cast off 5 sts, knit to end, turn
K10, cast on 5, turn
Cast off.
Finishing
Stitch tongue to snake at the front of the head. Fasten off any threads by darning in place, then threading the ends to the inside of the scarf.
Wash and block.
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