Knitting Scarves from Around the World: 23 Patterns in a Variety of Styles and Techniques

SCARVES OF

SCANDINAVIA

Min Ulla Norwegian Scarf 14

Swedish Lovikka Scarf 18

Greenland Beaded Leaf Scarf 24

Icelandic Yoke Scarf 30

Päivätär: A Double-Knit Finnish Scarf 34

Icelandic Lace Scarf 40

MIN ULLA

NORWEGIAN SCARF

DESIGN BY ELINOR BROWN

This Norwegian-styled scarf is made in the round as a tube with its ends grafted together in the finishing process. Symmetrical about the center point, it is comprised of many very simple band repeats interspersed with a few more complicated snowflake and larger XOXO patterns.

Finished Measurements

74-1/4 × 71/2" [188.5 × 19cm]

Materials

♦ Berroco Ultra Alpaca (worsted weight; 50% alpaca/50% wool; 215 yds [197m] per 31/2 oz [100g] skein): 3 skeins each Charcoal Mix #6289 (MC) and Winter White #6201 (CC)

♦ Size 6 [4mm] 16" [40cm] circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge

♦ Size G/6 [4mm] crochet hook

♦ Spare needle

♦ Waste yarn

♦ Stitch markers

♦ Tapestry needle

Gauge

26 sts and 26 rnds = 4" [10cm] in stranded 2-color St st. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain correct gauge.

PATTERN NOTE

This scarf is worked in the round with both ends grafted to close the tube.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUE

Provisional Cast-On: With a crochet hook and waste yarn, make a chain several sts longer than the desired CO. With a circular knitting needle and project yarn, pick up the indicated number of sts in the bumps on the back of the chain. When indicated in the pat, unzip the crochet chain to free the live sts.

INSTRUCTIONS

Leaving a 22" [56cm] tail and using MC, provisionally CO 96 sts; pm for beg of rnd and join, taking care not to twist sts.

Work Charts 1–6 in order.

You are now at the middle of the scarf.

Turn the charts upside down and work Charts 6–1 in reverse order (starting from what was the top row of each chart) so that the 2nd half mirrors the first half.

Cut the yarn, leaving a 22" [56cm] MC tail.

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FINISHING

Place the first 48 sts of the rnd on a spare needle, leaving the rem 48 sts on the working circular needle. Use the MC tail and Kitchener st to graft the sts tog.

Weave in all tails on the WS, turning the scarf inside out if necessary.

Unzip the provisional CO, placing the first 48 sts on a spare needle and the last 48 sts on the working circular needle. Use the MC tail and Kitchener st to graft the sts tog.

Wet-block the scarf to even out the color pattern.

SWEDISH

LOVIKKA SCARF

DESIGN BY W. J. JOHNSON, SAGA HILL DESIGNS

This pattern is based on the Lovikka Mitten originally designed in northern Sweden by Erika Aittamaa in 1892. (See Nordic Knitting by Susanne Pagoldh and The Complete Book of Traditional Scandinavian Knitting by Sheila McGregor for reference.)

The scarf is bulky; it is knit with a chunky yarn then slightly fulled (felted) and brushed to bring out the wool’s natural halo. It is embellished with embroidery in three different colored yarns, and a tassel is added to each scarf point.

Finished Measurements

41/2 × 56" [11.5 × 152.5cm], excluding tassels

Materials

♦ Alafoss Lopi (bulky weight; 100% Icelandic wool singles; 109 yds [100m] per 31/2 oz [100g] ball): 2 balls White #0051

♦ Size 10 [6mm] needles or size needed to obtain gauge

♦ Tapestry needle

♦ Optional: Clip-on style stitch markers

♦ Embroidery and tassel yarn: worsted weight or equal tapestry wool; 3 yds [2.75m] in each of 3 colors. Sample is embroidered in DMC worsted weight tapestry wool in Yellow #7786, Blue #7318, and Red #7544.

Gauge

13 sts and 18 rows = 4" [10cm] in St st.

Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain correct gauge.

PATTERN NOTE

The scarf will curl inward as you knit the main body but will flatten when you are finished fulling, blocking, and brushing.

SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS

M1-R (make 1 right): Insert the LH needle from back to front under the running thread between the last st worked and the next st on the LH needle. With the RH needle, knit into the front of this loop.

M1-L (make 1 left): Insert the LH needle from front to back under the running thread between the last st worked and the next st on the LH needle. With the RH needle, knit into the back of this loop.

INSTRUCTIONS

Increase Point

CO 3 sts.

Row 1 (WS): K3.

Row 2 (RS): K1, M1-R, k1, M1-L, k1—5 sts.

Row 3: K2, p1, k2.

Row 4: K2, M1-R, k1, M1-L, k2—7 sts.

Row 5: K2, p3, k2.

Row 6: K2, M1-R, knit to last 2 sts, M1-L, k2—9 sts.

Row 7: K2, purl to last 2 sts, k2.

Rows 8–15: Rep [Rows 6 and 7] 4 more times—17 sts.

Space for Embroidery

Row 1 (RS): K2, p13, k2.

Row 2: K17.

Row 3: K17.

Row 4: K2, p13, k2.

Rows 5–10: Rep [Rows 3 and 4] 3 more times.

Rows 11 and 12: Rep Rows 1 and 2.

Body

Row 1 (RS): K17.

Row 2: K2, p13, k2.

Rep Rows 1 and 2 until the scarf measures approx 5" [12.5cm] short of the desired length, ending with a WS row.

Space for Embroidery

Work 12 rows as for other end.

Decrease Point

Row 1 (RS): K17.

Row 2: K2, p13, k2.

Row 3: K2, ssk, knit to last 4 sts, k2tog, k2—15 sts.

Row 4: K2, purl to last 2 sts, k2.

Rows 5–10: Rep [Rows 3 and 4] 3 times—9 sts.

Row 11: K2, ssp, p1, p2tog, k2—7 sts.

Row 12: K2, p2tog, p1, k2—6 sts.

Row 13: K2, BO 1, k2tog, BO 1, k2tog, BO 1—1 st.

Cut yarn and pull the end through the last st to fasten