Bias 'Before & After' Scarf Using Classic Elite Silky Alpaca

Name: Bias 'Before & After' Scarf Using Classic Elite Silky Alpaca
Brand: cyt
SKU: PDF-CC-BBAS
Price: 7.0 USD
Availability: InStock

"Perfect for warmer days, or layer two for coziness.”

We dubbed this scarf 'before & after' because it's so ugly (truly!) before it's blocked and so beautiful after. Knitted on the bias, this light, airy scarf has the smooth simplicity of stockinette stitch without all the rolling at the edges. The pattern includes simple instructions for adding beads at the ends.

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"Perfect for warmer days, or layer two for coziness.”

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Shown in Classic Elite Silky Alpaca

This silky lace-weight yarn, now discontinued after Classic Elite closed in 2018, drove us to create this OG scarf. There is a useful website called yarnsub.com that offers semi-equivalents. Or do what we did: knit in a different yarn. You'll find six different options on our site.

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Knitter's notes

The stockinette stitch fabric of this scarf is remarkably stretchy. Don't be tempted to skip the provisional cast-on step. You will need a very loose bind-off on each end of the scarf to accommodate this stretchiness.

When you begin, don't be fooled by the 'purlish' appearance of that first row you knitted into the provisional chain—your first stockinette row after this should be a KNIT row (those purl bumps will go away after you remove your chain). This will ensure that the tail you reserve for binding off later will be on the correct end.

By the way, if you've forgotten to leave enough yarn to bind off later (and several of us have!), don't despair. After putting the cast-on stitches back onto your needles, un-knit two rows carefully, stitch by stitch (you'll have to pull your tail through the edge stitch) and use the yarn from these two rows to do your bind-off. There's always a way!

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Bias 'Before & After' Scarf Using Classic Elite Silky Alpaca