The Free Adaptation

Refer to Churchmouse Classics 'Bias Before & After Scarf' pattern for complete instructions. Only changes are covered in this adaptation.

Finished Size: Approx. 91⁄2"/24cm wide x 90"/229cm long, after blocking. Bias width across stitches (in direction of needle) will measure approx. 141⁄2"/37cm.

Yarn: 3 skeins Isager Bomulin (229 yds/210m each): 1 skein each of main color (MC), contrast color 1 (CC1) and contrast color 2 (CC2). Sample used MC = Color 23, CC1 = Color 46, CC2 = Color 47. Or approx. 229 yds/210m each of three colors in an equivalent fingering weight plant-fiber yarn.

Gauge: Approx. 22 sts = 4"/10cm, after blocking.

We used full skeins of all three colors to achieve this striping sequence. You can easily adjust length if you prefer, or if you run short of yarn, by knitting fewer stripes. Carry color not in use loosely up the side so it doesn’t draw up or shorten that edge.

Prepare MC: Divide MC into two equal weight balls. Note: This will ensure that you will use equal amounts of MC in first and third striped sections.

Provisional cast-on: Work provisional crochet cast-on as follows:
Make a slip knot with waste yarn and place loop onto crochet hook. Hold gauge needle and waste yarn in left hand and crochet hook in right; form an ‘X’ with left-pointing hook on top of right-pointing needle, and yarn behind needle (knitting needle is ‘sandwiched’ between hook and yarn).
*Using crochet hook, Ch 1, pulling yarn through loop on hook and catching needle under chain. Bring yarn back behind needle.* Repeat between * * until 80 sts are cast on to needle. Slip locking marker into last chain on hook; cut waste yarn.
Using MC, leaving a 2 yd/m tail (for binding off later), begin working in pattern as directed below.

First striped section:
Work two-row stripes as follows:
Row 1 (RS): Work as original pattern in MC.
Row 2 (WS): Work as original pattern in MC.
Row 3 (RS): Work as original pattern in CC1.
Row 4 (WS): Work as original pattern in CC1.
Repeat Rows 1–4 38 more times or until you use up your first MC ball, ending with Row 4.

Second striped section:
Work two-row stripes as follows:
Row 1 (RS): Work as original pattern in CC2.
Row 2 (WS): Work as original pattern in CC2.
Row 3 (RS): Work as original pattern in CC1.
Row 4 (WS): Work as original pattern in CC1.
Repeat Rows 1–4 38 more times or until you use up CC1, ending with Row 4.

Third striped section:
Work two-row stripes as follows:
Row 1 (RS): Work as original pattern in CC2.
Row 2 (WS): Work as original pattern in CC2.
Row 3 (RS): Work as original pattern in MC.
Row 4 (WS): Work as original pattern in MC.
Repeat Rows 1–4 38 more times or until you have at least 2 yds/m of MC remaining.

Bind off: With RS facing, use MC to bind off knitwise with larger needle. Following pattern instructions, place provisional cast-on sts onto gauge needle. With WS facing, use MC to bind off purlwise with larger needle.

Finishing: Weave in ends as invisibly as possible. Block as for original pattern to dimensions above.

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