This is a spontaeous scarf made from two skeins of Knit Picks Andean Treasure in the color Moss. I pictured this yarn as a long, skinny, lacy scaf — so I basically just flipped through my 365 Knitting Stitches a Year calendar and experimented until a found something I liked. Although it has a definte tendency to want to curl up on the edges, I just love how this came out!

Here’s a closer look at the lace:

And here’s the “pattern” I came up with for it:

Lacy Zigzag Scarf

Materials:
2 skeins (220 yards) Knit Picks Andean Treasure (100% Baby Alpaca)
Size US 6 Needles (or US 5 — I knit really tightly)

Gauge:
6 sts = 1 inch (not that it really matters!)

Cast on 25 stitches
Rows 1-2: Knit all stitches

Begin Lace Pattern:
Row 3: *Sl 1, Kt, psso, K2, YO, K2; Repeat from * to last st, K1
Row 4: Purl
Row 5-8: Repeat rows 3 and 4 twice
Row 9: K3, *YO, K2, K2tog, K2; Repeat from * to last 4 stitches, YO, K2, K2tog
Row 10: Purl
Rows 11-14: Repeat rows 9 and 10 twice

Repeat lace pattern until scarf reaches desired length
Knit two rows
Bind off

I found that the lace pattern is pretty easy to memorize, and I was able to work on this while watching TV. So long as I always worked through a complete repetition of the lace pattern, then I always knew where to begin whenever I’d pick it up again. The lace pattern requires a multiple of 6 +1 stitches, so you can easily make this wider or narrower to suit your taste.

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