Long Shadows Scarf by Beach House Knits

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

When the days get shorter and the shadows become longer… Long Shadows is inspired by those days of looking behind you and chasing the daylight for just a bit longer in hopes that the winter doesn’t come on too fast.

The Long Shadows Scarf is extra long - wrap it once, twice, probably three times around if you need some extra warmth. It also has optional tassels, because who doesn’t love a little pizazz?

Construction

This scarf is knit in the flat from the bottom edge to the top. Cables are worked at either end of the scarf with ribbing in the middle. Optional tassels can be added after the scarf is finished.

The cable patterns are both written and charted.

Size

84” long and 9½” wide, not including tassels

Yarn

Manos del Uruguay MAXIMA (100% extrafine merino wool; approx. 219 yds/100 g): 5 sks
Shown in M2625 Orchid

Needles & Notions

US 7/4.5 mm straight needles or 24” circular, or size needed to obtain gauge

Stitch markers

Cable needle

Tapestry needle

5” tassel maker or two 5” squares of cardboard (optional)

Gauge

27 sts and 25 rows = 4”/10 cm in overall rib and cable patterns, relaxed after blocking.

Notes

This scarf has three 10-stitch sections separated by areas of k2, p2 rib. At times, the 10-stitch sections are worked in the Cable Panel (see Stitch Guide), and at other times the stitches in these sections are simply worked as they appear (knit the knits and purl the purls). The directions indicate where and when to place the cable panels.

The Cable Panel can be worked from the chart or from the row-by-row directions in the Stitch Guide.