Status Quo Scarf
B Y N ATALIA V ASILIEVA
D IFFICULTY : I NTERMEDIATE
S KILLS U SED : C ROCHET CHAIN CAST - ON , SLIPPED STITCHES ,
BASIC CABLES , DEALING WITH CABLE SPLAY , FOLLOWING
CHARTS , BIND - OFF IN PATTERN .
Version 1.01
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
5” wide and 60” long (12.5 x 150 cm)
TOOLS AND MATERIALS
Schulana Fashion Silk (85% silk, 15% polyester;
120 yds (110 m) per 50 g); color #19 (brown): 4 skeins
US 10 (6 mm) needles
6 mm (J) crochet hook
Cable needle
GAUGE
Cabled pattern: 24 sts x 24 rows = 3⅜” x 4”(8.5 x 10 cm)
PATTERN NOTES
To prevent cable splay, the scarf begins with casting on a smaller number
of stitches that are increased in the 1st row and decreased back before bind-
off.
Selvedge with two slipped stitches produces slim tubes along scarf edges
that can be used to hide yarn ends. Always join a new skein at the edge.
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SPECIAL STITCHES
BTS (tube selvedge at the beginning of the row): slip 1 wyib, k1.
ETS (tube selvedge at the end of the row): slip 1 wyif, p1.
Right cable increase (resembles left leaning lifted (raised) increase, LLinc):
k2, then lift purl bumps behind 2 sts just knitted onto left needle and knit
these purl bumps – 2 sts increased.1
Left cable increase (resembles right leaning lifted (raised) increase, LRinc):
with help of cable needle, pick up purl bumps behind 2 rightmost sts on
left needle, k2 from cable needle, then k2 as usual – 2 sts increased.2
Right Cable k2/k2: slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold to back of work, k2,
k2 from cable needle.
Left Cable k2/k2: slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold to front of work, k2, k2
from cable needle.
Right Twist p1/k2: slip 1 st to cable needle and hold to back of work, k2, p1
from cable needle.
Left Twist k2/p1: slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold to front of work, p1, k2
from cable needle.
Right cable decrease: slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold to back of work,
then knit 1 st from left needle together with 1 st from cable needle, 2 times
– 2 sts decreased.
Left cable decrease: slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold to front of work,
then knit 1 st from cable needle together with 1 st from left needle, 2 times
– 2 sts decreased.
1 Right cable increase may be replaced with [kfb, kfb], [k1, m1, k1, m1], [k1, LLinc, k1, LLinc], [k1, kfbf] or
any similar solid, non-open increases of your choice.
2 Left cable increase may be replaced with [kfb, kfb], [m1, k1, m1, k1], [LRinc, k1, LRinc, k1], [kfbf, k1] or
any similar solid, non-open increases of your choice.
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DIRECTIONS
Using a crochet hook and the crochet chain method, cast on 32 stitches.
Set-up row 0 (WS): BTS, k2, p2, k3, [p2, k2] x4 times, k1, p2, k2, ETS.
Row 1 (RS): BTS, p2, right cable increase, p3, [left cable increase, p2] x4
times, p1, right cable increase, p2, ETS = 44 stitches.
Row 2 and all WS rows: BTS, knit all knit stitches and purl all purl stitches,
ETS.
Then follow the Charts, always joining new skeins at the edge.
Knit rows 2-4 once (Chart 1), repeat rows 5-28 throughout (you may use
Chart 2a and 2b interchangeably) and end with rows 29-32 (Chart 3).
Last row 33 (RS): BTS, p2, right cable decrease, p3, [left cable decrease, p2]
x4 times, p1, right cable decrease, p2, ETS = 32 stitches.
Bind off in pattern using chain bind-off.
FINISHING
Hide all ends in tube selvedges. Block if desired.
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Chart 2a (Chart 1 is below)
Chart 1
Charts were drawn with http://jacquie.typepad.com/Charts/knitChart.htm
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Chart 3
Chart 2b
Charts were drawn with http://jacquie.typepad.com/Charts/knitChart.htm
