Come fall, I just know I will be that fumbling girl on the sidewalk, bag falling off my shoulder and coffee spilling on innocent passersby, as I gracelessly reach around for my trailing scarf… which has come unwrapped… again. Fess up! I know I’m not alone in this. I see fellow strugglers, cluelessly strutting about with their scarves dragging behind, picking up all the wonders of the city’s floor.

Color Tipped Scarf | Purl Soho

There is a science to securing a scarf. With neat triangular ends and a gently gripping garter stitch texture, this dapper Color Tipped Scarf longs to hold tight and budge-free! And not incidentally, the bright pointy tips provide a delightful pop of color, saving us all from too scientific an approach to scarf design!

Color Tipped Scarf | Purl Soho

Knit up in Purl Soho’s new Worsted Twist, the Color Tipped Scarf is fantastically soft, hearty, and beautifully simple. Four skeins of Worsted Twist make one adult scarf OR two kids’ scarves. Create your own from our full palette of colors right here. Here’s to a fumble-free fall, enjoy! -Laura

Color Tipped Scarf | Purl Soho

Update: New Colors + Yarn

October 2014
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Purl Soho welcomes twelve fresh colors to our palette and a brand new yarn to our collection, Worsted Twist Heather. Our new colors and new yarn come together here in our latest version of Color Tipped Scarves. For the full story and additional photos, click here!

Update: New Colors + Yarn

November 2017
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Now knit up in Gentle Giant, our latest Color Tipped Scarves knit up fast at just 1½ stitches to the inch. Cast on a few stitches and before you know it, you’re binding off!

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Laura Ferguson.

Share your progress and connect with the community by tagging your pics with #PurlSoho, #PurlSohoBusyHands, #PurlSohoColorTippedScarves, and #PurlSohoWorstedTwist. We can’t wait to see what you make!

Materials

To knit your own Color Tipped Scarf, you will need…

  • 3 (4) skeins of Purl Soho’s Worsted Twist, 100% merino. Each skein is 164 yards/ 100 grams. (NOTE: We no longer offer Worsted Twist, but choose from one of our other worsted/aran weight yarns.)
    • Yarn A: 1 skein; approximately 30 (60) yards required.
    • Yarn B: 1 (2) skein(s); approximately 164 (328) yards required.
    • Yarn C: 1 skein; approximately 30 (60) yards required.

Choose from three colorways…

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Yellow

  • Yarn A: Yellow Yellow
  • Yarn B: Oyster Gray
  • Yarn C: Heirloom White

Anemone

  • Yarn A: Timeless Navy
  • Yarn B: Heirloom White
  • Yarn C: Super Pink

Gray

  • Yarn A: Oyster Gray
  • Yarn B: Heirloom White
  • Yarn C: Toasted Charcoal

You will also need…

  • US 8 (5 mm), straight or circular knitting needles

Gauge

17 stitches = 4 inches in garter stitch

Sizes

For Kid (Adult)…

  • Before blocking: Approximately 5½ (8) inches wide x 56 (79) inches long
  • After blocking*: Approximately 5½ (8) inches wide x 58 (82) inches long
    *Garter stitch has a tendency to “grow” with blocking and wear.

Pattern

Begin and Increase

With Yarn A, cast on 3 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

*Increase Row (right side): K1, knit one into front and back (k1fb), knit to end. (1 stitch increased)

Knit 3 rows.

Repeat from * 20 (31) more times. [24 (35) stitches]

Repeat Increase Row. [25 (36) stitches]

Knit 1 row.

Cut yarn.

Continue and Work Evenly

With right side facing, join Yarn B. Work evenly in garter stitch, knitting each row, for entire length of 1(2) skein(s), or desired length. End with a wrong side row so that when you add Yarn C, its tail will be on the same side as Yarn B’s tail.

Cut yarn.

Continue and Decrease

With right side facing, join Yarn C.

**Decrease Row (right side): Knit to last three stitch, k2tog, k1. (1 stitch decreased)

Knit 3 rows.

Repeat from ** 20 (31) more times. [4 stitches]

Repeat Decrease Row. [3 stitches]

Finish

Bind off.

Weave in ends and block.