Color Tipped Scarf
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.
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!
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
Update: New Colors + Yarn
October 2014
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
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.
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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…
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.
How do change colors with out the blimps
Hi Sandee,
Thanks for writing in! Unfortunately, due to the nature of knitting, it is unavoidable that color changes will have a right and wrong side and will always look a bit different on the wrong side. Usually, however, the difference is most notable to the knitter – admirers of your work sure won’t notice!
I hope that helps, and happy knitting!
Julianna
I would like to make this a lighter weight scarf. I am a petite woman so a worsted weight yarn can overpower me. What yarn would you suggest for a late summer/early fall scarf? What needle size would I use?
Hi Lynda,
Thanks for reaching out! I think Linen Quill on a US 4 would be an excellent alternative for this scarf! Due to the simple construction of this scarf, you can still knit it as written by continuing to work the “Begin + Increase” rows as long as you need to until the scarf is your desired width.
I hope that helps, and please do let us know how it turns out!
Julianna
Hi…
Love this pattern. Have made so many. Thank you
I have noticed that when I change colors, instead of straight knitting
I do a k1 p1 and the color difference blends in better and you really don’t notice that’s it not all knit..?
Thanks for this tip – much appreciated!
I love this pattern and scarf style and would like to purchase the “yellow colorway” but do not see it your online stock? Can you tell me when it will be available or a alternate yarn?
Thanks,
Maria
Hi Maria,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately Worsted Twist in Yellow Yellow and Oyster Gray have been discontinued – I’m so sorry about that! I would recommend substituting 1 skein of Linen Quill Worsted in Dandelion Yellow and 2 skeins of Worsted Twist in Ash gray.
Happy knitting!
Julianna
Can I make this with the season alpaca? love the new matcha color but not sure how it would come out
Hi Erin,
You can absolutely use Season Alpaca to make this scarf! Since Season Alpaca is only a sportweight yarn though, meaning that it’s thinner than the worsted weight yarn used in the design, you’ll need to modify some of the stitch counts to make sure the scarf comes out to the correct dimensions.
To figure out your stitch count for the end of the BEGIN + INCREASE section, you will want to first knit a gauge swatch in pattern with Season Alpaca. Once you know how many stitches you are getting per inch, you can multiply that number by the width that you would like and increase until you hit approximately that number. Other than that, you can follow the pattern as written!
All the best,
Lili