Color Tipped Scarf in New Colors + New Yarns
These Color Tipped Scarves are a celebration of what’s new! This month Purl Soho welcomes twelve fresh colors to our palette and a brand new yarn to our collection: Say hello to, Worsted Twist Heather, a softly dappled, classic tweed without the classic scratchiness. All these new colors and yarns come together here in our Color Tipped Scarves for a feast of the senses. Rich colors and cool neutrals, sensuous merinos and gentle tweeds, it’s a party!
Our original Color Tipped Scarves were knit up in just Purl Soho’s Worsted Twist, but this season’s version makes subtle play of the contrasts in all of Purl Soho’s worsted weight yarns. Clean and crisp Worsted Twist abuts downy Alpaca Pure, who neighbors stippled Worsted Twist Heather. The effect is complex, subtle and absolutely beautiful!
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Here’s everything you need to know to get started!
Materials
To make one kid (adult) size Color Tipped Scarf, you will need:
- Yarn A: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Alpaca Pure; approximately 30 (60) yards required. (NOTE: We no longer offer Alpaca Pure, but choose from one of our other worsted/aran weight yarns.)
- Yarn B: 1(2) skein(s) of Purl Soho’s Worsted Twist, 100% merino. Each skein is 164 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 164 (328) yards required.
- Yarn C: 1 skein of Worsted Twist; approximately 30 (60) yards required.
- US 8 (5 mm), straight or circular knitting needles
Here’s what we used…
- Alpaca Pure in Pink Grapefruit
- Worsted Twist Heather in Wheat Flour
- Worsted Twist Heather in Red Cayenne
- Alpaca Pure in Oyster Gray
- Worsted Twist Heather in Silver Lilac
- Worsted Twist Heather in Ash Gray
- Alpaca Pure in Artemisia
- Worsted Twist in Timeless Navy
- Worsted Twist Heather in Denim Blue
- Alpaca Pure in Black Green
- Worsted Twist in Artemisia
- Alpaca Pure in Green Turquoise
- Alpaca Pure in Yellow Zest
- Worsted Twist Heather in Wheat Flour
- Worsted Twist Heather in Tabby Gray
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
For the full, free Color Tipped Scarf pattern, click here!
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I love the scarf with the color tips – I was wondering if this leaves enough yarn-leftovers to make a stripey hat?
Hi Petra.
You will definitely have left over yarn from the tips, but you use an entire skein or two entire skeins for the body of the kids and adults scarves, respectively.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for writing in.
Laura
Are kits available for the color tipped scarves? Pattern???
Hi Pam-
We don’t have kits for these but all the materials are linked in the “Materials” section of this story. The pattern is here: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/09/08/lauras-loop-color-tipped-scarf/ (and it’s also linked within this story.)
Thank you for your question and good luck with the project!
Molly
Hi Pam.
We do have yarn kits for the original colorways… you can find them here: https://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/9243
Thanks.
Laura
Can you tell me how long it takes to make the color tip scarves and ifs takes the whole skein for one tip. I plan on making them for gifts if they are quick enough and am wondering if i can get two tips out of a skein. Thanks
Hi Mishelle.
They are going to make great gifts. So quick to whip up and really lovely to wear! As for how much time it takes, it depends on how fast you knit and how much time you have to dedicate to knitting. That said… You could make an adult or two kids scarves in two to four days.
And yes, you can definitely get two tips out of a skein. The Kids (Adult) scarf requires…
– For the Body: 1 (2) entire skeins or approximately 164 (328) yards
– For each Tip: approximately 35 to 40 (60 to 65) yards
Hope this helps.
Thanks for writing in.
Laura
They are beautiful! I was wondering if there is an equivalent for this pattern for crocheting?
Thanks soo much for the inspiration & your beautiful yarns!
Edie
Edie!
Currently, there is not a crochet version. But you aren’t the first to ask and I think it would translate nicely into a crochet project. We’ll keep it in mind and see what we can come up with!
Thanks for the interest in the pattern.
Laura
I love all your patterns but like others have said I am not able to find the PDF link.
Hi Jackie.
To get the PDF… Please go to the original post with the pattern at this link: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/09/08/lauras-loop-color-tipped-scarf/
Scroll down to the section titled PATTERN. Just under that section heading there is a note that reads “NOTE: This pattern is….” at the end of the sentence is a link. Click the link and a new window with the PDF will open in your browser.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for the interest in the pattern.
Laura
I love all of your projects, especially crochet projects since I am a crocheter. I too would love this scarf pattern in crochet; would love to make Christmas gifts! Also, could you consider writing more crochet patterns, possibly giving the option of using a knit and or crochet pattern for all projects? It would be wonderful to have the option to be able to choose a knit or crochet pattern for projects! Thank you!
Carol
Can I make the color block scarf in your Farmland yarn for spring. If not, any spring material suggestions?
Hi Marie-
We don’t carry a yarn called “Farmland” but you can use any worsted weight yarn! If you’d like a non-wool yarn we might recommend Blue Sky Worsted Cotton, which you can see here: https://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/721-Blue-Sky-Worsted-Cotton
Thanks for getting in touch and please let us know if you have any more questions!
Molly
What changes will be necessary to knitting the scarf in the cotton weight? Thanks.
Hello Lois!
Are you referring to the Blue Sky Alpaca’s Worsted Cotton found here: https://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/721-Blue-Sky-Worsted-Cotton ?
If so, no pattern edits are necessary as this yarn has a very similar gauge to our Purl Soho’s Worsted Twist. Thanks for writing in! Best of luck! -Alyson
Is there any trick to avoid having the first and last stitch show of tip color when joining Yarn B? Hope you know what I mean!
Hi Elinore,
I hope I understand your question. The only thing I can think of is that you might be getting a blip of the old color if you are slipping the first and/or last stitch of the row instead of knitting them?
Thanks for your question!
Thomas
Love this scarf and I purchased the yarn however, I wish there was a simple pattern page to print out that I could carry with me. Please advise as to how to download just the pattern. Thank you.
Hi Pam,
Thank you for commenting! If you go to the pattern page on the right side of the screen there will be a print icon. If you click on that it will prompt you to either print the pattern or save a PDF download. There you can click to omit the images or you can manually choose to delete any part of the instructions you may not need.
I hope this is clear and feel free to write back if you have anymore questions!
Happy Knitting!
Jake
I would like to try knitting and felt I could start with the tipped scarf. When I order the materials to make the tipped scarf does it come with the pattern?
Hi Wendy,
Thank you for writing us, I’m so glad your getting into knitting! The pattern is actually a free one we posted on the blog a little while back, you can view the full original pattern here; https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2013/09/08/lauras-loop-color-tipped-scarf/
Then all you need is to get the yarn on our website here; https://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/9243-Purl-Soho-Yarn-for-Color-Tipped-Scarf; and you are all set to get started!
Good Luck and let me know if you have any more questions!
Happy Knitting!
Jake
Just wondering if this would work with cashmere, and if so, which yarn do you think would work best? Thank you!
Shella
Hi Shella,
I love the idea of making this scarf in cashmere. How luxurious! Jade Sapphire’s 8 ply Cashmere has the same gauge on the same size needles as the Worsted Twist that we used to knit the original scarf.
The yardage of the 8 ply cashmere differs from the Worsted Twist and thus you will need a different number of skeins. For the body of the scarf you will need approximately 164 (328) yards of the main color (2 or 4 skeins). For the tips of the scarf you will need 35 to 40 (60 to 65) yards each of the two contrast colors (1 skein of each color).
Happy knitting!
Cassy
I seem to be confused by your pattern and it must be me being too litter all or something but it says to CO then row 2 s an increase row (RS). It then says to knit 3 rows but the picture does not look like there are 4 rows the same size at the tips.
It the days to repeat the increase row until you have XX std on the needles. Because the original increase row specified it was a RS row do we only do the increase in the RS rows or on every row? Picture looks like it should only be on RS so you get the staight edge on one side but then I would have to assume next instruction was to knit 3 rows and once again does not look like there are 4 rows the same size every increase in the tip.
Thanks for your clarity. I love the look and can’t wait to try it out.
Hi Erin,
Thanks for writing in! I am happy to help! You will be working the increase row every 4th row in this section. To clarify, you will work the increase row and then work 3 rows even, then work the increase row and then work 3 rows even, etc. This will stack all of the increases on one side of the work on the right side of the fabric while creating the elongated tapper that is so pleasing on this lovely scarf.
I hope that this helps!
Cassy
Hi! I chose two bright colors for this scarf and so the line where the two colors overlap (at the color switch) on the wrong side is very noticeable. Wondering if there is a way to avoid that (or should I just accept it as a style quirk :)? I don’t see it in the photos of this scarf but that may be because of the more muted colors or because you only shot photos of the right side?
Hi Vee,
Thanks for the question. You’re right, we did make sure to shoot the “right” side of the scarf! There will always be that line on the other side, so always make sure to change yarns on the same side every time. Thanks again!
Kindly,
Anna
Can I use Plenty for this scarf? I have one skein of Plenty in fresh fig. What other colors would you suggest for the center and the other tip?
Hi Shirley,
Plenty would be a wonderful choice for this scarf! I would suggest using Reed Gray for the center and either Fresh Pickle (for a contrasting color) or Red Plum (for a complementary color) for the other tip. Hope this gives you some inspiration for your project!
All the best,
Lili