Who can resist a scarf knit up in something called Gentle Giant? And who doesn’t need a blast of bright color to chase away the winter doldrums? Wrap yourself in this high-spirited Color Tipped Scarf and everyday is a sunny one!

Color Tipped Scarf in Gentle Giant | Purl Soho

Gentle Giant, our loosely spun single-ply pure merino, knits up fast at just 1½ stitches to the inch. Cast on a few stitches and before you know it, you’re binding off!

Color Tipped Scarf in Gentle Giant | Purl Soho

We picked from our new palette of Gentle Giant for these scarves, using colors like Parakeet Yellow, Super Pink, and Rose Violet. We love the party these colors are bringing, but be sure to check out all twelve of our hand picked Color Tipped Scarf combinations below, plenty for every mood!

Color Tipped Scarf in Gentle Giant | Purl Soho

Twelve palettes, plus kid and adult sizes, also means you can make a different scarf for every person in your family, neighborhood, or book club. What to make for presents this year? Check!

Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 45 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!

Color Tipped Scarf in Gentle Giant | Purl Soho

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Materials

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Our Color Tipped Scarf is made of four skeins of Gentle Giant, enough materials to make one adult scarf or two kid scarves…

  • Contrast Color 1 (CC1): 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Gentle Giant, 100% merino wool yarn.
  • Main Color (MC): 2 skeins of Gentle Giant.
  • Contrast Color 2 (CC2): 1 skein of Gentle Giant.

You’ll also need…

We’ve created 12 custom color combinations but the possibilities are endless (NOTE: Some colors are no longer available)! They are…

Top Row

Pink Lotus: Rose Violet, Heirloom White, and Super Pink

Pop Pop: Super Yellow, Heirloom White, and Super Pink

Bright Bee: Parakeet Yellow, Heirloom White, and Super Yellow

Second Row

Wild Berry: Rose Violet, Heirloom White, and Purple Lupine

Squash Blossom: Honey Amber, Heirloom White, and Cowrie Pink

Chamomile: Parakeet Yellow, Heirloom White, and Winter Bark

Third Row

Geranium: Super Pink, Heirloom White, and Orange Koi

Pink Ice: Super Pink, Heirloom White, Mint Ice

Lemon Ice: Super Yellow, Heirloom White, and Mint Ice

Bottom Row

Beach Plum: Super Pink, Heirloom White, and Sugar Maple

Glacier: Iceberg Blue, Heirloom White, and Elephant Gray

Firefly: Super Yellow, Heirloom White, and Wolf Brown

SAMPLES: We used the Pink Lotus, Bright Bee, and Pop Pop palettes.

Gauge

7 stitches and 12 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch

Sizes

Kid (Adult)

  • Finished Dimensions: 5¾ (8) inches wide x 42 (65) inches long

Note that garter stitch has a tendency to “grow,” so your scarf will lengthen a bit with wear.

Note

Once you’ve worked a few rows, you may find it helpful to mark the right side of the work with a removable stitch marker or piece of scrap yarn.

Pattern

Increase

With Contrast Color 1 (CC1), using Long Tail Cast On, cast on 3 stitches.

Increase Row (right side): K1, knit into front and back (kfb), knit to end of row. [1 stitch increased]

Knit 3 rows.

Repeat last four rows 5 (10) more times. [9 (14) stitches]

Repeat Increase Row. [10 (15) stitches]

Knit 1 row.

Cut CC1.

Work Evenly

With the right side facing, join Main Color (MC). Work evenly in garter stitch, knitting each row, using the entirety of 1 (2) skein(s), or to desired length. End with a wrong-side row.

Cut MC.

Decrease

With right side facing, join Contrast Color 2.

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

Knit 3 rows.

Repeat last four rows 5 (10) more times. [4 stitches]

Repeat Decrease Row. [3 stitches]

Bind off.

Weave in ends and you’re done!

Color Tipped Scarf in Gentle Giant | Purl Soho

LEARN ABOUT GENTLE GIANT + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS

You can’t get more gentle or more giant than Gentle Giant! A single ply of 100% merino wool, Gentle Giant has a loose and lofty spin that puts the fiber’s softness up front and also keeps this jumbo-weight yarn from weighing you down. You knit Gentle Giant up on mega US 17 or 19 (12-15 mm) knitting needles, making it a very smart choice for last-minute gifts that don’t sacrifice a lick of beauty!

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