Soft and light with a palpable flowing beauty, our gorgeous new Furl deserves a celebration, and of course the guest of honor is our new Soirée Scarf!

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

You stockinette your way through this simple, elegant design, adding a slipped-stitch edge to keep things neat.

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

Basic increases and decreases create the scarf’s elongated diamond shape. Wrapped twice around your neck or folded and tucked for tidy warmth, either way the shaping is lovely, but the life of the party here is really the yarn.

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

Furl is 100% mulberry silk, a very special fiber, renowned for its high quality, softness, and remarkable sheen.

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

But that’s not all! Furl has a wonderfully playful bouclé structure, characterized by fluffy loops of fiber woven along its central threads. It knits into an airy, textured fabric that absorbs and reflects light to create depth and fascination. You just want to reach out and touch its sweet, curly surface! 

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

A fingering-weight yarn, Furl’s structure creates volume, while its fiber lends a lovely drape, making for a dramatic impact in even the simplest project!

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho
Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

Furl’s palette of ten stunning colors is a glowing array, such as Golden Bronze, with its coppery gleam above, and Chive Blossom below, a bright anticipation of spring’s bloom. 

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho
Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

Try the deeply luminous Blue Juniper, above. Whatever your color, you’ll only need one ball for the small Soirée Scarf or two for the larger version. Enjoy this very special yarn and your own Furl fête!

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Gaby Bush.

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

Materials

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho
  • 1 (2) ball(s) of Purl Soho’s Furl, 100% mulberry silk. Each ball is approximately 275 yards/ 50 grams; approximately 255 (510) total yards required. We used the colors Golden Bronze, Chive Blossom, and Blue Juniper.
  • US 3 (3.25 mm), straight or 24-inch circular needles

GAUGE

26 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

NOTE:  We used almost the entirety of the recommended yarn to make our scarves. To avoid running short, please re-use your swatch yarn, double check your gauge, and be conservative with tails!

SIZE

Small (Large)

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 14 inches wide x 45 inches long (19¼ inches wide x 62 inches long)

Samples: We knit the Small size in Golden Bronze and the Large size in both Chive Blossom and Blue Juniper.

NOTES

SLIP STITCHES

Slip all slipped stitches purlwise with yarn in front.

PATTERN

INCREASE

Cast on 2 stitches using a basic Long-Tail Cast On.

Set-Up Row 1 (wrong side): P2.

Set-Up Row 2 (right side): Knit front and back (kfb), k1. [3 stitches]

Set-Up Row 3 (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Notes), purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.

Row 2: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Row 3 (Increase Row): Kfb, knit to last 2 stitches, kfb, k1. [2 stitches increased]

Row 4: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Repeat Rows 1–4 until piece measures 22½ (31) inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 4. [91 (125) stitches]

DECREASE

Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.

Row 2: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Row 3 (Decrease Row): K1, slip slip knit (ssk), knit to last 3 stitches, knit 2 together (k2tog), k1. [2 stitches decreased]

Row 4: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Repeat Rows 1–4 until 5 stitches remain, ending with Row 2.

Next Row (right side): Ssk, k1, k2tog. [3 stitches remain]

Next Row: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Next Row: Knit to end of row.

Next Row: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Next Row: Ssk, k1. [2 stitches remain]

Next Row: P2.

Next Row: K2tog, cut yarn and pull through stitch.

FINISHING

Weave in all ends and block to finished dimensions.

Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho
Soirée Scarf | Purl Soho