Chalfont Scarf

I can’t believe how much snow we’ve had this winter! Has it be the same where you are? My days seem to be: have a cup of tea, go out and shovel snow for an hour or two, come in and get warmed up, then repeat…. By the end of the day, all I want to do is sit in front of a cozy fire and knit.

So what have I been knitting recently? Well, the answer is scarves! Some while ago, I made a lovely chocolate coloured scarf with reversible rust-coloured stripes and I loved it.
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What is truly remarkable is that this is a lace scarf. Worked in stripes. And it’s completely reversible! That is such a rare thing to find. So often, the wrong side looks so different from the front but not here.

This is Roman Lace from our Reversible Knitting Stitches book and is well-deserving of its reputation as one of the best examples of a reversible striped pattern that there is. I wrote about this in a previous blogpost: Reversible Stripes, so have a look there too for more details about this great stitch.
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You really can’t tell which is the front and which is the back. In fact, when I am working this pattern I often add a safety pin as a marker so I know which side I am designating to be the “Right Side”!

So I decided I would like to make a couple more scarves using this pattern. I like to have lots of different scarves in colourways to suit the different seasons, so firstly I made a scarf in a two-tone blue. I purchased some more of the lovely Valley Yarns “Amherst” yarn with Regatta Blue as the main colour and then added Navy stripes.
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I love the way this has come and can see myself using this version in the Spring-time for cooler evenings – or for late-season snow showers!

Then I wanted another one in Winter White. I made this slightly wider so that it would really keep me warm while I was outside clearing the snow. It is amazing how those northerly winds can find even the tiniest of spaces by your neck if you don’t wrap up well, isn’t it!
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Again this is in Amherst in their “Natural” colour. Amherst is a buttery soft 100% merino wool with great stitch definition, and I feel it has really brought out the beauty of this stitch.

I have just added these two new versions of the scarf into the Chalfont Scarf pattern, so now there are three different colourways and three different sizes too.

Please click here to read more about this pattern, and also please click here for more details about our Reversible Knitting Stitches book. Both are available for instant download from the site.

So now it’s time to put the kettle on, make a lovely cup of tea and sit in front of that fire for some more scarf knitting!

Keep warm and keep knitting!

Moira

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Next Up: The village of Chalfont St Giles

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