Time for an Autumn scarf

Autumn has arrived! Two weeks ago it was beautifully warm but today I am sporting a cozy wool sweater and jacket. It really is amazing how fast the seasons can change, isn’t it. On my walk yesterday, I spotted drifts of yellow leaves, beautiful autumnal colours on the trees by the river and a hedge absolutely weighed down by berries and rose hips.

There are certainly a lot of red berries this year, which usually indicates a cold winter is ahead. So this might be the perfect time to start knitting a scarf.

The photo above show one of my favourites, the Karlskrona Scarf. It is worked in a wonderfully textural stitch, with sharply-defined lines and zig-zag shapes. I have written before about zig-zag patterns and how they seem to embody dynamism, energy and spirit. It was that aspect that I especially wanted to explore with this scarf.

When I worked this before, I found that the knitting really drew me in. I kept wanting to add just one more row, then another… and before you knew it, I had knitted a piece the same size as my block of graph paper. It still makes me chuckle that I had “knitted a page”! I suppose I am easily amused.

The scarf is worked in Pine Tree Pattern which is a lovely stitch from our Reversible Knitting Stitches book. Both sides feature strongly graphical diagonal lines which meet in a series of zig-zags. These are broken by a fine line of purl stitches on the front and a more definite column of knits on the back, giving an interesting dual look to the two sides.

Although I usually think of this as a Man’s scarf, I am thinking of knitting a version for myself. I have found some lovely yarn from the Danish company, Filcolana, called “Mashdale”.  I particularly liked the Green Lichen colourway which is apparently one of the key fashion colours for this year. I actually chose it because it matches one of my favourite jackets, but it’s always good to be in the forefront of fashion too, isn’t it!

The yarn is a buttery-soft blend of Corriedale and Masham wool and I have just wound this into skeins ready for washing. I’ll report back next time when I have this all ready and have hopefully made a start on my new Karlskrona Scarf!

If you would like more information about the pattern, then please click here. It includes stitch charts and full line-by-line instructions for three different sizes and is available for instant download from my Etsy store, Ravelry and LoveCrafts.

Until next time – Happy Knitting!

Moira

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