"Sport" striped scarf (1918)
ScarfBeginnerFingeringPublic domain · 1918
A garter stitch scarf with three blocks of narrow stripes, symmetrical around the middle. Nothing but knit stitches.
The 1918 booklet gives it in brown Shetland with cream, green and rose stripes. Everything is knitted; only the colour changes need a little attention.
The design is symmetrical: you knit the first half, a wide band in the middle, then the same in reverse order.
Not yet checked by a knitter: if you find a mistake, please report it. contact@nico7an.fr
Good to know
- Always change colour at the beginning of a row, on the same side of the work. For 2 or 4-row stripes there is no need to cut the yarn: carry it up the side.
- Original version: cast on 84 sts and allow about 1.7 times more yarn.
Source
Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, Needlecraft Publishing Company (anonyme), 1918. Project Gutenberg.
What we modernised
- Needles and yarn amounts given in current terms. The stripe sequence is exactly the 1918 one.