Lattice stitch scarf (1918)

ScarfIntermediateFingeringPublic domain · 1918

Elongated stitches crossed in groups of three on a garter stitch background: a light, airy lattice.

Lattice stitch alternates rows of garter stitch with a row of long stitches that are crossed like a cable. The crossed long stitches draw a very graphic trellis.

The pattern is only 5 rows long, 3 of them garter stitch.

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Good to know

Elongated stitch: insert the needle as if to knit, wrap the yarn 3 times around the needle, then pull all 3 wraps through together. On the next row, drop the extra wraps: the stitch becomes long.
For a wider or narrower scarf, cast on a multiple of 6 sts + 2.

Source

Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet, Needlecraft Publishing Company (anonyme), 1918. Project Gutenberg.

What we modernised

The 1918 text uses triple yarn overs dropped on the next row; we give the wrapped stitch method, more common today, which gives the same result.
The original "no cable needle" cross is given with a cable needle, easier with long stitches.
Stitch count and size given (the original leaves the width up to you).

The pattern

Beginning

Cast on 44 sts.
Knit 6 rows (garter stitch).

Lattice pattern (5 rows)

Row 1: k1, *1 elongated stitch (yarn wrapped 3 times); repeat to last st, k1.
Row 2: k1, *slip 6 sts to the right needle, dropping the extra wraps (you get 6 long stitches), slip them back to the left needle; put the first 3 on the cable needle at the back, knit the next 3, then knit the 3 from the cable needle; repeat to last st, k1. Take care not to twist the long stitches.
Rows 3, 4 and 5: knit.
Repeat these 5 rows until the scarf measures about 147 cm.

End and finishing

Knit 6 more rows, then bind off loosely.
As in 1918: gather each end with a thread and finish with a tassel or a ribbon bow. Or more simply: add fringe.
Weave in the ends.