COZY CHECKERBOARD SCARF

This fun and easy pattern makes a really beautiful infinity scarf, very cozy and nicely textured. 

Yarn is knitted in three strands which makes this scarf a fast knit. You can adjust the pattern to another yarn, change the size or length of the finished garment, and play with the color choices!

The stitch I used for this scarf is sometimes called double moss, double seed, british moss, 2x2 checkerboard, etc. I prefer to call it “chunky checkerboard” :) If you want your scarf to look more chunky and cozy, I suggest not to block it in order to save that amazing fluffy structure. On the other hand, blocking can reveal the real checkerboard texture. I would consider knitting a 4”x4” sample and looking at it both blocked and unblocked so that you can decide which one works better for you.

YARN

• Patons Classic Wool Worsted (100% wool, 3.5 oz./100g, 210 yd/192 m)
• In yellow: 7.8oz./220g, folded three times

NEEDLES

• US11/8mm needles
• You might need to use the needles of one size up/down in order to obtain the same gauge. 

NOTIONS

• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

GAUGE

• 9 sts and 12 rows in 4”/10cm in Checkerboard stitch worked flat.

FINISHED SIZE

• 8.7”/22cm wide (unblocked)
• 51”/130cm long (unblocked)

Pattern

CAST ON

Cast on 20sts using Long Tail Cast On (or any other Cast On you like).

BODY OF A SCARF

• Note: To make edges of the scarf look more polished, we are going to slip the first stitch and to purl the last stitch of every row.

Row 1: sl1 wyib, k1, (p2,k2) 4 times, p2.
Row 2: as Row 1.
Row 3: sl1 wyib, p1, (k2,p2) 4 times, k1, p1.
Row 4: as Row 3.

• Continue to knit these 4 rows until desired length. If you want your scarf to be more long, don’t forget that you’ll need more yarn. 
• Scarf has to end with the row 4.

FINISHING

Bind off pretty loosely: k1, (slip st back to left needle, k2tog) until 1st is left.
Cut yarn leaving appr.8”(20cm) tail and pull it through the loop of last stitch.
Weave in ends. Enjoy!