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Rib Lace Scarf

Designed by Jeanette Sloan

FIELD GUIDE NO. 15: OPEN

Specs & Details

Category
Scarf
Suggested Yarns
Helix or Merino Aran by La Bien Aimée
Yarn Weight
Lace or Worsted
Fiber
75% Falkland merino/25% Gotland wool for Helix; 100% superwash merino for Merino Aran
Gauge
23 sts and 35 rows = 4" (10 cm) for lace, 16 sts and 22.5 rows = 4" for worsted
Needle Size
US 6 (4 mm) or US 10 (6 mm)
Yarn Amount
1 skein Helix or 2 skeins Merino Aran
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This skinny little scarf is a portable workshop in knitting lace. It features the Big Four of lace knitting: knit, purl, decrease, yarnover.

The rows are short so that you can quickly tink back and try again if by chance something doesn’t look right.

Instructions are for two versions, one in light fingering weight yarn, and one in aran weight yarn.

Materials
Light Fingering Version:
Helix by La Bien Aimée, 1 hank Lise
Size US 8 (5 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
Blocking pins
Aran Version:
Merino Aran by La Bien Aimée, 2 hanks Aimée’s Sweater
Size US 9 (5.5 mm) needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
Blocking pins

Knitted Measurements
6.25 (6.75)” wide × 72″ long [16 (17) × 183 cm]

Gauge
Light Fingering Version: 18.5 sts and 27 rows = 4″ (10 cm) over Rib Lace, using smaller needles and A
Aran Version: 17.5 sts and 24 rows = 4″ (10 cm) over Rib Lace, using larger needles and B

Notes
Work the Rib Lace from either the text or the chart.

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