Simple Stockinette Scarf: Free Scarf Knitting Pattern

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Simple Stockinette Scarf

Sometimes beauty arises from complexity and sometimes from simplicity… And best of all is when the two are in perfect harmony! Our free Simple Stockinette Scarf pattern couldn’t be easier to knit, with all the complexity coming from our artful new Estuary yarn, held double to allow the shifting hand-dyed colors to ebb and flow like the tide.

Knitting a swath of smooth stockinette stitch leaves your mind free to enjoy the shimmering yarn on your needles, and a no-fuss slipped-stitch selvage creates a clean edge without disrupting your dreamy drift.

Such an elemental design is simply a showcase for a truly exquisite yarn… A luminous single ply of fine merino wool, mulberry silk, and linen, Estuary knits up into a soft, fluid fabric flowing with movement and life. An eye-catching silken luster is balanced by a touch of wildness from the linen sprouting from the yarn, all anchored by merino’s gentle resilience.

Estuary’s hand-dyed hues swirl across a warm white yarn shaded by the natural flaxen colors of the silk and linen fibers. Holding two strands of this fingering-weight yarn together as you knit breaks up the largest lagoons of color, creating mesmerizing currents and eddies where light and dark meet.

Pick up three skeins of this inspiring yarn to knit a Simple Stockinette Scarf or six for a generous wrap like this one. The hardest part will be choosing your favorite of Estuary’s fascinating hand-dyed colors… From rich Maple Leaf to softest Lilac Petal, each one ripples with its own beauty!

Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 55 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!

Pattern designed and written by Purl Soho designer, Gianna Mueller. See even more of Gianna’s work on her Instagram!

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Materials

3 (6) skeins of Purl Soho’s Estuary, 65% fine merino wool, 20% mulberry silk, and 15% linen. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 384 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 1,150 (1,920) total yards required. We used the color Maple Leaf.
US 7 (4.5 mm) straight or 24-inch circular knitting needles

NOTE: We used every last yard for our wrap! To avoid running short, be sure to check your gauge, reuse your swatch yarn, and keep tails short.

GAUGE

20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, holding yarn double

SIZE

Scarf (Wrap)

Finished Dimensions: 10 inches wide x 72 inches long (18 inches wide x 72 inches long)

Sample: We knit the Wrap size.

NOTES

YARN DOUBLED

You will double the yarn throughout this pattern, pulling two strands together. To do this, you can pull one strand from the inside of a center-pull ball and one strand from the outside, or wind two balls and pull one strand from each.

SLIP STITCHES

Slip all slipped stitches purlwise with yarn in front.

PATTERN

Cast on 51 (91) stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.

Set-Up Row (wrong side): Slip 1 (see Notes), purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Row 1 (right side): Knit to end of row.

Row 2: Slip 1, purl to last stitch, slip 1.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures 72 inches from cast-on edge, ending with Row 2.

With right side facing you, bind off knitwise.

FINISHING

Weave in ends and gently wet block.

Learn About Estuary + All Our Beautiful Yarns

This project beautifully showcases Estuary, our artful and exquisite hand-dyed yarn, in all its untamed beauty. A luminous single ply of fine merino wool, mulberry silk, and linen, this fingering-weight yarn is soft and lustrous, with just a little bit of wildness. Pick from a palette of earthy variegated colors, each one made by hand-dyeing 2 or 3 colors onto a warm white base… Knit swirling eddies of dark and light that catch the eye like light on water!

More Free Knitting Patterns

Be sure to explore our free Estuary knitting patterns and cast on!

More Fingering-Weight Yarns

Shop our entire collection of fingering-weight yarns (What does fingering-weight yarn mean, really? Our guide to fingering-weight yarn will answer your questions and more!)
If you want to use a different yarn, be sure to take the time to get the correct gauge. Need help? Check our All About Gauge Tutorial, our Yarn Substitution article, and our Complete Guide To Yarn for lots of helpful information.

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