The Design

“Balanced between sporty and rustic.”

This simple color-blocked piece is knitted end to end using the very simplest form of the intarsia method. You’ll learn how to manage both colors in each row and crossing strands at the color change—great practice for a more ambitious intarsia project!

For a Graphic Two-Tone Scarf balanced between rustic and sporty, we chose two contrasting colors of Berroco Ultra Alpaca. This worsted-weight blend of Peruvian Highland wool and alpaca is spun up perfectly round and light. The wool has enough bounce to balance the drape of alpaca and add resilience as well. Sturdy enough to wear every day, Ultra Alpaca makes a scarf that’s delightfully soft and warm.

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 11 x 68"/28 x 173cm without fringe, after blocking. Fringe will add approx. 2"/5cm per end.

YARN
4 skeins Berroco Ultra Alpaca (215 yds/198m each); 2 skeins each in Colors A and B. Or approx. 315 yds/288m each in two colors of worsted-weight yarn.

Sample shown in Black-Wild Rice: A = 6245 Black and B = 62502 Wild Rice.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 7 (4.5mm) needles, or size to obtain gauge.
US F/5 (3.75mm) crochet hook for attaching fringe.
2 spare needles 2 sizes smaller than gauge needle (circular, so you can knit off of needle from either end) for pocket placement.
1 yd/m smooth fingering-weight waste yarn for pocket selvedge sts.
2 locking markers.
Darning needle to finish.
Blocking wires and T-pins.

GAUGE
20 sts/26 rows = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking.

Errata & Clarifications