The Design

“Three colors, two strands, infinite style.”

With ombré shading techniques, you're a knitting artist. The colors mix, meld and unfurl before your eyes. You double strand the yarn, then add a new color at each segment. For the project shown here, we chose three colors of Isager Alpaca 2. See a few favorite combinations from Marianne Isager's rich color palette below, but the possibilities are limitless, so venture, if you like, to the yarn page and mix your own.

You'll need our Bias Before & After Scarf pattern (if you don't already own it, you can order it above). The free adaptation to that pattern shows you how to re-yarn the project and turn the scarf into a nice long loop—an "infinity scarf." It is a compulsively knitable project (someone who shall remain nameless is on her sixth!), and the bias nature of the knitting makes it super easy to wear and style any number of ways. Really, what are you waiting for?

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 88" circumference x 6" wide, after blocking and grafting (bias width across stitches in direction of needle will measure approx. 8½").

YARN
3 skeins Isager Alpaca 2 (270 yds/247m each); 1 each in three colors: Colors A, B and C.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 9 (5.5mm) needle, or size to obtain gauge; crochet hook and waste yarn for provisional cast-on; darning needle to finish.

GAUGE
Approx. 19 sts = 4"/10cm, after blocking.