Striped Linen Stitch Wrap & Scarf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas

Our fervent love of linen stitch continues. The eight-color wrap and four-color scarf take on a convincingly woven look. Knitted length-wise, with knotted self-fringe, they look like they’re right off the loom. The ‘wrong’ side has a more knitterly seed stitch look that’s gorgeous, too. Seemingly random striping sequences are quite forgiving—if you run out of a color, just throw in another!

We’ve designed the Wrap & Scarf for a DK-weight gauge yarn. For a woolly wrap with lots of drape, we’ve picked Rowan Felted Tweed, and for a scarf with next-to-the-skin softness, we love Blue Sky Fiber’s Baby Alpaca.

This four page pattern includes:

Color photography by the talented Jared Flood

A clear guide for color sequencing

Instructions for knotted self-fringe, finishing, and blocking your piece

Yarn

Wrap:10 skeins Rowan Felted Tweed (191 yds/175m each):

2 skeins each Color A and B, 1 skein each Colors C-H.

Shown: A=159, B=195, C=191, D=172, E=194, F=190, G=177, H=197.

Or equivalent amounts in 8 colors of a similar DK-weight yarn.

Scarf: 5 skeins Blue Sky Fiber’s Baby Alpaca (110 yds/100m each):

2 skeins Color A, 1 skein each Colors B-D.

Shown: A=510, B=507, C=508, D=509.

Or equivalent amounts in 4 colors of a similar DK-weight yarn.

Needles & notions

US 9 (5.5mm) 24”/60cm or longer circular needle, or size to obtain gauge.

US 8 (5mm) needle, or one size smaller than gauge needle, for I-cord bind-off.

Approx. 10 yds/m smooth DK-weight waste yarn for provisional cast-on.

2 locking stitch markers. Darning needle to finish.

Gauge

Approx. 22 sts/38 rows = 4”/10cm in linen stitch, after blocking.

Note: Use Color A to swatch. You should have plenty.

Finished sizes

Wrap: Approx 21 x 80”/53 x 203cm without fringe, after blocking.

Scarf: Approx 6½ x 68”/17 x 173cm without fringe, after blocking.