Hi pals and welcome back to the blog! Today I have a new knit scarf pattern ready for you and I am entirely too excited about this one. I have only ever really made anything in back and forth rows, or knitting and purling only, but I was a little afraid to do any combination of them past k1/p1.

But then Amethyst Mermaid Designs reached out to me earlier in the year and asked if I wanted to create a knit pattern for a little fundraising for a charity of choice and I thought why not?! So I dug through my stash to make this a stash buster too, and found this perfect set of Halloween themed minis I was gifted years ago but never knew what to make with them. I knew it needed to be thicker in weight though, so I grabbed some of my left over Red Door Fibers yarn from my Mark Kate Crop Top and held it with the minis.

After that I just started knitting. I started with some ribbing, then went for a basic section of alternating knitting and purling rows. I moved onto some different stich combos, but wanted to keep this knit scarf a little different than the others and only use the knit stitch and the purl stitch, no twisting or cables or skipping or dropping, just simple blends of alternating stitches.

And to not forget the entire reason for this knit scarf, I am of course offering this pattern for free on my blog, but if you wanted to donate to your charity of choice, even just a dollar or two helps, that would mean a lot to me. And if you aren’t sure of who to donate to send me an email and I can give you a few recommendations of places I love to donate to.

You can also snag a downloadable version over on my Ravelry if you want! Just use the code augustknits. (I put it up for sale for $3, so if you do purchase it that’s for me to donate for the first week, but the code gives it to you for free, and you can donate that $3 to your charity of choice on your own if you’d like. )

I hope this all makes sense, but maybe we should just get onto the pattern. 😅

Knit Scarf

Project Supplies

• Approx 80 grams of fingering weight yarn in a solid color
• 8 10g mini skeins of fingering weight yarn in 8 colors  
• Size 4.5 mm circular knitting needles and whatever cable length is comfy (or straight needles)
• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors

Holding one strand of your main color (grey in Sam’s scarf) and one strand of your first mini skein and cast on 35 stitches using whatever cast on method you want. I used the long tail cast on.

Section 1 

• (Knit 1, purl 1) across, (knit 1) in the last stitch. 
• (Knit 1, purl 1) for approx. 1.5 inches (unblocked)
• (Knit) 1 row, (purl) 1 row for the next 4.5 inches or until you run out of your first mini skein. (Green in Sam’s sample) 

Section 2 

• (Knit) in back and forth rows for 6 inches or until you run out of your second mini skein. 

Section 3

• (Knit) 1 row, (knit 1, purl 1) the next row. Repeat for 6 inches or until you run out of your 3rd mini skein. 

Section 4 & 5 

• Repeat section 2. 

Section 6 

• Repeat section 3. 

Section 7

• Repeat section 2. 

Section 8

• (Knit) 1 row, (purl) 1 row for approx 4.5 inches.
• (Knit 1, purl 1) for approx 1.5 inches. 

Finishing

• (Knit 2 together) to bind off, or use whatever bind off method you are comfortable with.