Linen Stitch Scarf

Another Scarf FINISHED!!

There is a scarf pattern that is everyone's favorite at Saint Mary's College this year. I took a look at the pattern, and it is simply a linen stitch, knitted lengthwise. Knit with sock yarn. I looked up the linen stitch and reproduced the scarf.  This one is made with three different variegated colors of Deborah Norville's Serenity sock weight yarn. This is a Michael's yarn. Everyone at work makes it out of Lorna's Laces, and the like. I chose to experiment with the inexpensive choice.

Linen Stitch 

Cast on an even number of stitches
Row 1:  *K1, bring yarn to front, slip 1 purlwise,* repeat between *'s until last stitch, K1
Row 2:  K1, *with yarn to back, slip 1 purlwise, p1 * repeat between *'s until last stitch, K1
Change to new ball of yarn. 

That's it! Two rows, change yarn, two rows, change yarn. Until the scarf is 4 or 5 inches wide. Because the yarn is variegated, the colors twinkle a little bit, and the knitted fabric looks woven.

Beware - this scarf began with Cast on 450. Even knitted on size 6 needles, every row took FOREVER. And because of all those slipped stitches, it actually took two rows to make the usual progress of one row. By the time my scarf was 4 inches wide, I couldn't stand working on it anymore and I happily bound off.