The Optimist Scarf - for Days When You're Going to Wear a Light Jacket Anyway, Mercury Be Damned

The Optimist Scarf
Two versions - a single yarn narrow version, and a wider version created with two yarns held together.

Version One: Cool Blue
Materials:
1 x 50gm Rowan Cotton Tape
1 pair 8-12 mm needles – whatever you have on hand; the sample was made with 10 mm needles

Tension:
Doesn’t matter!

Finished Measurements:
8 cm wide x 60 cm long, approximately

Version Two: Cotton Candy
Materials:
2 x 50gm Lang Opal
1 x 50gm Rowan Calmer
1 pair 8-12 mm needles – whatever you have on hand; the sample was made with 10 mm needles

Tension:
Doesn’t matter!

Finished Measurements:
20 cm wide x 60 cm long, approximately

Method:
For Version One, cast on 11 stitches.
For Version Two, using a strand each of the Calmer and the Opal held together, cast on 21 stitches.

First row (WS): knit all stitches.

RS: K1, *yfwd k2tog; repeat from * to end.
WS: Knit all stitches.
RS: K2, *yfwd, k2tog; repeat from * to last stitch, k last stitch.
WS: Knit all stitches.

Repeat the last 4 rows until you’ve just about run out of yarn. Finish with a WS row, and then cast off.