An Easy Scarf Knitting Pattern Stitched with Love

This super sweet scarf knitting pattern would be fun to stitch up for Valentine’s Day, or to give to someone who you want to wrap in love.

The Shape of My Heart scarf from Annie Baker Designs is worked in fingering weight yarn (aka sock yarn or super fine) in a tube to the desired length. Hearts are randomly added in duplicate stitch using scraps. The pattern calls for stitching on the hearts after the whole scarf is done, but I think it would be easier to do as you knit because it’s easier to get to the center of the tube as you’re knitting it without having to maneuver around the whole rest of the scarf to make your stitches.

Either way, there are several heart patterns shown in the pattern so you can make solid or outline heart shapes, both upside down and right side up depending on what you need for where you are in your scarf.

This is such a cute and easy idea you could also do it with other weights of yarn. If you have more worsted weight yarn than you have sock yarn, for example, you could knit a tube of whatever width you like and use your leftovers to stitch on hearts in just this same way.

If you’ve never worked duplicate stitch before, it’s an easy way to add colorwork to knitting projects. It involves sewing on top of the knit stitches, literally duplicating the shape of the stitch so that it’s completely covered with another yarn. This makes the knit fabric thicker in those places but also makes the stitches you duplicate stand out, which adds an interesting texture to your project.

Check out this tutorial from Purl Soho if you need help with the basics. It doesn’t look like I’ve done a video on this so I”ll try to get to that soon!

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

[Photo: Annie Baker Designs]

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Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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