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]
