Color Blocked Pocket Scarf Knitting Pattern

I love a good scarf. I have knit so many scarves (and cowls, and shawls) through the years I could probably wear a different one every day for a month. But there’s always room for more scarves, if you ask me. They make great gifts, or they’re an easy way to jazz up your own outfits when you hit that part of winter where even your favorite handknits are starting to feel a little drab.

This free scarf knitting pattern from The Underground Crafts amps up the fun by including color blocking. Half of the scarf is worked in one color and half in another. Which you can probably guess I’m going to say makes it perfect for using those odd balls in your stash that you aren’t sure what to do with.

It’s also a pocket scarf, which uses a bit more yarn but adds so much to the coziness of the scarf. It’s so great to be able to wrap a scarf around your neck and have a place to put your hands when you go on walks in the fall and winter. You can also put a little pack of tissues or other essentials in your pockets while you’re on the go.

The pattern also mentions this, but my first thought was that the pockets could be the alternate color, too. So in this case, the gray pocket on the peach half of the scarf and vice-versa. Just a way to add a little more whimsy! Or you could even use a third color for the pockets if you’re making this a stash busting project.

However you choose to make it, this pocket scarf is a quick and easy knit worked in cozy super bulky yarn. You can get the free pattern from The Underground Crafter.

[Photo: The Underground Crafter]

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier.

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project.

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible.

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge.

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects.

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy.

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project.

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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