AMANO Pilar Scarf Knitting Pattern

AMANO Pilar Scarf

What is Being Made

The AMANO Pilar Scarf is a sophisticated knitted accessory designed by Martha Wissing, featuring finished measurements of 8½" (21.6 cm) wide by 75" (190 cm) long after wet blocking. This intermediate-level scarf is constructed as a single, one-size garment that showcases reversible stitch patterns, making it visually appealing from both sides. The scarf is ideal for fall and winter wear, offering both warmth and elegant style.

Techniques Used

The Pilar Scarf employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its distinctive appearance:

• Bottom-up construction: The scarf is worked from the bottom edge upward, allowing knitters to try on and adjust length as needed.
• Seamless, worked flat: The entire scarf is created on straight needles without seaming, maintaining clean edges and a professional finish.
• Cable work: Intricate cable stitches are incorporated throughout the design, with cables crossed at strategic intervals to create visual interest and texture.
• Wet blocking: The finished scarf is wet blocked to gently open up the cable stitches and even out the fabric, enhancing the stitch definition without stretching the beginning and ending rib patterns.

Stitches Used

The Pilar Scarf combines multiple stitch techniques to create its reversible, textured design:

• Ribbed stitches: The pattern features knit and purl combinations (k2, p2, k4 sequences) that create vertical lines and structure throughout the scarf.
• 6/6 Rib Right Cross (RC): Six stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held to the back, then knit and purled in sequence before working the stitches from the cable needle, creating a cable twist to the right.
• 6/6 Rib Left Cross (LC): Six stitches are slipped to a cable needle and held to the front, then knit and purled in sequence before working the stitches from the cable needle, creating a cable twist to the left.
• Stockinette stitch (St st): Used as a reference gauge measurement to ensure proper tension and sizing.

Materials

The Pilar Scarf requires the following materials for completion:

• Yarn: 4 hanks of AMANO WARMI (100 gr each) in colorway #6001 Wheat, providing approximately 400 grams of yarn total.
• Needles: Straight knitting needles in size 8 (5 mm) and size 9 (5.5 mm), or sizes necessary to obtain the specified gauge.
• Notions: A cable needle (cn) for managing cable stitches during construction.
• Gauge: 20 stitches and 24 rows equal 4" (10.2 cm) in the rib pattern; 17 stitches and 24 rows equal 4" (10.2 cm) in stockinette stitch. Checking gauge before beginning ensures the finished scarf meets the intended measurements.

The AMANO WARMI yarn is a premium fiber choice that works beautifully with the cable and rib patterns, creating a fabric with excellent stitch definition. Additional information about AMANO yarns and products is available through amanoyarns.com or by contacting info@amanoyarns.com.