Berroco Stevie Scarf Knitting Pattern

Berroco Stevie Lace Scarf

What Is Being Made

The Berroco Stevie is an elegant lace scarf designed by the Berroco Design Team. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a finished scarf measuring approximately 94 inches around by 8 inches wide at its widest point, making it a versatile accessory suitable for layering or draping.

Techniques Used

This pattern employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its sophisticated appearance. The scarf is worked seamless and top-down, meaning you begin at one end and work continuously toward the other without requiring seaming. The design features lace construction, which creates an open, airy fabric through strategic yarn overs and decreases. The scarf is worked flat on circular needles, allowing for easy stitch management across the wider width while maintaining the flat construction method.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The pattern incorporates specialized edging techniques to shape and finish the scarf edges. Edging 1 combines a knit stitch, yarn over, dropped yarn over from the previous row, and knit front and back (an increase) to create decorative selvage. Edging 2 reverses this sequence, beginning with knit front and back, then dropping the previous yarn over, adding a new yarn over, and finishing with a knit stitch. These edgings work in tandem to increase stitches gradually and create the scarf's distinctive border. The pattern also employs yarn overs and increases through knit front and back stitches to expand the width progressively throughout the project.

Color and Yarn Progression

The Stevie features a thoughtful color progression using Berroco Liana yarn. The pattern calls for three coordinating colors: one hank each of #8273 Agave (C1) and #8274 Honeysuckle (C2), plus two hanks of #8277 Sage (C3). The color work is introduced gradually throughout the project: you begin with Agave, transition to alternating rows of Honeysuckle and Agave, then shift to alternating Honeysuckle and Sage, and finish with Sage alone. This creates a subtle color gradient effect across the finished scarf.

Materials and Gauge

This project uses Berroco Liana yarn, with a total yardage determined by the three hanks specified. You will need one 32-inch circular needle in size 6 (4 mm) or the size required to obtain the correct gauge. The pattern gauge is 18 stitches and 38 rows over 4 inches in pattern. Checking gauge before beginning is essential to ensure your finished scarf matches the intended measurements.

Construction Details

The scarf begins with a long-tail cast-on of 100 stitches. The border section is worked first, with yarn overs and edging techniques increasing stitches to 102, then 104 stitches. The main pattern section follows, with additional increases worked at regular intervals (knit front and back stitches spaced every 4 stitches) to gradually expand the scarf to its full width of 242 stitches. The lace pattern and color changes are worked simultaneously as you progress through the rows, creating an integrated design where color transitions and stitch pattern work together harmoniously.