Noro Tilted Blocks Scarf Knitting Pattern

Noro Tilted Blocks Scarf

What Is Being Made

The Noro Tilted Blocks Scarf is a knitted wrap-style accessory featuring a sophisticated lace pattern that creates a visually dynamic tilted blocks design. This finished scarf measures 21 inches wide by 72 inches long (53.5cm × 182.5cm), making it a generous length suitable for multiple wrapping styles or draping options. The project is rated as EASY difficulty, making it accessible to knitters with basic to intermediate experience.

Techniques Used

This scarf is constructed using several key knitting techniques that work together to create its distinctive appearance:

• Bottom-up construction: The scarf is worked from the cast-on edge upward to the finished length, allowing knitters to try on and adjust length as needed.
• Seamless, worked flat: The entire piece is created on straight needles without seaming, maintaining clean edges and a professional finish throughout.
• Lace knitting: The design incorporates open lacework created through yarn overs and decreases, producing the characteristic tilted blocks pattern with strategic negative space.

Stitches and Stitch Pattern

The scarf features a repeating stitch pattern based on a 16-stitch multiple that cycles through 24 rows before repeating. The pattern alternates between two distinct sections:

• Rows 1–12: Right-side rows feature knit stitches combined with lace decreases (yarn over, knit two together) repeated four times, while wrong-side rows establish the foundation with purl and knit stitches.
• Rows 13–24: This section reverses the lace placement, using slip, slip, knit decreases (ssk) paired with yarn overs to create the tilted effect, while the solid knit section shifts position.

Key stitches employed include:

• Knit (k): The fundamental stitch creating the solid sections of the pattern.
• Purl (p): Used on wrong-side rows to support the lace structure.
• Yarn over (yo): Creates the decorative holes and increases that define the lace design.
• Knit two together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used in the first pattern section.
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk): A left-leaning decrease used in the second pattern section, creating the tilted visual effect.
• Slip stitch (sl st): Used as needed for edge management and pattern transitions.

Materials and Gauge

The scarf requires four 100-gram skeins of Noro Taiyo yarn, with the original colorway being #35. A suggested substitute colorway of #75 is also provided for knitters seeking alternative aesthetics. The pattern recommends one pair of US 9 (5.5mm) needles or the size necessary to achieve the specified gauge.

The required gauge is 14 stitches and 24 rows to 4 inches (10cm) measured over the charted stitch pattern using size US 9 needles. Checking gauge before beginning is emphasized as essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions and proper drape of the lace sections.

Construction Notes

The pattern can be worked from either written instructions or a stitch chart, offering flexibility for different learning preferences. The editor recommends using LYKKE® needles and hooks for optimal results. The repeating 24-row pattern is worked continuously until the scarf reaches its full 72-inch length, with the tilted blocks design emerging through the alternating placement of solid and lace sections across the width of the piece.