Valley Yarns Lobed Leaf Scarf Knitting Pattern

Valley Yarns Lobed Leaf Scarf

What is Being Made

The Lobed Leaf Scarf is a single lace panel scarf designed to make a bold impact through its distinctive openwork construction. This knitted accessory measures 9 inches wide by 76 inches long, making it versatile enough to be worn in multiple ways. The finished scarf showcases rich, old gold coloring in 100% wool that complements both accent colors and neutral tones alike.

Techniques Used

This advanced beginner knitting project employs lace as its primary technique, creating intricate openwork patterns throughout the scarf. The design is seamless and worked flat, meaning you knit the entire scarf on straight needles without joining seams or working in the round. The lace construction highlights unique shapes and structures created through strategic yarn overs and decreases, resulting in the characteristic lobed leaf motifs that give the scarf its name.

Stitches Used

The pattern incorporates several fundamental lace stitches and techniques:

• Knit (k) – the basic knit stitch forming the foundation
• Purl (p) – used on wrong-side rows to create texture
• Yarn over (yo) – creates the openwork holes characteristic of lace patterns
• Knit two together (k2tog) – a right-leaning decrease
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk) – a left-leaning decrease worked by slipping two stitches individually as if to knit, then inserting the left needle through both stitches and knitting them together
• Slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over (sl1-k2tog-psso) – a centered double decrease that creates prominent decreases within the lace pattern

The pattern repeats a 10-row sequence that builds the lobed leaf design through the strategic placement of yarn overs paired with various decreases. Edge stitches are maintained in garter stitch (knit on all rows) to frame the lace panel.

Materials

This project requires Valley Yarns Northampton Bulky yarn in the color Gold Heather. The yarn is 100% wool with yardage of 109 yards per 100-gram skein. The scarf requires 4 skeins total, providing approximately 436 yards of yarn. Knitting needles should be US size 10½ (6.5 mm) or the size needed to achieve the specified gauge of approximately 13 stitches and 15 rows over 4 inches in the stitch pattern. The bulky weight yarn combined with the lace construction creates dramatic visual impact while maintaining drape and wearability.

Pattern Overview

After casting on 29 stitches and working 3 foundation rows in garter stitch, you begin the 10-row lace repeat. Rows alternate between right-side rows featuring the lace pattern and wrong-side rows worked in garter stitch edges with purled stitches in the center. You continue repeating the pattern sequence until the scarf reaches your desired length, ending with Row 9 of the pattern repeat, then finish with 3 final garter stitch rows before binding off. Finishing involves blocking to desired measurements and weaving in all loose ends to showcase the unique openwork shapes and structures created by the knitted lace.