Nell’s Sea Silk Scarf

In Death by Cashmere, Nell wore this hand-knit scarf to Margarethe Framingham’s summer gala out at the Framingham estate on Cape Ann. (My thanks to Marla Shoemaker from Manhattan, KS, who knit this gorgeous version of Nell's scarf, and her daughter Autumn, who so beautifully photographed it. Nell's was in a different color, but Marla's is equally beautiful. More photos are posted with the pattern itself.)

For the sea silk yarn Marla (and Nell) used, as well as a beautiful picture of the yarn, check this site: http://handmaiden.ca/yarn_seasilk.html

Size: One Size
Materials
1 skein Handmaiden Yarns Sea Silk (70% silk, 30% Sea Cell®)  400 m/100 g per skein in Ocean
(or a color that looks prettiest against your skin)
 
Size 8 straight or circular needles (Izzy recommends a sticky needle like bamboo or rosewood as
the yarn is quite slippery).
 
Gauge
Thank goodness for lacy scarves where gauge doesn’t matter! This diamond pattern makes a very
airy, loopy stitch so that your scarf can drape elegantly over your evening finery. If you find the
pattern looks tight, increase needle size until you see the loose sideways diamonds (the “waves”)
forming in your work. If you’d like to make the scarf wider and more substantial, just add
multiples of 6 to the original pattern.
 
Pattern Notes  
KW2:  Knit Wrap 2.   
Knit normally, wrapping yarn twice over right needle before pulling needle through original
stitch. Essentially a YO in the middle of your Knit stitch.
 
KW3:  Knit Wrap 3.
Knit, wrapping yarn three times over needle before pulling needle through.
 
Wave Pattern: (multiple of 6 + 1 stitches)
 
Row 1:  K1, * KW2 [KW3] twice, KW2, k2*; rep from star to end
Row 2:  Knit one in each stitch, dropping extra loops as you come to them (31 st. on needle
using pattern below)
Row 3:  KW3, KW2, k2, KW2, *[KW3} twice, KW2, k2, KW2; rep from star to last 2 stitches,
KW3, k1.
Row 4:  rep Row 2.
Repeat these four rows to make wave stitch
 
Pattern:
Using long tail CO, CO 31 sts.
Set up row (WS): K 1 row.
Work rows 1-4 of Wave Pattern until scarf measures desired length or 80”, then work rows 1 and
2 once more.
Bind off loosely Kwise.
 
For fringe: Cut X 10” lengths of yarn. Using a crochet hook, fold two lengths together in half
and loop folded end through hole made by pattern at end of scarf. Pull loose ends through loop to
attach fringe, pull snug. Continue working from edges inward until all fringe is attached.  
Tie knots at each fringe end for extra weight. Repeat on second edge of scarf.
Weave in any remaining ends and wear to your next gala event.

Here is another photo, sent by a reader (Jennie Denneen) of her friend Mary Place, who knit the shawl. Mary looks terrific!

Susanne Freeman's scarf

Carol O'Keefe's Scarf

 And Carol's scarf modeled by Alayne Swenson—