Half-and-half Triangle Scarf

A triangle scarf is the thing right now, and this is my take on it. The design uses a Manos del Uruguay Fino multipack containing 5 x 20g of 3-ply merino-silk yarn, but will be a good project for any stashed or left-over light 3- or 4-ply yarns. An uneven stripe with colour pairs swapped at the mid-point creates two mirrored halves to use the short hanks to the fullest extent. **Scarf dimensions** Long edge - 114cm; Short edges - 69cm; Across widest point - 38cm **Worked over** 448 rows (+4 rows to start and complete border at sharp ends) **Materials** Manos del Uruguay Fino Beatrix multipack (5 x 20g) • Shade A - Pink (401 Corsage) • Shade B - Purple (416 Amethyst Earring) • Shade C - Grey (415 Silver Tea Set) • Shade D - Indigo (427 Mourning) • Shade E - Blue (429 Storm Glass) 1 pair 3.5mm knitting needles 2 bobbins Round-ended needle **Tension** 28 stitches & 38 rows = 10 cm **Project notes** This little pack is an expensive product, at around £30 for 5 x 20g hanks. But it is deliciously soft yarn in a lovely combination of shades. The 'hot' half (mainly Pink and Purple) dissolves into the 'cold' half (mainly Blue and Grey) without an obvious ombre. • Shades A & E - 17g • Shades B & C - 16g • Shade D - 11g A 2-stitch Indigo intarsia border worked in garter stitch creates a frame around the main stocking-stitch striped area. It also provides a place to hide ends, as they disappear when woven into the catch line between border and main area. Many stripes are comprised of an uneven number of rows, to share the weaving in between borders. Working the intarsia is fiddly at the sharp ends of the triangle, as the border bobbins and main colour ball tangle easily. But there is good distance between them for 95% of the time. For the two-row Indigo stocking-stitch stripes, knit/purl across the main area using the yarn from one border, then knit/purl back using yarn from the other one, to keep the bobbins equally stocked. The triangle grows by making 1 stitch at the start of each RS row until Row 224, then shrinks by decreasing 1 stitch at the start of each RS row from Row 225. For the increase, pick up a border-colour bar between border and main scarf. For the decrease, knit the first three stitches (i.e. two border stitches and first main-area stitch) using the border colour, then pass stitch 2 over stitch 3. This creates a consistent look for the join between border and main area in the increase and decrease sections.