Artemisia Scarf

Lightweight and airy, the Artemisia Scarf captures the delicate beauty of wormwood’s feathery leaves. Its lace motif works beautifully with variegated colorways and looks identical on both sides. Tapered tips make the scarf easy to wear and help stretch the yardage of a smaller skein. The pattern is both charted and written out. Make a set with the coordinating [Artemisia Headband][1]! **Size** - Width unstretched, adjustable: 16.5cm (6½in) - Length from tip to tip unstretched, adjustable: 185cm (73in) **Yarn** - Laceweight, 290m (318yds) - Sample yarn: Laurelknits Udu (75% brushed Suri alpaca, 25% mulberry silk), laceweight, 50g (1¾oz), 300m (328yds), in Funky Marshmallow - The pattern is designed to let variegated, self-striping, or self-patterning yarns shine. **Needles** - 5mm (US 8) straight or circular needles **Gauge** - 24 sts and 24 rows measure 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) over pattern, lightly blocked - Swatch to determine the needle size that achieves the correct gauge **Construction** - The scarf is worked from tip to tip. The first tip is shaped with increases along its right edge, and the second – with mirrored decreases along the left edge. - The body of the scarf is worked in a four-row repeat and can be easily adjusted to a desired length. The edges are polished off with slipped stitch selvedge [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/artemisia-headband