Burr Oak

I'm mad for plaid! This classic tartan scarf is the first of a few plaid designs I've been working on.

A great place to start ... just knit it flat from one end to the other.

The plaid pattern uses light and shadow as much as it does color, and combines garter stitch with basic brioche stitches and slipped stitches (mosaic).

Only one color is used per row, so no multiple strands to juggle.

And oh the color possibilities are endless! Choose one main color, one darker color, one lighter color, and one color for a little pop.

Stats

Size: About 54 (76)" long by 10" wide.

Gauge: 20 sts = 4" in garter stitch using size 5 needles.

Yarn: Sunday Knits 3 ply (light sport weight) in Angelic (75% merino 25% angora), Nirvana (90% merino 10% cashmere), Eden (100% merino) or Brigadoon (100% merino tweed); 225 m / 245 yd per 50 g skein: 1 (2) 50-gm skein(s) each of the main and darker colors, 1 skein of the lighter color, and one 20-gm mini skein for the pop color.

Pink sample shown in MC: Nirvana artisan French Pink, LC: Eden Mist, DC: Eden Dove, and PC: Eden Bay.
Red sample shown in MC: Nirvana artisan Apple, LC: Eden Fawn, DC: Brigadoon Relic, and PC: Brigadoon Lagoon.
Olive sample shown in MC: Angelic artisan Olive, LC: Eden Bay, DC: Brigadoon Relic, and PC: Eden artisan Violet.
Yellow sample shown in MC: Brigadoon Mustard, LC: Nirvana Natural, DC: Brigadoon Centro, and PC: Brigadoon Aqua.
(Note that the olive and yellow samples were worked in a slightly different plaid pattern than we're using here in the scarf.)

Needles: Size US 5 (3.75 mm).

Notions: Stitch markers optional.

Skills used: Slipping stitches, basic brioche stitches (brk, brp and slyo), splicing.

Pattern includes: Written instructions, glossary, linked tutorials.

Knit Burr Oak

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