Macclesfield Scarf

This reversible scarf is double-thick, over six and a half feet long, and will definitely keep you toasty in freezing temperatures! Moreover, it’s knitted completely in the round and the only sewing required is a single 7”-long seam at the end. You can also easily customize the length by working either more or fewer chart repeats.

The scarf takes its inspiration from the background motif of the initial letter “D” on ‘The Anointing of David’. This is one of the 250 pages of the Macclesfield Psalter, which was created around the quarter-mark of the 14th century in East Anglia.

• Source image
• More information about the source document

Note: This pattern is part of a collection of accessories built around a theme of medieval illumination. You can purchase the patterns individually or as an entire collection: Whitework: Accessories inspired by medieval illumination

Skills required

• Knitting, purling
• Stranded knitting
• Chart reading
• Three-needle bind-off (pattern provides resources for more information)

Yarn requirements

• MC (red): about 580 yards
• CC (white): about 420 yards

Other materials needed

• 12” or shorter 4.5mm needle
• Spare 4.5mm needle (for three-needle bind-off)
• Stitch marker
• Spare length of yarn about 24” long
• Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge

22 sts and rows to 4" in stranded pattern after blocking