Bufanda Lace

8/4/2019 Bufanda Lace

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Size

180cm long by 15cm wide (including edging).

Centre measures 12.5cm wide excluding the pointed edging.

Materials

Yarn:

Handspun yarn: 75gm of handspun fine merino, 2 ply, 33wpi, approx 600m per

100gm.

I used Fibreworks rainbow dyed merino roving in colour "lorikeet" and spun it myself .

(Golden yellow, deep red, turquoise and all the greens, browns, purples etc that thosecolours make when they mix)

To spin a colour-change yarn such as this, take a rainbow dyed roving and pre draft it

without splitting it lengthwise. Spin your single and wind it off the bobbin into a centre-

pull ball. Take each end of the centre-pull ball and ply your single upon itself.

Commercial yarn: For a single colour scarf you could use Bendigo Mills 2 ply wool,

or Marta's Yarns 2 ply merino (360m per 50gm) which is available in a range of 360

colours.

Needles:

http://www.knitting-and.com/spinning/rainbow-dyeing.html

http://www.martasyarns.com.au/


http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/scarves/lucydiamonds1.html


http://www.knitting-and.com/spinning/rainbow-dyeing.html



1 pair of 3mm needles

3mm circular needle for picking up sts to work edging

Tension

26sts to 10cm over garter st on 3mm needles

Abbreviations/Chart Key

K Knit

Yo Yarn over

K2tog Knit 2 together

K2tog tbl Knit 2 together through the backs of the loops

Sl 1 Slip 1 stitch purlways

Sl2tog, k1,

psso

Slip 2 stitches together knitways, knit 1, pass the 2 slipped stitches

over the stitch just knit

Pattern

Diamond Lace (chart A)

1st row: Sl 1, k2, *k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1; repeat from * 5 times more, k2

2nd and every alternate row: Sl 1, k to end

3rd row: Sl 1, k1, k2tog, *yo, k3, yo, sl2tog, k1, psso; rep from * 4 times more, yo, k3,yo, k2tog tbl, k2

5th row: Sl 1, k2, *yo, k2tog tbl, k1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from * 5 times more, k2

7th row: Sl 1, k2, *k1, yo, sl2tog, k1, psso, yo, k2; rep from * 5 times more, k2

8th row: Sl 1, k to end

Rows 1 - 8 form the diamond pattern.

Diamond Lace Chart A



Flower Lace (chart B)

Rows 1-4: Sl 1, k to end

5th row: Sl 1, k3, *k2, k2tog, (yo) twice, k2tog, k6; rep from * twice more, k1

6th row: Sl 1, *k8, p1, k3; rep from * twice more, k4

7th row: Sl 1, k3, *[k2tog, (yo) twice, k2tog] twice, k4; rep from * twice more, k1

8th row: Sl 1, *k6, p1, k3, p1, k1; rep from * twice more, k4



11th row: Sl 1, k3, *[k2tog, (yo) twice, k2tog] twice, k4; rep from * twice more, k1

12th row: Sl 1, *k6, p1, k3, p1, k1; rep from * twice more, k4



Rows 15-18: Sl 1, k to end

Rows 1-18 form the flower lace pattern



Chart B

Using 3mm needles and a provisional cast on, cast on 41sts and knit 4 rows.

Work 4 repeats of diamond lace, followed by 1 repeat of flower lace.

Continue working 4 repeats of diamond lace and 1 of flower lace until you have knit 15sections of each lace pattern

Work 4 repeats of diamond lace

k4 rows. Do not cast off.

Begin Edging



First you will need to pick up all the stitches that the edging will be worked onto.

K20, k2tog, k19, place marker (to mark the corner), pick up 393sts along the long side

of your scarf (pick up 1 st in each slipped st along the edge), place marker, undo the

provisional cast on and knit the 40sts, place a marker, pick up 393 sts along the 2nd

long side.

Now you will begin knitting the points along the top 40sts.

K1, turn

*k1, turn

k2, turn

k2, turn

k3, turn

k3, turn

k4, turn

k4, turn

k5, turn

k5, turn

Cast off 5.**

Repeat from * to ** 7 more times. You will now have finished the points along the topshort edge of your scarf.

Note: If turning your work whilst knitting the tiny points drives you batty, you can use

the "knitting backwards" method of knitting your work without turning it. I found it to

be a much faster and more enjoyable way of working the edging.

As you can see, each point uses a total of 5 stitches. Since you had to pick up 393sts

along the long edge, you will need to decrease 3sts along this edge whilst working the

edging.

First, repeat the instructions from * to ** 10 times to make 10 regular points down the

side of your scarf.

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/tips/backwards.html

http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/tips/backwards.html



Next, work a "decrease point" as follows:

k1, turn

k2, turn

k2, turn

k3, turn

k3, turn

k3, k2tog, turn

k4, turn

k5, turn

k5, turn

Cast off 5.

Knit 27 regular points, one decrease point, 28 regular points, one decrease point, then

finish off the long edge with 10 regular points.

Work 8 regular points along the bottom short side, then work the edging along the

remaining long side as you did for the first long side, (10 regular points, 1 decrease point, 27 regular points, 1 decrease point, 28 regular points, 1 decrease point, 10 regular

points). Cut your yarn and fasten off.

Finishing

Wash your scarf, spin out the excess water, then pin it out to block it whilst drying.

I don't have a special blocking board so I pinned my scarf by the points to a quilt laid

out across my dining table, then put weights on the quilt to keep the scarf stretched

while it dried. You need to keep your scarf stretched out while it dries to open up the

lace knitting, which makes it a lot more attractive.

Darn in any loose ends.

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