Mossy Scarf

Are you ready to think green but the weather is still wintery? I loom-knit up this simple scarf in silky soft Frog Tree chunky alpaca. (Feeling déjá vu? I'm pulling this pattern from my previous blog post to make it easier for knitters to find.)

I love moss-stitch bumpies. Seed and moss stitches seem to have different definitions throughout the knitty world. I follow those who say seed is knitting your purls and purling your knits on each row. Moss is just doubling this. Here is my free Mossy Scarf pattern with a garter border (S=slip stitch, K=knit, P=purl):

Crochet cast on 17 pegs.

Start with 8 rows of garter stitch (K row, P row)

S K K P K P K P K P K P K P K K K

S P P P K P K P K P K P K P P P P

S K K K P K P K P K P K P K K K K

S P P K P K P K P K P K P K P P P

Repeat above until you reach desired length. My scarf is about 6 feet long because I wanted to use all the yarn.

End with 8 rows of garter stitch.

Yarn-over bindoff for an edge that most closely matches the stretchy crochet cast-on.