Bead Skinny Skarf

HeartStrings knitting pattern #H92

skinny skarf knitting with big beads

Bead Skinny Skarf is a play on words, reflecting on the fashion of cinching in a waist to look skinny. Bead Skinny gives the illusion of cinching the curvy lines of the faux eyelet cable with a pretty bead.

A bonus is pleasing reversibility thanks to how the ribbed texture surrounding the lozenges of eyelets and the beads are equally prominent on both the right side and wrong side.

Can you think of an easier way to be skinny?

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• Finished Size: Approximately 5" wide by 40" long
• Yarn: 1 ball Aunt Lydia's Fashion Crochet (Size 3) 100% cotton 150 yards/50g or equivalent fingering weight yarn; shown in color Copper Mist
• Knitting needles: Size US 6 (4 mm) suggested
• Beads: Crow size 9 mm diameter by 6 mm height or similar large beads; shown in Red Opaque
• For placing beads: US steel size 4 crochet hook or similar that is small enough to fit through the hole in beads
• Skill level: Intermediate
• Stitch instructions: Written and charted
• Construction: Worked end-to-end in one piece; no seams to sew
• Beading technique: crochet hook method

Note: It's easy to make Bead Skinny Skarf longer if you want to. Each 16-row repeat of the Main Pattern will add about 2.5" for which you will need 3 more beads and approx 9 more yards of yarn.

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