Simple knitted scarves, beautiful results
Stitch patterns that suit scarves: flat, reversible and easy to memorize, with charts and written rows.
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Broken rib is one knit row followed by one row of purl 1, knit 1. This guide explains the stitch and gives a 33-stitch scarf with a narrow garter edge to keep it flat.
A scarf shows both faces of the fabric and has free-hanging edges, so the stitch matters. Here are the traditional stitches that lie flat, with the stitch count each one needs.
A seed stitch scarf worked over 31 stitches, so every row is the same: k1, then p1, k1 to the end. Includes how to read your stitches, move the yarn and keep the tension even.
US seed stitch swaps knits and purls on every row; US moss stitch swaps them every second row. UK patterns use "moss stitch" for the first one. Here is how to tell them apart and choose.
