Scarf, Shawl & Snood in King Cole Indulge Chunky - 4863 - Downloadable PDF

Scarf, Shawl & Snood Knitted in King Cole Indulge Chunky – Pattern 4863

This downloadable PDF knitting pattern from King Cole presents three distinct accessories designed to be worked in King Cole Indulge Chunky yarn. The collection includes a Lace Edge Scarf, a Shawl, and a Snood, each offering a slightly different silhouette and construction approach while sharing the same luxurious chunky-weight yarn. The pattern is rated as intermediate in difficulty, making it a rewarding project for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and simple lace techniques.

Materials and Tension

All three designs are worked in King Cole Indulge Chunky, a chunky-weight yarn chosen for its soft, indulgent handle that suits cosy accessories perfectly. The recommended needle size for the Lace Edge Scarf is 7 mm needles, with a tension of 13 stitches and 22 rows to 10 cm over garter stitch. Knitters are advised to check their tension carefully before beginning, adjusting needle size as needed — moving to thinner needles if fewer stitches are achieved, or thicker needles if more stitches appear across the swatch. Achieving the correct tension is essential to ensure the finished accessories come out at the intended size.

Lace Edge Scarf

What Is Being Made

The Lace Edge Scarf is a long knitted scarf that features a garter stitch body with a decorative lace edging running along one side. The design grows gradually through incremental shaping, giving the scarf a gently widening structure as the garter stitch section increases in stitch count over the course of the pattern.

Construction and Techniques

The scarf is cast on using the thumb method with 11 stitches on 7 mm needles. A stitch marker is placed early in the construction to separate the garter stitch body stitches from the lace edging stitches. This is an important structural feature of the pattern — stitches before the marker on a right-side row are worked in garter stitch (knit every row), while stitches after the marker form the repeating lace edging pattern. The pattern notes specifically instruct that stitch counts should only be taken after the 8th row of the lace edging, which is when the full lace repeat is established.

Shaping is introduced through increases worked at regular intervals on right-side rows, gradually building up the garter stitch section. Increases are made in the first or second stitch before the marker, expanding the body of the scarf over a long sequence of rows. The shaping schedule is as follows:

• An increase is worked in the 9th row and every following 10th row over 140 rows, bringing the garter stitch section to 18 stitches before the marker.
• A further 24 rows of shaping follow, with an increase every 12th row, bringing the garter stitch section to 20 stitches before the marker on a right-side row.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Garter stitch – the main body fabric, created by knitting every row on both right and wrong sides
• Lace edging pattern – an 8-row repeating sequence forming the decorative border
• Yarn forward (yfwd) – used to create decorative eyelets within the lace edging
• K2tog (knit two together) – a right-leaning decrease paired with yarn forwards to maintain stitch count within the lace repeat
• Double yarn over ((yfwd) twice) – used within the lace edging to create larger, more decorative openings
• Slip 1, pass slipped stitch over (s1, psso) – a left-leaning decrease used in the lace section
• Cast off mid-row – the lace edging pattern includes casting off stitches partway through a row as part of the lace repeat, a technique that creates the characteristic pointed or scalloped l