Stages Scarf in Rowan Kidsilk Haze and Felted Tweed - Downloadable PDF

Stages Scarf in Rowan Kidsilk Haze and Felted Tweed by Chloe Thurlow – Knitting Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

The Stages Scarf is an elegant, hand-knitted scarf designed by Chloe Thurlow and published by Rowan. Available as a downloadable PDF, this pattern produces a beautifully textured, long scarf with a gently widening silhouette. The finished piece measures approximately 41.5 cm (16¼ in) at its widest point and 147.5 cm (58 in) in length, making it a generously sized accessory suitable for wrapping or draping. The design is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with basic shaping and stitch pattern combinations but are ready to explore more nuanced techniques.

Design Overview

The Stages Scarf is a single statement accessory that builds its visual interest through a combination of stitch textures, strategic shaping, and a carefully sequenced use of multiple yarn colours and weights. The scarf is shaped with gradual increases that widen the fabric over the course of the knitting, giving it a distinctive tapered or staged appearance — a design detail that is reflected in the pattern's name. The interplay between the two Rowan yarn bases creates a fabric with both rustic warmth and a delicate halo, resulting in a luxurious finished texture.

Techniques Used

• Brioche rib – A key structural stitch pattern used throughout the body of the scarf, creating a deeply cushioned, reversible ribbed fabric with excellent stretch and visual depth.
• Garter stitch edging – Three stitches at each end of every row are worked in garter stitch using a single yarn, providing a neat, stable selvedge that frames the brioche rib centre.
• Yarn-over increases (yo) – Used in combination with slip stitches and double increases to shape the scarf, adding two stitches at regular intervals across specific rows.
• Double increases (inc 2) – Worked at the beginning of right-side rows at set intervals (every 12th row and every 10th row at different stages), gradually expanding the width of the scarf to its full 41.5 cm measurement.
• Holding two strands together – A central technique in this pattern, where one strand each of Rowan Felted Tweed and Rowan Kidsilk Haze are held together to work the patterned section of the scarf, blending the two yarn bases into a single unified fabric.
• Colour sequencing across multiple yarns – The pattern uses up to five distinct yarn colours across the two yarn bases, requiring careful management of colour changes and yarn joins.

Stitches Used

• Brioche rib – The primary stitch pattern for the body of the scarf, worked using slip stitches and yarn-overs to create the characteristic puffed, ribbed texture.
• Garter stitch – Used for the three-stitch border at each end of every row, worked with yarn A only to maintain a clean edge independent of the colour blending in the centre.
• Yarn-over (yo) – Used both as part of the brioche rib structure and as an increase method during shaping rows.
• Slip stitch (sl 1) – An integral component of the brioche rib technique, worked in combination with yarn-overs to build the stitch pattern correctly.

Yarns and Materials

This pattern calls for two distinct Rowan yarn bases used across five colours:

• Rowan Felted Tweed (50 g balls, DK weight) – used in three colourways:
  • Astor 217 (Yarn A) – 1 ball
  • Heliotrope 219 (Yarn C) – 1 ball
  • Fjord 218 (Yarn E) – 1 ball
• Rowan