667 Fruits Of The Forest Scarf - Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Hatfield

667 Fruits Of The Forest Scarf – Knitting Pattern for Women in Valley Yarns Hatfield

The 667 Fruits Of The Forest Scarf is a beautifully designed lace knitting pattern created by Kirsten Hipsky and worked in Valley Yarns Hatfield, a luxurious 100% Baby Alpaca yarn. The finished piece is a rectangular shawl measuring 14" x 60", though the pattern allows for adjustments to achieve a desired length. With its gracefully arching lace branches and subtle textured berry details, this design evokes the delicate beauty of a forest in fruit, making it an elegant accessory for women seeking a lightweight, airy wrap or scarf.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a long, rectangular lace shawl — often worn as a scarf — featuring a repeating motif of lace branches adorned with nupp clusters that mimic the look of hanging berries. The shawl is constructed in two identical halves that are worked separately and then joined, giving the finished piece a symmetrical, polished appearance. The overall effect is light and airy, perfectly suited to the fine lace-weight yarn used.

Techniques Used

• Worked flat: The shawl is knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round, making it accessible to knitters comfortable with flat lace construction.
• Lace knitting: The primary technique throughout the pattern, creating open, decorative eyelets that form the arching branch motif. Yarn overs are paired with decreases to maintain stitch count while building the lace fabric.
• Nupp construction: A traditional Estonian lace technique in which multiple stitches are created from a single stitch on one row and then purled together on the following row to form a small, raised bobble or berry-like bump in the fabric.
• Blocking: While not a knitting technique per se, blocking is essential to this pattern. The gauge note specifically references measurements after blocking, and blocking is what opens up the lace motifs and gives the shawl its characteristic drape and finished dimensions.
• Two-piece construction: The shawl is made in two halves using the same instructions, then assembled — a method that ensures even, balanced patterning across the full length of the piece.

Stitches Used

This pattern draws on a range of standard and specialty knitting stitches to achieve its intricate lace texture:

• Knit (k) and Purl (p): The foundational stitches used throughout, including garter stitch borders worked in knit on every row.
• Yarn over (yo): Creates the decorative eyelets central to the lace branch motif.
• Knit 2 together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used to shape the lace pattern and balance yarn overs.
• Ssk (slip, slip, knit): A left-leaning decrease that mirrors k2tog, worked by slipping two stitches individually as if to knit, then knitting them together through the back loops.
• Sl1-k2tog-psso: A centered double decrease — slip one stitch, knit two together, then pass the slipped stitch over — used at the apex of the lace arches to create a clean, symmetrical point.
• Make Nupp (MN): A special stitch unique to this pattern. Five stitches are created from one by working [k1, yo, k1, yo, k1] into a single stitch, leaving the original stitch on the needle until the final knit. On the following wrong-side row, these five stitches are purled together (p5tog) to restore the original stitch count and leave a subtle raised bump — the "berry" of the forest motif.
• Purl 5 together (p5tog): The companion stitch to the nupp, worked on wrong-side rows to complete the berry texture.

Materials

• Yarn: Valley Yarns Hatfield — 100% Baby Alpaca, 437 yards per 50g skein. The pattern calls for 2 skeins in the colorway Caribbean. Baby Alpaca is prized for its exceptional softness, natural sheen, and lightweight warm