Sanctuary Scarf in Rowan Cotton Revive - Downloadable PDF

Sanctuary Scarf in Rowan Cotton Revive by Chloe Thurlow – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Sanctuary Scarf is a beautifully designed knitted wrap by Chloe Thurlow, published as a downloadable PDF pattern by Rowan. This elegant, elongated scarf is worked in Rowan Cotton Revive yarn and showcases a sophisticated combination of classic stitch textures and delicate eyelet lace panels, making it a rewarding project for intermediate knitters looking to expand their skills.

What Is Being Made

The finished piece is a generously sized wrap-style scarf. After blocking, it measures 34 cm (13½ inches) wide and 220 cm (86½ inches) long, making it a versatile accessory that can be worn draped, wrapped, or folded in multiple ways. The wrap is photographed in Cherry Blossom 003, a colourway from the Rowan Cotton Revive range that lends the finished piece a soft, romantic quality.

Materials Used

• Yarn: Rowan Cotton Revive, a sport-weight yarn sold in 100 g balls. Cotton Revive is a lightweight, breathable yarn well suited to accessories and warmer-weather garments, offering excellent stitch definition that allows the lace and eyelet details to read clearly.
• Needles: One pair of 3¾ mm (UK no. 9 / US 5) straight needles.

Tension

The pattern is worked to a tension of 25 stitches and 34 rows to 10 cm, measured over stocking stitch using 3¾ mm needles. An important pattern note advises that the eyelet weave panels may spread out during knitting, but the completed wrap can be blocked out to the correct finished dimensions after knitting is complete. Blocking is therefore an essential finishing step for this design.

Techniques Used

• Casting on and casting off – The wrap begins with a cast-on of 85 stitches and is cast off after all pattern sections are complete.
• Stocking stitch (st st) – Used as the base fabric for the central panels of the wrap and as the reference tension for the pattern.
• Garter stitch borders – A two-stitch garter stitch edge is maintained throughout on both sides of the wrap, providing a neat, non-curling selvedge.
• Eyelet lace knitting – The decorative panels incorporate yarn-forward (yfwd) increases paired with decreases to create open, lace-like eyelets. This is a classic lace technique in which the number of stitches remains constant while the fabric gains decorative holes.
• Yarn-forward (yfwd) – Used to create eyelet increases within the lace panels.
• Slip, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over (sl 1, K2tog, psso) – A central double decrease used within the lace repeats to maintain stitch count and create a symmetrical lace motif.
• Knit two together (K2tog) – A right-leaning decrease used in the lace panels.
• Yarn forward, slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over (yfwd, sl 1, K1, psso) – A left-leaning decrease paired with a yarn-forward, used to balance the lace design.
• Blocking – Wet or steam blocking is required to open up the lace panels and bring the wrap to its finished measurements.

Stitches Used

• Knit (K) – Fundamental knit stitch used throughout.
• Purl (P) – Used on wrong-side rows and within the textured panels.
• Garter stitch – Knit on every row; used for the selvedge edges.
• Stocking stitch – Knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows; forms the main body of the wrap panels.