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A chunky forest-green knitted scarf on a stone ledge beside orange flowers

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Pattern published by Knit Picks

Alumni Scarf

An Easy Knit Picks scarf of knit-purl rib variations in a straight piece. Free download on Knit Picks.

Knit Picks labels this Easy.

Skill level
Easy
Publisher rating
Easy
Pattern format
PDF download
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Our take

An Easy straight scarf when you want rib texture in sport weight, not another garter rectangle.

Knit Picks rates it Easy. The scarf stays a strip; the interest is knit-purl rib variations.

Open Knit Picks for the PDF. Compare weight and difficulty here, then knit from their file.

Material and size snapshot

Plan the project before buying yarn

These are planning facts from the publisher’s current page. The official pattern remains the authority for exact quantities, gauge method, and tool changes.

Yarn
Sport

Sport-weight yarn. Finer than worsted, a longer scarf in stitch-count terms.

Project
Scarf

Open the publisher page for finished measurements, needle size, and yardage.

Publisher rating
Easy

This is the publisher’s own label, not a rewrite of the pattern.

Skill preview

What this project asks of you

This is orientation, not a substitute for the pattern. Use it to decide whether the project fits what you want to practise next.

  1. 01

    Texture

    Knit-purl ribs

    Several rib setups in one scarf. The official pattern is the sequence.

  2. 02

    Yarn

    Sport

    More stitches than bulky first scarves. Plan a longer timeline.

Before you start

Three checks worth making now

  1. 01

    Sport scarves are narrower or longer-running than bulky ones. Read Knit Picks’ measurements.

  2. 02

    Ribbing eats yarn. Trust their yardage, not a leftover ball of worsted.

  3. 03

    Download the free pattern on Knit Picks.

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