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Notes When working from Chart, right-side rows are knit rows and read from right to left, wrong-side rows are purl rows and read from left to right. Use separate balls of yarn for each area of colour

The scarf is comprised of blocks of squares of various sizes, all knitted in the round from the outside edge to the centre. After the initial square has been completed, subsequent squares start with s

Note Use the intarsia method for colour, twisting yarn colours together where they meet to avoid holes. BACK Cast on 106 (116: 126: 138: 148: 160) sts using 3.5mm needles and Yarn A. Rib row (RS) *K1,

2X2 RIB Row 1 (K2, P2) to last 2 sts, K2. Row 2 P2, (K2, P2) to end. Rep Rows 1 and 2. FRONT Cast on 82 (90: 94: 102: 106: 110) sts using 3.25mm needles, thumb method and Yarn A, and work 9 (13: 13: 1

CHART A (WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS) Row 1 (RS) K3, k2tog, yo, K1, (yo, skpo, K5, k2tog, yo, K1) to last 5sts, yo, skpo, K3. Row 2 and all WS rows Purl. Row 3 K2, k2tog, yo, K2, (K1, yo, skpo, K3, k2tog, yo

With 3.5 mm needles cast on 97 (109, 121, 135) sts. 1st row (right side) – ★K1, P1, rep from ★ to last st, K1. 2nd row – K1, ★P1, K1, rep from ★ to end. Rep these two m-st rows four times more. Change