Ilkley Scarf

Design BF005 · Bramble & Fleece Autumn/Winter Collection

A striking houndstooth scarf in two bold contrasting shades of Bramble & Fleece Wooltrace DK, offering a modern take on a classic design. This generously proportioned knit lends itself to stylish warmth and softness on the coldest of days.

Houndstooth is built from a four-stitch, four-row chart repeat, which makes it one of the most approachable stranded patterns to memorise — you will be working from muscle memory by the end of the first ball. A slipped selvedge stitch in the main shade gives a clean, firm edge along both sides.

At a glance

• Yarn: Bramble & Fleece Wooltrace DK — 2 x 100g in shade A and 2 x 100g in shade B
• Shades photographed: A — Espresso 310, B — Sunset 300
• Needles: 3.75mm (UK 9 / US 5) needles
• Tension: 28 stitches and 26 rows to 10cm / 4in over the Fair Isle pattern on 3.75mm needles, once blocked
• Finished size: 25cm / 9¾in wide and 214cm / 84¼in long
• Skill level: Experienced
• Format: Digital PDF download

Which yarn does the Ilkley Scarf use?

Ilkley is written for Bramble & Fleece Wooltrace DK, a 100% British Romney DK at 225m per 100g hank, traceable to the individual farm by the QR code on the ball band. Romney's long staple and crisp handle suit stranded colourwork particularly well: the houndstooth reads sharply and the floats sit flat once blocked. You will need two hanks of each of two contrasting shades — 400g in total.

How hard is the colourwork?

The chart is only four stitches and four rows, worked flat rather than in the round, so both right-side and wrong-side rows are stranded. If you are comfortable carrying two colours and managing tension on a purl row, the repeat itself is very simple.

This is a digital knitting pattern supplied as a PDF download in English, with a colour chart, UK and US needle sizes and both metric and imperial measurements. Yarn and needles are sold separately.