Alexandra’s Airplane Scarf: Color-Blocked Version Using Isager Silk Mohair

The Design

“Silky-sheer color-blocks!”

This scarf, inspired by long-time Churchmouse friend Alexandra Dane, is simple, simple, simple. So it’s the perfect canvas for a bit of color-blocked fun! Just a sheer tube of soothing stockinette stitch pressed flat, it’s a relaxing knit. And it’s a joy to bring in shades of color to its simplicity!

We knit this version of Alexandra’s Airplane Scarf in four colors of Isager Silk Mohair. In this gravity-defying lace-weight yarn, the soft shimmer of silk glows through the airy halo of mohair. Of course, leave it to Isager to devise an exquisite color palette—full of soft, lustrous shades each more delicious than the last.

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 13″/33cm across (26″/66cm circumference) by 60″/152cm long, after blocking.

YARN
4 skeins Isager Silk Mohair (231 yds/212m each); one each of four colors. Or approx. 229 yds/210m each of four colors of an equivalent lace-weight mohair yarn.
Sample shown in colors 02s Barely Grey, 0 Natural, 67 Sage, and 22 Spun Gold.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 8 (5mm) 16″/40cm circular needles, or size to obtain gauge.
Darning needle to finish.
Blocking wires and/or pins, steam iron and press cloth, for blocking.

GAUGE
Approx. 18 sts/25 rows = 4″/10cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round, after blocking.

KNITTER’S NOTES
To wear as a cowl, reach inside and pull one end through to meet the other; slip over your head.