Amy Pond-The Pandorica Opens

It’s long overdue that I wrote the pattern for this scarf. Amy is seriously so beautiful and warm and awesome and about 30 other synonyms for how great this scarf is and people on the Doctor Who boards on Ravelry have been asking about it constantly so I wrote the pattern for this scarf.

I’m a huge Doctor who fan and, in the final two episodes of Series 5, Amy Pond was wearing this gorgeous and super long cabled scarf. After staring at the photo for days on end, I finally figure out the perfect cable for this scarf.  Amy was a labor of love but it’s so warm and really makes a statement when it’s done.

Hardware:

5 skeins Cascade 220 wool in cherry red. You can also use the superwash version but it costs more.  The yarn is held double in this pattern.

Size 11 needles

Stitch Markers- Optional

Terms:

C12F- Slip 6 stitches onto cable needle, place it away from your body. Knit 6 stitches. Knit 6 stitches from your cable needle.

C12B- Slip 6 stitches onto cable needle, bring toward your body. Knit 6 stitches. Knit 6 stitches from your cable needle.

Cast on 32 stitches

Link (Horseshoe) Cable: 16 row repeat

A traditional Link cable is only 8 rows, but this pattern is lengthened because the original has a very ambiguous pattern. There is also a Garter border on this scarf which will curl to the back when worn.

Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15: (RS) K4, P24, K4

Row 2: K4, C12F, C12B, K4

Rows 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16: K

Repeat this pattern until the entire piece wraps around your neck once and reaches your knees without the fringe.

Fringe:

The fringe is about six inches long so take your yarn held double and pull out a foot-length of yarn then pull it through the bottom stitches.

This scarf needs to be blocked and laid flat so it won’t completely curl into a circle. This scarf will be VERY heavy when wet and takes a couple days to dry completely if you wet-block it. When you lay it out, give it some bunching space so it stays cushy and fluffy when it dries.

There is also a .pdf here Amy Pond-The Pandorica Opens2 NOTE: I WILL BE UPDATING THIS LINK TONIGHT BECAUSE THE CABLE PATTERN WAS WRONG. PLEASE READ ABOVE OR PRINT OUT THIS POST AND YOU’LL HAVE THE CORRECT PATTERN.

Today features a day of pattern making so here’s the first one! I’ll have another posted this afternoon because I feel bad about not posting in so long!

GO PACKERS!