
Remember that recycled silk yarn I bought from thehungersite.com a few weeks ago? Well, here is is – all grown up and ready for the summer bandana scarf trend. It’s a mitered triangle knit on large needles that makes it a really quick knit. And, the recycled silk has so many colors that this bandana will match almost anything. I’m already getting a lot of wear out of it.


Thank you to Gibson for helping out with the photo shoot this morning. He adds a real sense of nobility to the piece, don’t you think?
Well, here’s the pattern. I’ve written out every row even though it’s a repetitive pattern, because I never could figure out how to place the markers so they’d stay in the middle. If you figure it out – please let me know!
Materials: 1 skein of recycled silk yarn & size 15 straight needles.
Cast on 91 stitches
Row 1: Knit (91)
Row 2: K1, K2tog, K41, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K41, K2tog, K1 (87)
Row 3: Knit
Row 4: K1, K2tog, K39, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K39, K2tog, K1 (83)
Row 5: Knit
Row 6: K1, K2tog, K37, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K37, K2tog, K1 (79)
Row 7: Knit
Row 8: K1, K2tog, K35, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K35, K2tog, K1 (75)
Row 9: Knit
Row 10: K1, K2tog, K33, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K35, K2tog, K1 (71)
Row 11: Knit
Row 12: K1, K2tog, K31, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K31, K2tog, K1 (67)
Row 13: Knit
Row 14: K1, K2tog, K29, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K29, K2tog, K1 (63)
Row 15: Knit
Row 16: K1, K2tog, K27, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K27, K2tog, K1 (59)
Row 17: Knit
Row 18: K1, K2tog, K25, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K25, K2tog, K1 (55)
Row 19: Knit
Row 20: K1, K2tog, K23, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K23, K2tog, K1 (51)
Row 21: Knit
Row 22: K1, K2tog, K22, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K22, K2tog, K1 (49)
Row 23: Knit
Row 24: K1, K2tog, K20, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K20, K2tog, K1 (45)
Row 25: Knit
Row 26: K1, K2tog, K18, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K18, K2tog, K1 (41)
Row 27: Knit
Row 28: K1, K2tog, K16, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K16, K2tog, K1 (37)
Row 29: Knit
Row 30: K1, K2tog, K14, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K14, K2tog, K1 (33)
Row 31: Knit
Row 32: K1, K2tog, K12, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K12, K2tog, K1 (29)
Row 33: Knit
Row 34: K1, K2tog, K10, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K10, K2tog, K1 (25)
Row 35: Knit
Row 36: K1, K2tog, K8, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K8, K2tog, K1 (21)
Row 37: Knit
Row 38: K1, K2tog, K6, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K6, K2tog, K1 (17)
Row 39: Knit
Row 40: K1, K2tog, K4, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K4, K2tog, K1 (13)
Row 41: Knit
Row 42: K1, K2tog, K2, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K2, K2tog, K1 (9)
Row 43: Knit
Row 44: K1, K2tog, S1, K2tog, PSSO, K2tog, K1 (5)
Row 45: Knit
Row 46: K1, K2tog, PSSO, K1 (3)
Row 47: Knit
Row 48: K1, K2tog, PSSO, Tie Off. Weave in loose ends