Want to know one of my findings about this winter season’s fashion trend? Well, I tell you if don’t judge me as a person who exaggerates too much. I found that about 1 in every 5 ladies in QBN and Canberra at their 20-40s have a feather scarf around their necks. Because of my interest towards knitting, I am particularly sensitive to knits and stuff like that, and my observation just served me in the way that I had memorized 
But you know what, unfortunately, among all what I have seen so far, there was none of them had a second design except one piece of long rectangle garter stitch or stocking stitch knitting. Of course they are in assorted colors, but the design is so dull that I couldn’t help wondering if people nowadays really know how to knit. How could they bear seeing other ladies on the street who wear the same thing as they do? I would rather have a bare neck if something that I have makes me no difference at all
Look, I’ve got feather yarn myself in the stash as well, which was given by one of my colleagues. I wondered how I can do it differently, and make something really simple but not as boring as others. Then one day I saw a picture with a string of dried red chillies which are all tied up on one thread. I wondered how it would look like if I made a scarf exactly like that. Would it turn the cheap yarn (if my memory serves me right, it costs only 69c to 79c per 50g ball for Moda Vera’s Flurry) into a luxury winter accessory?
Then I tried. It was my very first knitting design…… Now I’ve got something out. I named it “chilies fringe scarf” while my husband found it more like a string of fire crackers…whatever I like my design very much, and anyone who can do cast-on, cast-off and knit, can get this scarf done in several days. Now I am more than happy to give my pattern out here. You have your say to decide if you like it or not, but remember one thing: at least, it is different!
Yarn: 3 balls of Moda Vera Flurry yarn (50g/ball= 47m) in colour of your choice; or for a substitution, you can get any other feather yarn available in the Warehouse Shop, Go-Low or other 2 dollar shops. One ball can knit length of about 57cm for this pattern.
Needles: 1 pair of 4mm knitting needles.
Finished Size: about 27 cm width X 1.70m length (or your desired length), both including the length of fringes on the sides, top and bottom.
Tension: about 18 stitches X 24 Rows = 10 square cm on 4mm needles. But tension is not important in this project.
Method:
Row 1: (RS) Cast on 30 sts, then cast off 27 sts, transfer 1 st from right needle to the left needle….3 sts on left needle.
Row 2: (RS) Cast on 30 sts, then cast off 27 sts, transfer 1 st from right needle to the left needle…. 6 sts on left needle.
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Row 3: (RS) cast on 27 sts, then cast off 27 sts, knit 5 sts, turn the work.
Row 4: (WS) knit 6 sts.
Row 5: (RS) knit 6 sts, turn the work.
Row 6: (WS) cast on 27 sts, cast off 27sts, knit 5 sts.
Row 7: (RS) knit 6 sts.
Row 8: (WS) Knit 6 sts, turn the work.
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Last 6 rows form a pattern for the side fringes of the scarf. Repeat Row 3 to Row 8 until the scarf measures about 160cm or the desired length, or 60cm before you run out of your yarn. Finish off on Row 8….6 sts on the needle.
Next Row: (RS) *Cast on 24 sts, then cast off 27 sts*. Transfer 1 st from right hand needle onto left hand needle. DO NOT TURN THE WORK. Repeat * to * once more. Fasten off and sew in all ends.
Note: my scarf is dark purple, which is pretty close to plum. My photo will be taken when I get the right light at home:-)
