Favorite Jeans Knit Scarf Tutorial

Knit the comfort of a favorite pair of jeans with this Favorite Jeans knit scarf tutorial! Panels of diagonal ribbing mimic the twill weave of denim, and are separated by bands of faux “seams” in garter stitch.

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Get the Pattern

Follow along with the written pattern for the Favorite Jeans Knit Scarf. The video references the charts and instructions in the pattern, including stitch counts and number of repeats.

The knit scarf pattern starts with a German twisted cast-on and a garter stitch border, followed by sections of diagonal rib separated by faux “seams”. It ends with a matching garter stitch border and decrease bind-off. Once you have the pattern handy, scroll down to follow along step-by-step with the video tutorial!

German Twisted Cast-On

The knit scarf tutorial begins with a German Twisted Cast-On. The video shows how to do the cast-on, but for a more in-depth look, check out this German Twisted Cast-On tutorial.

Diagonal Ribbing

The main sections of the scarf feature diagonal ribbing. It’s a simple, 3/1 ribbing of (k3, p1), but offset by one stitch on each row. This offset makes the purl bump shift to the right or the left on each row, forming diagonal lines.

Construction of Favorite Jeans Knit Scarf, showing diagonal rib sections and faux seams

This 3/1 ribbing pattern mimics the 3/1 twill weave commonly used in denim. In a 3/1 twill weave, the weft thread goes over 3 warp threads, then under 1. Every row (called a “pick”), the pattern is shifted by one warp thread so that the warp thread showing on top (similar to the purl bump in this knit version) shifts to the left or the right.

Garter Stitch Faux Seams

Jeans often feature visible seams and decorative stitch in a contrast color. Garter stitch “seams” mimic this effect in the scarf.

Normally, color changes in garter stitch are always done on right side rows for a smooth transition. If you change colors on the wrong side row, you get an intertwined line of the 2 colors. But that’s perfect for this knit scarf because it looks an awful lot like stitching! Wrong side color changes give the faux seams a stitched look.

Decrease Bind-Off

There is also a separate tutorial for the decrease bind-off used to end the scarf pattern. The bind-off is covered in this video as well, but you can get a closer look in the Decrease Bind-Off Tutorial.

Favorite Jeans Scarf Video Tutorial

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