Men’s Cable Knit Scarf Pattern

Bold Cables & Clean Lines

You guys know I’m cable obsessed, so it’s no surprise that I have another cabled pattern to share with you today. I designed the Greenway Scarf to be gender neutral and geared towards the masculine, but it would totally be suitable for anyone to wear!

Knitting The Greenway Scarf

The pattern itself is fairly simple. I designed it with three nine-stitch cables, each worked over a 16-row repeat, with sections of 3 × 3 ribbing in between. The middle cable is offset from the cables on either side, so you’ll be working a cable twist every eight rows.

Because each cable crosses both knit and purl stitches, you’ll use two cable stitch holders at a time: one to hold the knit stitches at the front of your work, and the other to hold the purl stitches at the back. It sounds tricky, I know. But once you make the first twist, you’ll see that it’s actually not too hard to do – and the resulting ribbed cable is absolutely gorgeous.

The Greenway Scarf Free Pattern

What You’ll Need (Yarn, Needles, and Notions)

• 400 yards of Plymouth Yarn Encore Worsted Weight Yarn in Greenstone (9401).
• US 9 / 5.5 mm knitting needles.
• 2 cable stitch holders.
• Scissors.
• Yarn/tapestry needle.

Abbreviations

K: Knit.

P: Purl.

Sl1pwyif: Slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn held at the front.

Sl1kwyib: Slip 1 stitch knitwise with yarn held at the back.

St / sts: Stitch / stitches.

RS: Right side of the fabric.

WS: Wrong side of the fabric.

9-st LPC: Slip 3 sts onto a cable holder and hold at the front; slip the next 3 sts onto a second cable holder and hold to the back; k3, p3 from second cable holder, k3 from first cable holder.

Gauge

16 sts × 22 rows = 4″ / 10 cm in stockinette stitch after blocking.

Finished Measurements

Finished scarf measures 8″ / 20 cm wide × 50″ / 127 cm long after blocking.

Pattern Notes

This scarf is worked flat from end to end, beginning and finishing with matching 3 × 3 ribbed borders.

Blocking to final measurements is recommended to relax the cables.

The last stitch of each row is slipped to create a chained selvage for a neater edge.

The Greenway Scarf Pattern Instructions

Cast on 59 sts using the long-tail cast-on method and continue to Bottom Border.

Bottom Border

Work Rows 1 and 2 seventeen times (34 rows total) and then continue to Scarf Body.

Row 1 (RS): K4; *p3, k3; repeat from * to last st; sl1kwyib.

Row 2 (WS): P4; *k3, p3; repeat from * to last st; sl1pwyif.

Scarf Body

Row 1: K4; *p3, k3; repeat from * 3 times; p3, 9-st LPC; **p3, k3; repeat from ** to last st; sl1kwyib.

Row 2 and all WS rows up to row 16: P4; *k3, p3; repeat from * to last st; sl1pwyif.

Row 3: K4; *p3, k3; repeat from * to last st; sl1kwyib.

Row 5: Repeat row 3.

Row 7: Repeat row 3.

Row 9: K4, p3, 9-st LPC; *p3, k3; repeat from * 4 times; p3, 9-st LPC, p3, k3, sl1kwyib.

Repeat Rows 1–16 until the scarf measures just under 44″ / 111 cm, ending after Row 16.

Row 11: Repeat row 3.

Row 13: Repeat row 3.

Row 15: Repeat row 3.

Work Row 1 once more, then continue to Top Border.

Top Border

Work Rows 1 and 2 seventeen times (34 rows total), then continue to Finishing.

Row 2 (RS): K4; *p3, k3; repeat from * to last st; sl1kwyib.

Row 1 (WS): P4; *k3, p3; repeat from * to last st; sl1pwyif.

Finishing

Cast off in pattern and weave in all loose ends.

Wet or steam block to measurements.