It results in an elegant and squishy scarf with a reversible lace pattern that looks the same from both sides.
As to the name, Luftbläschen is the German word for little air bubbles.
The pattern PDF is available via
- Ravelry and
- Loveknitting
- Payhip and
- Gumroad.
This pattern pdf is 5 pages long and contains:
- the complete written patterns to knit this scarf
- photo tutorials for the stitches and stitch combinations that are used in this pattern
- yarn over between brioche stitches and how to knit it
- a left-leaning decrease in brioche
Skills you need to knit this pattern:
- knitting brioche (in one color)
- a certain stamina while knitting - this is knitted in lace weight yarn and brioche, i.e. it grows extremely slow
To knit this you need the following materials
- about 160 grams of Lace weight yarn (around 1300 meters) - for the piece in the pictures I used West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite Lace (here's a link to the yarn's Ravelry page)
- 3mm knitting needles
- 4 stitch markers plus 1 removable stitch markers
- a tapestry needle to weave in ends