Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2020

Luftbläschen Brioche and Lace Scarf

This year my Mum wanted a new scarf for her birthday. So I took her to the yarn store and asked her to select whatever yarn she wanted. She choose a beautiful purple wool/silk mix in Lace weight. I wanted to knit something with a bit of structure, but I soon found that the yarn didn't lend itself to this and was better suited to a lacy pattern. In the end I settled for a combination of brioche and lace stitches – and I am very pleased with it.

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







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