Star and Pine knitting pattern

Description

Everyone appreciates a festive, seasonal accessory and this rectangle in two sizes (scarf/stole) will add a pretty touch from November through February to keep the compliments coming. The rectangular piece is knit from hem to center back in a mix of simple to work pine tree and star motifs. Lacy points along the sides ensure beautiful edges at any angle; the piece is grafted at center back to create an uninterrupted finish. 

Shown here as scarf in Yarn Hollow Superior, color White Pine 
Model is also wearing the Rene Cardigan and Snow Globe hat. 

Matching Motif: Snow Globe, In Snowy Pine Woods. 
 
Suggested Yarns: 

Bare Naked Wools Modern Deco Lace, Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, Shetlandia Fingering, Jacob Fingering, or any silky fingering yarn with approximately 85 to 115 yards per ounce. Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size and drape. 

Finished Size: 

10(20) inches wide and 64(72) inches in length (stretched and blocked)

Yarn Requirements: 

420(825) yards

Gauge: 

26 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches in stockinette on larger needle (unblocked)

Needles: 

size 3US (3.25 mm) circular needle or size to obtain correct gaugesize 2.5US (3.0 mm) circular needle or .25 mm smaller than gauge needle