Scout Mini Kit
We adore this new design from Florence Spurling!
A little sister to her incredibly popular 'Scout' design, this can be worn as a kerchief at your neck, on your head, or as a petite triangular shawl.
A sister design to the original Scout shawl, this slightly modified neckerchief shape shares the same intricate, pattern-filled look inspired by the pieced-together aesthetic of vintage quilts. A dream project for colourwork lovers, Scout’s patchwork effect is achieved by mixing Fair Isle and intarsia knitting throughout.
For this version, I imagined diving into a trove of patterned fabrics that had been collected via travel-filled adventures. The collection is collaged together in a freeform manner, mixing memories into a patchwork composition.
Knitted sideways from tip-to-tip, this petite triangular shawl can be styled in numerous ways.
We have made kits in Florence's original colours as well as a Loop palette. Both are so beautiful, and what a fun knitting project!
Our kits come with all of the yarn you need, wound into yarn bundles and in Unicorn Tales, saving you from buying 5 whole skeins of yarn. As a gift, we give you one of our Loop cotton bags.
We're very proud to have kits in both Florence's original colours, and a palette we created that is reminiscent of a scout kerchief, an old vintage American quilt made of seed packet cloth, and Summer Camp pioneers. With a little Wes Anderson vibe thrown in there too. We adore both colour palettes.
The pattern is available as a PDF through Ravelry and Florence Spurling Studio
Yarn:
Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light , 100% Superwash Merino wool, Fingering Weight
384m / 420yds per 100g / 3.5oz skein
One size Wingspan: 139.5cm / 55“ Depth: 40cm / 15.75“
Florence Original Colour Kit:
Colours 1-5 (C1-C5). All Madelinetosh Merino Light yarn.
C1 – 180m / 195yds of Moonstone (1/2 a skein)
C2 – Chai Complexity 100m/110yds (1/3 skein)
C3 – Deep 125m / 135yds (1/3 skein)
C4 – Paper 150m / 165yds (1/2 skein)
C5 – Oak 75m / 80yds (1/4 skein)
Loop Seed-Quilt inspired Kit:
Colours 1-5 (C1-C5) Madelinetosh Merino Light and Qing Fibre Merino Singles.
C1 – 180m / 195yds of Pink Lemonade in Qing Merino Singles (1/2 skein)
C2 – Faded Parka 100m/110yds (1/3 skein)
C3 – Harvest 125m / 135yds (1/3 skein)
C4 – Carolina Reaper 150m / 165yds (1/2 skein)
C5 – Moonglow 75m / 80yds (1/4 skein)
Please note there is a 15% buffer added to these yarn amounts, and we are winding them with a bit extra as well, so you should be fine with the amount of yarn you receive in our kits.
Photos by Jake Betteridge & Florence Spurling
Still life photos © LoopLondon