lace scarf pattern
Disclaimer: I have never written a pattern before, and I'm not an experienced lace knitter. I tried very hard to get all the necessary information in here, but I'm not that familiar with formats and usual things that go in a pattern. If I need to clarify anything, please let me know.

I posted about the scarf a couple days ago, here.

Hum. People usually name patterns. I'm going to call this one "Luma", for the person I'm most likely to gift the scarf to.

This is the scarf:


I used:

approximately 400 yards (less than one skein) of Misti Alpaca laceweight
US size 5 bamboo straight needles
7 stitch markers
gauge is unimportant - mine was about 4-4.5 stitches/inch after blocking, in pattern

You should use: whatever takes your fancy, though I highly, highly recommend yarn that blocks well, because aside from lace being prettier after blocking, this particular scarf curled badly without it.

I slipped last stitch of each row purlwise

Cast on 43 stitches (I used backwards loop)
knit two rows (2 rows garter stitch)
start with row 0 on chart (this is a wrong side row) and work through row 50
repeat rows 3-50 as many times as desired (think I did it 13 times before I thought it was getting kind of too long)
work rows 51 and 52
knit two rows garter stitch

Binding off: I wanted something that would look like the cast-on. I left a tail longer than I thought I would need and broke yarn, and threaded end of yarn through a yarn needle, then inserted needle purl-wise through second stitch from end of needle, then purl-wise through first stitch. Then purl-wise through third stitch, then back again purl-wise through second. Then purl-wise through fourth, then through third again, and so on, drawing yarn not very tight after each stitch.
DIAGRAM here

Key for chart:
Chart is for pattern as seen from right side. Right side (odd-numbered) rows worked right to left, wrong side (even-numbered) from left to right.
O = yarn over
/ = right-slanted decrease
\ = left-slanted decrease
triangle = double decrease (I used slip, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over)
ETA: - = purl (as seen from right side)
blank square = knit (as seen from right side)
The red lines are where I put stitch markers. Use them or not, or place them differently.
CHART is here

Now give your scarf a nice bath, and block the dickens out of it.

If anyone knits this, I'd be tickled to see a picture. If there are errors I will try to fix them, or if the pattern is not clear I'll try to explain more.