Cross Roads Knitted Scarf Pattern

This photo looks like a hat, not a scarf.

 I did not intend to make a hat, I wanted to make a scarf. It just worked out that way because I did not have enough of the clearance yarn. I could not find more of the yarn I needed at Michael's.  At least not at the store, I could of got more online, which is Red Heart Soft Essentials in cream.

 I do not recommend making a rectangle, folding it half and sewing up the sides. Though the hat does have a cute cat ear vibe going on.  It is not my ideal way to make a hat. 

So here is a picture of each side of the pattern.

I liked this side and made it my right side. After some thought, I could use this in the future as a gift bag.

I was inspired to make this pattern after seeing it on a yarn label. Hopefully I am not stepping on some copyright toes by posting the pattern I used. I also did not know what to call this pattern so I did call it cross roads because it sort of looks like roads crossing each other.

The yarn I used was Red Heart Soft Essentials, which is a bulky yarn (size 5).
I used 9 needles.

Cast on 30

Row 1:k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2
Row 2: p2,k2,p2,k2,p2,k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,p2
Row 3: k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2
Row 4: p2,k2,p2,k2,p14,k2,p2,k2,p2

Row 5: k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2

Row 6: p2,k2,p2,k2,p2,k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,p2

Row 7: k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2

Row 8: p2,k2,p2,k2,p14,k2,p2,k2,p2

Row 9: k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2

Row 10: p2,k2,p2,k2,p2,k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,p2

Row 11: p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10

Row 12: k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10

Row 13: k10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10

Row 14: p12,k2,p2,k2,p12

Row 15: p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10

Row 16: k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10

Row 17: k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10

Row 18: p12,k2,p2,k2,p12

Row 19: p10,k2,p2,k2,p2,k2,p10

Row 20: k10,p2,k2,p2,k2,k10

To have a nice edge, I did slip 1 at the beginning at each row. Repeat rows 1-20 until you have desired length. When it is the length you like, cast of on either row 10 or twenty.

I do plan on making this pattern as a scarf in the future. I do like how both sides turned out. When I do knitted scarves, I would like the scarf to look good on both sides. I might also do a single crochet edge on the future scarf.

I may in the future adapted this pattern into an actual hat, I will have to figure out hoe to do the decreases on the top.