Secret Message Scarf - I Love You

My friend Caren Everett and I were once approached by a man who told us that during wartime, knitters would put secret messages in their knitting with Morse Code. We thought that would be interesting. To make a scarf or an afghan or squares that could be something like a dishcloth or put together to make something else. So we started looking at quotes and other things and decided to start with a scarf with "I Love You" in Morse Code. Now we haven't knit this ourselves, we just wrote it up today and would love for people to try it out and let us know if you find an error that we can correct. We will also be making one (each) and this is also how we are sharing it (since I have the handwritten copy). Caren and I are not good at charts (yet), but this may be our start. If you want to make one (or several to sell, we ask that you don't take credit for the pattern and make a donation to one of our favorite charities....a Food Pantry! Thanks for any help you give us. Mary and Caren.

Secret Message Scarf: “I Love You”
By Mary Hofacre and Caren Everett

NOTE:Use any needle/yarn combination you would like. Also, please note that this may look better in solid colors, allowing the raised areas to show up.

Errata is in bold....Change Cast on from 16 to 20. Change all K3 to K5 and all K7 to K9. You can leave as is or make the change it just makes it a little wider. When you have finsihed, it will only be 23 inches long. You can sew the ends together and make this a cowl or circular scarf. Or Repeat rows 17 through 129 with a break in between to create a longer scarf....you can repeat 2 or 3 times.

Cast on 16.
Row 1 – 5 Knit all rows
Row 6: K3, P10, K3
Row 7: K across
Row 8 – 15: repeat rows 6 and 7
Row 16: repeat row 6
Row 17: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 18: k7, p2, k7
Row 19: K across
Row 20: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 21: k7, p2, k7
Row 22 – 28: Repeat Rows 6 & 7
Row 29: k7, p2, k7
Row 30: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 31: k across
Row 32: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 33: k7, p2, k7
Row 34: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 35: k7, p2, k7
Row 36: k3, p10, k3
Row 37: k7, p2, k7
Row 38: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 39: k across
Row 40: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 41: k7, p2, k7
Row 42: k3, p10, k3
Row 43: Knit across
Row 44-47: Repeat 32 – 35
Row 48: k3, p10, k3
Row 49 repeats row 33
Row 50 repeats row 32
Row 51 repeats row 33
Row 52 repeats row 32
Row 53: Knit across
Row 54-57: Repeat 32-35
Row 58-59: Repeat 42-43
Row 60: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 61: k7, p2, k7
Row 62: k3, p10, k3
Row 63: k7, p2, k7
Row 64: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 65: k across
Row 66: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 67: k7, p2, k7
Row 68: k3, p10, k3
Row 69: k7, p2, k7
Row 70: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 71: k7, p2, k7
Row 72: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 73: k across
Row 74: k3, p10, k3
Row 75: k7, p2, k7
Row 76: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 77: k across
Row 78: k3, p10, k3
Row 79: k across
Row 80: k3, p10, k3
Row 81: k across
Row 82: k3, p10, k3
Row 83: k7, p2, k7
Row 84: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 85: k7, p2, k7
Row 86: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 87: k across
Row 88: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 89: k7, p2, k7
Row 90: k3, p10, k3
Row 91: k7, p2, k7
Row 92: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 93: k7, p2, k7
Row 94: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 95: k7, p2, k7
Row 96: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 97: k7, p2, k7
Row 98: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 99: k7, p2, k7
Row 100: k3, p10, k3
Row 101: k across
Row 102: k3, p10, k3
Row 103: k across
Row 104: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 105: k7, p2, k7
Row 106: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 107: k7, p2, k7
Row 108: k3, p10, k3
Row 109: k7, p2, k7
Row 110: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 111: k7, p2, k7
Row 112: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 113: k across
Row 114: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 115: k7, p2, k7
Row 116: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 117: k7, p2, k7
Row 118: k3, p10, k3
Row 119: k across
Row 120: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 121: k7, p2, k7
Row 122: k3, p10, k3
Row 123: k7, p2, k7
Row 124: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 125: k across
Row 126: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 127: k7, p2, k7
Row 128: k3, p4, k2, p4, k3
Row 129: k7, p2, k7
Row 130: k3, p10, k3
Row 131: k across
Row 132-141: repeat rows 6 and 7
Row 142 – 146: k across
Cast off.

Add Fringe if desired
Copyright Hofacre/Everett 4-10-12
Please do not sell this or claim as your own. But you may make and sell, giving us credit for the design, if you make donations to a Food Pantry.

k = knit
p = purl