Butterfly Cable Scarf Pattern

Materials:
Size 9 straight needles
1 skein 5 oz yarn (natural fibers work best)

Cast on 32 stitches
4 rows of seed stitch (k1, p1 across row: k on p and p on k on the other rows)
begin and end every row with 4 seed stitches

pattern:

row 1, 3: k4, p16, k4
row 2, 4, 6: p4, k16, p4
row 5: pat 1, p16, pat 2
row 7: k2, pat 3, p12, pat 3, k2
row 8: p2, k2, p2, k12, p2, k2, p2
row 9: k2, p2, pat 3, p8, pat 4, k2
row 10: p2, k4, p2, k8, p 2, k4, p2
row 11: k2, p4, pat 3, p4, pat 4, p4, k2
row 12: p2, k6, p2, k4, p2,k6, p2
row13: k2, p6, pat 3, pat 4, p6, k2
row 14: p2, k8, p4, k8, p2
row 15: pat 3, p6, k4, p6, pat 4
row 16: k2, p2, k6, p4, k6, p2, k2
row 17: p2, pat 3, p4, pat 1, p4, pat 4, p2
row 18: k4, p2, k4, p4, k4, p2, k4,
row 19: p4, pat 3, p2, k4, p2, pat 4, p4
row 20: k6, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k6
row 21: p6, pat 3, pat 1, pat 4, p6
row 22, 24: k8, p8, k8
row 23: p8, pat 2, pat 1, p8
row 25: p6, pat 4, k4, pat 3, p6
row 26: k6, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k6
row 27: p4, pat 4, p2, pat 1, p2, pat 3, p4
row 28: k4, p2, k4, p4, k4, p2, k4
row 29: p2, pat 4, p4, k4, p4, pat 3, p2
row 30: k2, p2, k6, p4, k6, p2, k2
row 31: pat 4, p6, pat 1, pat 3
row 32, 34: p2, k8, p4, k8, p2
row 33: k2, p8, k4, p8, k2
row 35: k2, p6, pat 4, pat 3, p6, k2
row 36: p2, k6, p2, k4, p2, k6, p2
row 37: k2, p4, pat 4, p4, pat 3, p4, k2
row 38: p2, k4, p2, k8, p2, k4, p2
row 39: k2, p2, pat 4, p8, pat 3, p2, k2
row 40: p2, k2, p2, k12, p2, k2, p2
row 41: k2, pat 4, p12, pat 3, k2
row 42: p4, k16, p4

repeat rows 5-42 until desired length is reached

to finish: pat 2, p16, pat 1, work rows 2-4
4 final rows of seed stitch

Key:
k= knit
p= purl
cn=cable needle
pat 1=put next k2 on cn in front, k2, k2 from cn
pat 2=put next k2 on cn in back, k2, k2 from cn
pat 3=put next k2 on cn in front, p2, k2 from cn
pat 4=put next p2 on cn in back, k2, p2 from cn