Scarf measures 8" x 60" (20.5 x 152.5 cm).
GAUGE
2 pattern repeats = 4" (10 cm); 8 rows = 4" (10 cm) in pattern
Note: One pattern repeat consists of one shell and one single crochet.
Check your gauge. Change hook size to obtain correct gauge.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Cross-st (cross-stitch): Skip next sc, dc in space between skipped sc and next shell, ch 1, working over dc just made, dc in space between shell previously made and skipped sc.
Shell: 5 dc in indicated stitch or space.
NOTE
To change color, work last stitch of old color to last yarn over. Yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete stitch. Proceed with new color. Cut old color.
MATERIALS
Yarn*: (2 balls each) #4614 Black (A), #9440 Light Grey Heather (B)
Crochet hook*: H-8 (5mm)
Large-eyed blunt needle*
*Red Heart® Soft® yarn and Susan Bates crochet hook were used for this project. Yarn available in solid, print, and heather colors.
INSTRUCTIONS
With A, ch 32.
Row 1: (RS) Sc in 2nd ch from hook, *skip next 2 ch, shell in next ch, skip next 2 ch, sc in next ch; repeat from * across; change to B, turn—5 shells and 6 sc.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in first sc, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, *ch 1, cross-st, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell; repeat from * to last sc, ch 1, 2 dc in last sc, turn—4 cross-sts, 4 dc, and 5 sc.
Row 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in first dc, skip next dc, sc in next sc, *shell in ch-1 space of next cross-st, sc in next sc; repeat from * to last 2 st, skip next dc, 3 dc in top of beginning ch-3; change to A, turn—4 shells, 6 dc, and 5 sc.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 1, skip next 2 dc, cross-st, *ch 1, sc in center st of next shell, ch 1, cross-st; repeat from * to last 3 dc, ch 1, skip next 2 dc, sc in top of beginning ch-3, turn—5 cross-sts and 6 sc.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *shell in ch-1 space of next cross-st, sc in next sc; repeat from * across; change to B, turn—5 shells and 6 sc.
Row 6: Ch 3, dc in first sc, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, *ch 1, cross-st, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell; repeat from * to last sc, ch 1, 2 dc in last sc, turn—4 cross-sts, 4 dc, and 5 sc.
Row 7: Ch 3, 2 dc in first dc, skip next dc, sc in next sc, *shell in ch-1 space of next cross-st, sc in next sc; repeat from * to last 2 st, skip next dc, 3 dc in top of beginning ch-3; change to A, turn—4 shells, 6 dc, and 5 sc.
Rows 8-115: Repeat Rows 4 through 7 twenty-seven times.
Rows 116 and 117: Repeat Rows 4 and 5.
Fasten off.
Row 118: With right side facing, join B with slip st in first sc, ch 3, dc in same st as join, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, *ch 1, skip next sc, dc in space between skipped sc and next shell, working over dc just made, dc in space between shell previously made and skipped sc, ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell; repeat from * to last sc, ch 1, 2 dc in last sc. Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in ends.