This stylish and easy scarflette is based on the Peek A Bit Block (http://craftybegonia.blogspot.com/2009/10/peek-bit-shell-stitch-or-afghan-block.html) we made last week. To start it, you work the block and keep going. Here's how:
Materials:
worsted weight yarn, I chose a nice Red Heart
Cherry RedH size crochet hook
F size crochet hook
blunt needle
scissors
pins
measuring tape
regular sewing needle and matching thread
wooden button or button of your choice that would fit closure loop
Ch 29.
Row 1- 1 dc in 4th ch fr
om hook and in each ch across. Ch 3, turn. (Ch 3 counts as first dc in every row throughout.) Row 2- Skip next 2 dc, make 6 dc in next dc (shell made), skip 4 dc, make shell in next dc, skip 4 dc, make 1 shell in next dc, skip 4 dc, make shell in next dc, rep across, untilyo have 5 shells. When you hve reached the last 5 dc, skip 4 of those dc and make 1 last dc at end of row. Ch 3,turn. Row 3- Work 1 dc in each of next 5 dc over shell in previous row, skip last dc of shell, 1 dc in each of next 5 dc across shell of prev. row, skip last dc of shell, 1 dc in each of next 5 dc of shell , skip last dc of shell, 1 dc in each of next 6 dc of shell (do not skip last dc of shell), 1 dc in each dc across next shell and in top of starting ch-3. Ch 3, turn.Row 4- Make 1 dc in each dc across. Row 5- Rep. row 2. Row 6- Rep row 3. Row 7- Rep row 4. Complete 29 rows of patt. as iven for the block. Ch 3, turn. Row 30 (Dec. row): Make 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, dec dc as follows: yo, insert hook into next dc, pull up loop as if to make dc, yo, pull yarn through 1st 2 loops, leaving last loop on hook, repeat in next dc, yo, pull yarn through all loops on hk (dcrease made). Make 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, make decrease, 1 dc in each dc to end of row. Ch 3, turn. 1 dc in 1st 2 dc, make decrease, make 1 dc in each dc to end of row. Ch 3, turn. Row 32: Skip 2 dc, make 1 shell in next dc just as you made them for the rest of the scarflette, skip 4 dc, repeat this until you have 5 shells across, skip 2 dc, 1 dc in last dc. Row 33: Make 1 dc in each of next dc of shell, skip last dc of shell. Make 1 dc in each of next 5 dc of shell, skip last dc of shell. Make 1 dc in first 2 dc of next shell, make a decrease. Make 1 dc in each of next 5 dc of shell, skip last dc of shell, 1 dc in next dc and skip last dc of shell, make 1 dc in each of first 5 dc of last shell,skip last dc, 1 dc in beginning ch 3. Ch 3, turn. Row 24: Make 1 dc in each dc across. Row 35: Ch2, hold loop on hook, yo, insert hook into next dc, pull up loop and pass through first loops, yo, and pass through all loops on hook (dcrease made). Make 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, make decrease, 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, make decrease, make 1 dc in each of next 8 dc, make 1 decrease at end of row. Row 36: Work 1 dc at beginning of row, 1 dc in each of next 10 dc, 1 decrease in next dc, 1 dc in each of next 6 dc, 1 decrease at end of row. Row 37: 1 dc at beginning of row, skip 2 dc, 1 shell innext dc, skip 4 dc, 1 shell in next dc, skip 4 dc, 1 shell in next dc, skip 2 dc, 1 dc in last dc. Ch 3, turn. Row 38: 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in last dc of row. Ch 3, turn. Row 39: 1 dc in ach dc across. Row 40: 1 dc in each dc across. Row 41: 1 dc in each of first 10 dc, 1 decrease, 1 dc in each dc to end of row. Ch 3, turn. Row 42: 1 dc in each dc across. Fastenoff. Weave in tail. Join yarn at other end of scarflette and repeat rows 30 to 42 on that side. Fasten off and weave in tail.
Closure: I decided to give this scarflette an Oriental-style closure. This is the simplest one I've ever made and I think anyone can make it. I also decided to use a purchased wooden button instead of knot button because it is easier as well, but my mind's wheels are turning. I would like to make and teach other closures as well, so stay tuned.
To make this closure you have to decide on a cord to make. The easiest and most pliable one is the crab stitch cord, used very often in modern Russian Irish-style crochet.
I have my own way of making it, so I will try to explain it here as follows:
With F crochet hook and the red yarn, and leaving a nice tail, make a loop as if to start crocheting. Make 2 ch.
Row 1: make 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Do not ch 1. Turn. Row 2: insert the hook in the loops that formed on the side of the sc made, not on the top loop usually used, pull up a loop and complete sc as usual. Turn. Row 3: insert hook in the loops that formed on the side of the sc made in the prev row, pull up a loop and complete sc as usual. Turn. Row 4: Insert hook in the little loops that formed on the previous row on the opposite side of the loop you have in your hook, draw a loop through those loops and complete an sc. Turn.
Repeat this process until your strip of cord measures 8 1/2 inches. Fasten off, leaving a very long tail, sufficient to sew all the decorative gathers, I would say about 1/2 yard of yarn (better to have too much than not to have enough). With the f hook, make two chains at the end of the strip of cord that has the shortest yarn tail. Pull yarn through. Thread your blunt needle with that smaller tail and make it disappear into the cord. Now, pick up the scarflette and counting from the bottom sc row upward, lay the strip of cord, folded inhalf, with the ends meeting and the middle forming a loop facing the other edge of the scarflette, and pin it in place. Thread the blunt needle with the long yarn tail and working inside the loops of your cord, sew it to the scarflette as invisibly as possible. As you go, make long "bundles" of stitches, bar-tacking with vertical stitches to close up the cord even more and to decorate even further. Repeat across, using the photo to guide yourself as to where to do it, or follow your own taste.
Fasten off. Sew wooden button on opposite side of scarflette at the right level to meet the loop of the closure.
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