Woven Scarf Pattern

St. Francis Scarf

I named this scarf for the uniform colors of my son’s school and the first one made
was donated to the Francis House to give out with their Christmas gifts.

Materials:

• Size I crochet hook (5.5 mm)
• Worsted weight yarn in 3 colors. I used:
• Red Heart Heat Wave (1 ball each)
• Summer Night (Black - Color A)
• Radio (Grey - Color B)
• Luggage (Burgundy - Color C)

Pattern:

Mesh base:

In color A, Ch 33. Leave a tail about 6 inches long to blend in with fringe. 

Row 1: Dc in 5th ch from hook. *Ch 1, skip 1 ch, dc in next* to end. (16 dc)

Row 2: Ch 3 turn. Dc in each dc across chaining 1 in between each dc. 

Rows 3-7: Repeat row 2. (7 rows of color A) Cut yarn.

Rows 8-14: Join color B and repeat row 2. (7 rows of color B)

Rows 15-21: Join color A and repeat row 2. (7 rows of color A)

Rows 22-28: Join color B and repeat row 2. (7 rows of color B)

Rows 29-31: Join color C and repeat row 2. (3 rows of color C)

Continue the mesh base pattern:

7 rows of color A

7 rows of color B

7 rows of color A

7 rows of color B

3 rows of color C

7 rows of color A

7 rows of color B

7 rows of color A

7 rows of color B

Finish off your yarn ends.

Woven chains:

Make 8 chains of color A

Make 4 chains of color B

Make 3 chains of color C

Ch about 180. Leave a tail about 6 inches on each side to blend in with the fringe.

If you’re not sure the chain will fit, weave in one chain to see how well it fits within the scarf
then adjust accordingly. They should stretch a little to fit.

Weave 4 of the color A chains through the mesh, alternating directions.
So if you started with the first chain going over, under, over, under, then when you start the
second chain go under, over, under, over, etc.  

Weave 4 of the color B chains next. 

Weave 3 of the color C chains.

Weave the last 4 color A chains. 

Fringe:

String together 3 strands of each color about 12 inches long.
Make a larks head knot in each chain space, pulling in any tails. 

15 knots on each end of the scarf. Be sure to make the knots the same way for a clean look.

Fold the scarf in half and even out the fringe by trimming. 

Infinity Scarf and Arm Knitting

  I finally learned how to knit. It was maybe my third try, so I was somewhat familiar with it. I do better by watching someone else, so I watched a bunch of YouTube videos one weekend until I got it down. My purl stitch is still rusty, but I'll get it soon. One of the videos I saw was "arm knitting." I thought that was very interesting. All you need is yarn. Your arms are your knitting needles -why didn't I think of that? Well, I did just learn how to knit after all. So I tried it out and made an infinity scarf. Not bad for my first try! Have you tried arm knitting? Here is one of the videos that I watched:  -click here-.

  I love infinity scarves. There are so many possibilities. 

Show & Tell Headwarmers

   I've been so behind on my Show & Tell posts. I guess since the government is shutdown I have a little more time for my hobbies.  Sara sent me some pictures of her beautiful crochet head warmers and scarf. She used my free pattern that you can find here. She also had some tips for women with bangs who don't want a wide head warmer. She said "if others ask about narrowing the headband, you can narrow it to 10 dc's wide, and it'll still cover your ears." Great tip!

   The first one is made from two strands of a sport weight wool.

  This warmer and scarf was made from a teal green, Paton's Promise, which is a fuzzy sport weight yarn.

   They look so cozy! Thank you, Sara, for sending the pics. It took forever to post, but I finally got to it.

I love seeing finished products from my patterns. If you want to be featured on my blog with your finished items, just shoot me an email. If you don't want to be featured but are still willing to share your pics, that's great too! Just let me know in the email if you want me to post your pics or not. 

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Show & Tell

  Liz sent me some pictures from her visit at the Inauguration in DC this year. She made a red white and blue cloche from my Classic Cloche pattern and adorned it with some Obama buttons. Very creative! She even made a scarf to match. Thank you for the pictures, Liz. I'm glad you and your husband had a great time and a safe trip. The hat looks great on you!

  I love seeing finished products from my patterns. If you want to be featured on my blog with your finished items, just shoot me an email. If you don't want to be featured but are still willing to share your pics, that's great too! Just let me know in the email if you want me to post your pics or not. 

daperfectmix@gmail.com

Tunisian Crochet Scarves

  Lately I've been experimenting with Tunisian crochet. The first complete project I finished using a Tunisian stitch was this sparkly scarf. The pattern is called "Scarfaroo" from the book, Crochet Lace Innovations by Doris Chan . It has a pocket on one side to conveniently stash small objects with a couple snaps to close it up. The other side is supposed to have fringe according to the pattern, but I ran out of yarn at that point. I used Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Yarn". The drape of this scarf is really nice. I need to buy this book. I borrowed the book from the library a long time ago and never got around to posting a picture.

  The second project is from Annie's Crafts. It is called Honeycomb Scarf, made with the honeycomb stitch. If you know how to do tunisian simple stitch and tunisian purl stitch, this will be a breeze. You just alternate simple stitch and purl all the way across each row. As I got used to doing the pattern, my stitches got a little more loose and the "honeycomb" was easier to see. I used Lion Brand's Hometown USA yarn. It's super bulky and I think I used a size K or L hook. I would suggest using a bigger hook for this yarn. It is kind of stiff, really thick, and super warm.