{"id":800,"date":"2009-08-14T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/?p=800"},"modified":"2019-06-07T18:05:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T18:05:04","slug":"openwork-crochet-scarf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2009\/08\/openwork-crochet-scarf\/","title":{"rendered":"Openwork Crochet Scarf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Openwork<\/a> I had a single skein of Wild Fire Fibres Bambino<\/a> (Purple Lotus) and was looking for something fairly simple that would show this lovely, drapey, yarn off.<\/p>\n

After some false starts, I settled on an openwork scarf with borders at each end based on Doris Chan\u2019s All Shawl<\/a> Strawberry Lace.<\/p>\n

Materials<\/h3>\n

400 yards soft 4ply yarn
\n5mm crochet hook<\/p>\n

Scarf Body<\/h3>\n

Foundation<\/strong>: Ch 54st.<\/p>\n

Row 1<\/strong>: Skip next 8st, sc, * ch5, skip next 4st, sc **; repeat from * to **, turn (9 loops + 1 half loop)<\/p>\n

Row 2<\/strong>: Ch5, skip next 2 chains in the loop, sc in the 3rd chain of the loop, *ch5, sc in the 3rd chain of the next loop; repeat from * to last loop, ch5, sc in the 3rd chain of the last loop, turn (58st: 9 loops + 1 half loop).<\/p>\n

Repeat row 2 until scarf is the required length. Remember that the lace borders will each add about 3.25 inches to the scarf’s final length.<\/p>\n

Next row<\/strong>: Ch 1, sk 1, sc in every st until last loop, sc in sc, sc in next 2 st (56st).<\/p>\n

Strawberry Lace Border<\/h3>\n

\"Border<\/a><\/p>\n

Stitches<\/h4>\n

SH (shell)<\/strong>: 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc all in same space
\nSH in SH<\/strong>: make shell in ch-2 space of previous shell
\nPicot<\/strong>: After completing a dc, ch 3, reach back and insert hook from top to bottom into front two strands of dc just made, like going back through the path of the last step of the dc, sl st to close picot.
\nPF (Picot Fan)<\/strong>: (dc, ch 1) 2 times, dc, Picot, (ch 1, dc) 2 times all in same ch-sp<\/p>\n

Strawberry Lace<\/h4>\n

Worked on a multiple of 8sts.<\/p>\n

Row 1<\/strong>: Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in first sc, * ch 3, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, skip next sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, skip next 2 sc, SH in next sc;** repeat from * to **, turn<\/p>\n

Row 2<\/strong>: Ch 2, * SH in SH, ch 1, skip next ch-3 sp, [tr, ch 1] 5 times in next ch-3 sp, skip next ch-3 sp;** repeat from * to **, SH in last SH, turn<\/p>\n

Row 3<\/strong>: Ch 2, * SH in SH, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp 3 times, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp** repeat from * to **, SH in last SH, turn<\/p>\n

Row 4<\/strong>: Ch 2, * SH in SH, ch 2, skip next ch-1 sp, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 sp 2 times, ch 2, skip next ch-1 sp;** repeat from * to **, SH in last SH, turn<\/p>\n

Row 5<\/strong>: Ch 2, * SH in SH, ch 3, skip next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 3 2 times, skip next ch-2 sp;** repeat from * to **, SH in last SH, turn<\/p>\n

Row 6<\/strong>: Ch 2, * PF in ch-2 sp of next shell, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, PF in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 1;** repeat from * to **, PF in ch-2 sp of last shell, fasten off.<\/p>\n

Rejoin yarn to the other end of scarf. Working into the backs of the stitches, ch5, skip next 2st, sc, * ch5, skip next 5st, sc; repeat from to , turn (58st)<\/p>\n

Next row<\/strong>: Ch 1, sk 1, sc in every st until last loop, sc in sc, sc in next 2 st (56st).<\/p>\n

Repeat Rows 1 \u2013 6 of Strawberry Lace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had a single skein of Wild Fire Fibres Bambino (Purple Lotus) and was looking for something fairly simple that would show this lovely, drapey, yarn off. After some false starts, I settled on an openwork scarf with borders at each end based on Doris Chan\u2019s All Shawl Strawberry Lace. Materials 400 yards soft 4ply yarn 5mm crochet hook Scarf Body Foundation: Ch 54st. Row 1: Skip next 8st, sc, * ch5, skip next 4st, sc **; repeat from * to **, turn (9 loops + 1 half loop) Row 2: Ch5, skip next 2 chains in the loop, sc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,99],"tags":[73,23,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}