[598x440]Yarn - Caron Simply Soft (color – berry blue) / medium 4 / 6 oz (170.1 g) / 315 yds (288 m) / about 1 ball needed
Hook - H/8 5mm or other size hook to obtain the gauge
Gauge - One flower is about 2 inches (5.1 cm.)
Scarf Size - Width: 6.5 inches (16.5 cm.) / Length: 55 inches (140 cm.)
Complexity - Easy
Crochet a scarf – lace stitch for beginners
Step-by-step instructions
Begin crocheting the scarf from the center towards ends.
Step 1
First half of the scarf
Make a foundation chain of 30 chains.
1st row (wrong side) – h4ch, dc1, ch2, sk1, sc1, ch1, sk3, [dc1, (ch2, dc1) x 3] into 1ch, ch1, sk3, sc1, ch3, sk3, sc1, ch1, sk3, [dc1, (ch2, dc1) x 3] into 1ch, ch1, sk3, sc1, ch2, sk1, dec 1 + RC3
2nd row – h4ch, dc1, ch3, sk3, sc1, flower1, sk1, sc1, ch2, sk2, dc1, ch2, sk2, sc1, flower1, sk1, sc1, ch3, sk3, dec*1 + RC3
3rd row – h4ch, dc1, ch2, sc1 under ch of 1st petal, ch1, [dc1, (ch2, dc1) x 3] under ch of 2nd petal, ch1, sc1 under ch of 3rd petal, ch2, sc1 above dc of prev.row, ch2, sc1 under ch of 1st petal, ch1, [dc1, (ch2, dc1) x 3] under ch of 2nd petal, ch1, sc1 under ch of 3rd petal, ch2, dec*1 + RC3
4th row – h4ch, dc1, ch3, sk3, sc1, flower1, sk1, sc1, ch2, sk3, dc1, ch2, sk3, sc1, flower1, sk1, sc1, ch3, sk3, dec*1 + RC3
Alternate 3rd and 4th rows. Work the very last row as 4th row.
Step 2
Second half of the scarf
Place the first half of the scarf to the wrong side, attach the yarn into the very 1st ch of the initial foundation chain, and make 3 chs to pick up the height. Then repeat step 1. When you crochet the desired length of the scarf, cut the yarn and weave in ends.
Abbreviations
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
dec – decrease – work two unfinished double crochets, and then draw the yarn through three remaining loops on the hook
dec* – work one unfinished dc into ch above dc of prev.row and one unfinished dc between initial chs and dc of prev. row, then pull the yarn through 3 loops on your hook
flower – work into 1st Vst - dc2, ch1, dc2, sc1; into 2nd Vst – sc1, dc2, ch1, dc2, sc1; into 3rd Vst – sc1, dc2, ch1, dc2
h4ch – insert a hook into 4th chain from the hook
prev.row – previous row
RC – returning chain
sc – single crochet
sk – skip a chain
Vst – V stitch – (dc1, ch2, dc1) into 1ch