SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Lion Brand® Heartland Yarn Skein, Indiana Dunes (A)
- Lion Brand® Heartland Yarn Skein, Virgin Islands (B)
- Lion Brand® Heartland Yarn Skein, Haleakala (C)
- Lion Brand® Heartland Yarn Skein, Lassen Volcanic (D)
- Lion Brand® Crochet Hook Size I-9 (5.5 mm)
- Lion Brand® Large-Eyed Blunt Needle
MEASUREMENTS:
About 8" x 64"
GAUGE:
16 dc = about 4"; 8 rows = 4 1/4"
DIRECTIONS:
Notes:Scarf is worked in one piece, back and forth in rows.
Each row is worked with 2 colors of yarn to make a check pattern.
To change yarn color, work last st of old color to last yarn over. Yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete st. Proceed with new color.
Do not cut old yarn color unless instructed to do so. Carry color not in use along tops of sts of previous row and work sts of current row over the carried strand, enclosing it inside the fabric.
Scarf:
With A, ch 34.
Row 1: With A, dc in 4th ch from hook (3 skipped ch count as dc), dc in next 2 ch; * with B, dc in next 4 ch; with A, dc in next 4 ch; rep from * to last 4 ch; with B, dc in last 4 ch - you will have four 4-dc groups worked with A and four 4-dc groups worked with B.
Rows 2 and 3: With B, ch 3 (counts as dc), turn, sk first st, dc in next 3 sts; * with A, dc in next 4 sts; with B, dc in next 4 sts; rep from * to last 4 sts; with A, dc in next 3 sts, dc in top of beg ch.
Rows 4 and 5: With A, ch 3 (counts as dc), turn, sk first st, dc in next 3 sts; * with B, dc in next 4 sts; with A, dc in next 4 sts; rep from * to last 4 sts; with B, dc in next 3 sts, dc in top of beg ch.
Rep Rows 2-5 until you have a total of 40 rows, end with a Row 4 as the last row you work.
Cut B.
Note: For the following color sections, you’ll be working 40 rows in each section. Just be sure to begin and end with the specified row.
Using C instead of B and continuing with A, beg with a Row 5, rep Rows 2-5 until you have a total of 80 rows, end with a Row 4 as the last row you work.
Cut C.
Using D instead of B and continuing with A, beg with a Row 5, rep Rows 2-5 until you have a total of 120 rows, end with a Row 4 as the last row you work.
Fasten off.
FINISHING:
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat
sk = skip
st(s) = stitch(es)