Sunset Infinity Scarf

Well, I recently give birth to my wee daughter, Sophia. So, to celebrate this miracle and surprise, I'm releasing a new pattern.

As a new Blogstar for Stylecraft Yarns they sent me a lovely swag of yarn to welcome me aboard. They are all fabulous, but I love a bit of swank, so the Cabaret just had to be first worked up! You can find out a bit more about it here - Stylecraft Cabaret DK Yarn

Long colour changes are really in at the moment and I love the way this yarn works up. It's soft and smooth to work with, and best of all, it FROGS easily. (Frog? you say - pulls undone I say). No more tearing your hair out with the wispy strands that wrap so conveniently around each other with so many other soft yarns. So of course it's great to design with! I had a head cold, two active wee boys and sleep deprived/baby brain happening, so I definitely did some frogging while designing this. NO SWEAT!

Ok, enough rambling, if you're not getting it by now, I'm totally in love with this yarn, lol, so, here's the pattern, and I hope you enjoy making it up as much as I enjoyed designing it.

Keep watching this space, because I'm going to expand this design with other stitches to make a matching wrap. Think of this as a taste of the wrap. ;)

Sunset Infinity Scarf

Materials

Yarn: Stylecraft Cabaret DK

Hook: 5.5mm

Stitch Notes

Treble – YOH twice, draw up one loop, YOH, draw through first two loops. YOH, draw through next two loops. YOH draw through last two loops.

Foundation DC – you can find a left and right handed tutorial (mouse over images for the left handed version) here: http://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-foundation-double-crochet-fdc/

2Trtog – YOH twice, insert your hook into the next st and draw up a loop. YOH, draw through the first two loops, YOH draw through the first two loops. (2 loops left on hook). YOH twice, insert your hook into the next st and draw up a loop. YOH, draw through the first two loops, YOH draw through the first two loops. (3 loops left on hook). YOH, draw through all three loops.

“False cluster” – this is the main stitch of the pattern. You achieve it by working 4 chain to gain height, then you 2Trtog (see above description), then you chain 4 back to the base where you slip stitch into the main fabric. In the later rows, you are working into that stitch space formed by the 2Trtog, I’ve referred to it as a “cluster space”. It’s a false cluster because two of the stitches are actually chain rows.

Pattern Notes

This pattern is made using US terms.

This pattern is worked in Mobius or infinity style. If you haven’t worked one of these before, you can find a tutorial on how to join at the end of the first row here:

Because of the style, when you work a row, you will actually work the whole length of the scarf twice. Once for the top, and then once for the bottom. So, the fabric when you look at it will go 4, 3, 2, 1, FDC, 1, 2, 3, 4.

If you don’t want to work it infinity style, then you can work it as a straight scarf, however, I would recommend repeating the pattern from the start a second time (starting from row 1, rather than the FDC) to give it a decent width. However, it’s your make, go nuts, enjoy it. I cannot wait to see your beautiful creation!

The number of starting stitches is a recommendation only. You may go larger or smaller as you choose (depending on how many times you wish to loop it around your neck). You do need to keep it in multiples of four. I’ve got a large head, lol, and I don’t like things tight on my neck, which is why I’ve gone for the size I have. I can loop it twice around my head, I haven’t tried three, I think I might panic. ;)

I’ve made this little picture to help make it clearer where to work your stitches. <3

Pattern:

1.      Work 180 Foundation DC. Refer to the tutorial here for how to join it up: Joining an Infinity Pattern

2.      Ch4, 2Trtog over next 2 sts. Ch4, sl st into the next st.  (This is a “false cluster”). *Sl st into the next st, ch4, 2Trtog over next 2 sts. Ch4, sl st into the next st. Repeat from *for the length of the scarf. The worked shape should be like an “m” with an extra leg.

3.       Sl st up the first leg of the first false cluster. Sl st into the “cluster sp” right in the middle of the four stitches. This is the space created by the 2Trtog.

*Ch4, work the first two parts of a treble into the same space. Work the first two parts of a treble into the “cluster sp” of the next false cluster. YOH, draw through all three loops. Ch4, sl st into the “cluster sp”. Repeat from * for the length of the scarf.

4.      Do as for round three – this time though, the stitches will be offset, so you will end up making what looks like a triangle to start with, but as you work the fifth row, it will stand up and form a diamond.

Sl st up the first leg of the first grouping of the last row. Sl st into the “cluster sp” right in the middle of the four stitches.

*Ch4, work the first two parts of a treble into the same space. Work the first two parts of a treble into the “cluster sp” of the next group. YOH, draw through all three loops. Ch4, sl st into the cluster sp. Repeat from * for the length of the scarf.

5.      Sl st up the first leg of the first grouping and into the “cluster sp”. Ch4, work 3 tr into the same space. *Work 4tr into the next “cluster sp”. Repeat from * for the length of the scarf.

You now have two options. You can sl st into the fourth ch of the starting group for the round, hide your ends, and wear your scarf with joy.

OR

In the near future you can purchase (for less than the price of a cup of coffee) the pattern that will develop this beginning further into an infinity wrap. ;)

I hope you enjoy making this pattern as much as I have enjoyed designing it.
Happy Hooking!
xoxo