Change of Pace

I was getting a little bored with socks, having made 22 pairs as Christmas presents (a few years ago). I longed to productively and purposefully channel creativity brewing deep inside.


First, I made smaller socks from leftover sock yarn. I intended these mini socks to hang on the Christmas tree.




My friends insisted these charmers would make wonderful baby socks if I made two of each instead of just one.


So a bundle of twins were born. Once again, even mini socks get boring after 10 pairs, so I decided baby socks need something else to keep them interesting. What else besides soft, cuddly lizards?!? Named after the places they were born! (Because I often crochet in the car while The Lizard takes me to awesome, eye-popping, jaw-dropping Colorado venues.)


One sock yarn I liked so much, I decided to try designing a baby sweater to go with the baby socks. A neighbor was having her very first baby, and I'd bought some Onesies and blue baby stuff for her first son. I used the Onesies to size the sweater. I remember thinking at the time maybe I wouldn't have to buy baby gifts from now on. I can make my own!


Most socks don't leave enough yarn for a baby sweater, so I decided to try designing a baby hat to match a pair of baby socks.


Then, of course, I had to do a matching adult hat. Because I had to. That meant a couple pairs of Christmas socks included a bonus to keep some very special people warm head to toe! (One even got gloves, too!)


I then decided adult socks should have matching hand warmers. My next craze was fingerless gloves. I personally think they are silly because MY fingers need warmth in the depths of winter, not exposure to cold air! One of my friends explained the love of fingerless mittens: people can't operate their hand-held devices with their fingers, particularly their thumbs, bundled up!


Monster socks, a.k.a Frankenstein socks, made of leftovers from a variety of projects, were the rage at the time, so I had to try my hand at the fad.


Of course, no winter set is complete without a scarf or cowl, so I designed a monster cowl, too, made entirely with leftovers...


...and then after that, a monster vest!




Oh, and somewhere in all that sock madness, I decided to see how small I could go. I made thread sock key chains. I knitted the cuffs with toothpicks. Yes, really. On the bumpy train!


I have a ton more ideas up my sleeve, but my sleeves typically are attached to the collar of working stiff. Hmmm... maybe I need to make a working stiff sleeve. Could always use it as an arm warmer on the bicycle!


the unmade warm silk sleeves (and sweater) await

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Pinch Hitter

I had about 19 hours invested in my Marathon Scarf Project when Luck of the Frog fell upon it. Yes, I'm a slow knitter, and I'm an even slower double knitter because I'm still a beginner, but actual knitting time may not have equaled charting time. Nevertheless, to unravel the equivalent of nearly half a work week's knitting felt like losing half a paycheck. Yet it also felt just a bit empowering...

I really enjoyed the project. Truly. But I am still a beginner, and I was under the gun to get the scarf done in time to mail it to Boston. I worked on the scarf aboard the train, and passengers would admire my work and get me started talking. When I'm crocheting, I can keep going mindlessly while I talk. Or perhaps I talk mindlessly while my mind is focused on my hook. Who knows?

The incredibly geometric chart I was attempting to work from memory because it takes too much time to dig the taped-together scarf-sized graph paper out of my bag, find the current point of needles and then put the chart neatly back in the bag without ripping it proved to be my undoing. Or, well, the scarf's undoing.

First I discovered a mistake about nine rows back. I attempted to fix it with a crochet hook by dropping the entire line of stitches above the booboo. That didn't work, so I inserted a life line, pulled the needles out, carefully reinserted them, then reknitted the nine rows.

Only to find I'd made another mistake two rows back. This time, I was able to correct the mistake with the crochet hook and without unraveling.

Whew!

During the next intersection of many blue lines the next day, I found I that same mistake I'd previously unraveled repeated all over again in the newly knit section. I'd broken a blue line again. But this time, only on the yellow side. Apparently, my concentration isn't what it should be when I'm alternating blue and yellow, blue and yellow, blue and yellow... I had three yellows in a row, and that should NEVER happen in a double knit project unless I'm using two strands of yellow yarn, which I wasn't.

Because the mistake was only on one side, I was able to fix it with the crochet hook once again. But in so doing, I made another mistake reknitting with the crochet hook, and I had to undo that line of stitches AGAIN. A degree of discouragement was settling in; this project was no longer as fun as it should be. I was spending as much time fixing mistakes as I was spending knitting. I knew there was no way I'd have this scarf done before the actual marathon, much less before the mailing deadline, if I didn't pay a little closer attention to my stitching.

The next day, entering the next web of yellow diagonal lines across the blue side, I noticed I broke another line. I'd made another mistake. Once again, three consecutive blues. Ouch!

This one was nine rows back again. Ouch again. I spent nearly half an hour fixing the booboo on both sides; I hadn't noticed it on the yellow side until I had to pull out that crochet hook again. As I was fixing my mistake, this time in the lunch room at work, co-workers kept approaching to find out what I was doing, why I was doing it and how much longer I had to get the scarf in the mail. About ten days, give or take.

One of my co-workers noticed the Swedish colors before she noticed anything else. She's of Swedish descent. "Oh, you're making the Swedish flag!" she cooed. Not quite, but I was delighted I had the colors right!

Another of my co-workers pointed out something I had not noticed. "Oh, you're making a scarf in my college colors!" he admired. Now this was awesome! He attended Fort Lewis in Durango, where we have ridden the Fall Blaze to support the collegiate cycling team several years. Not only was I making a Swedish Olympic team scarf, a Boston Marathon scarf and a Boy Scout scarf (Hey, those colors are hard to ignore because I washed my son's uniform many, many times to get it back to blue and gold after a campout!), I was creating a Skyhawk scarf, too! Way cool!


However, I did promise our Skyhawk oft hiking companion I would rip out the entire project if I found one more mistake because I could whip up a crocheted scarf in the same yarn in a day or two and have it in the mail in time for a Boston Marathon runner to receive it.

"Don't worry," the Skyhawk consoled. "If you don't get the scarf done the way you like this time, I know you'll do it again another time, just perfect, and maybe even in colors you dyed yourself."

Ooooh, now there's a novel idea...

But it did not prompt the rip. Instead, the next mistake, discovered during my train commute that very night, this time, not a broken line but an unwelcome line that came in out of nowhere and then disappeared just as mysteriously, would have meant ripping back another nine rows. I knew now there was no way I could finish this scarf on time. My heart ached. And yet, I was angry!

Angry enough to start frogging.

I finished frogging in the dark car after The Lizard picked me up from the train depot. He was as relieved as me, but not because frogging provided a great emotional vent for him like it did for me. Instead, he wanted me to take a breather from trying to get this year's garden ready, get a snowflake done every week, get a quilt done by the end of the month, get this scarf done by the end of the month...

"I think you put too much pressure on yourself all the time," The Lizard advised. And that's one of the plethora of reasons I love him.

In the car, I wound the unraveled project into a hasty dual-strand ball of bicolor yarn, which I then had to unwind and simultaneously untangle so I could begin my next project.


Believe me, there were times when I wanted to just cut the yarn and throw away the barf! But I wasn't sure I would have enough yarn left for a full project if followed through, and I did NOT want to have to buy more. I didn't want to take time to go to any store to match the existing stash colors. I've already invested too much in this scarf without spending a dime!!!




The next morning, I began an impromptu and patternless scarf aboard the train and had it half done before I got downtown. I finished it in the break room at lunch. The blue and yellow yarn leftovers were all I had to work on aboard the train that night on my way home. So I made a cowl to send along with the scarf.

Both are in the mail now. Each may be wrapped around a runner next month. I feel as if I've crossed my own finish line. I want to pump my sweaty fists in the air and get sprayed with a fine mist of cooling water as a medal is draped around my neck.

But not until the weather warms up a bit.

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Doubled Up

I've been wanting to learn double knitting for several years now. The Marathon Scarf Project to wrap international participants in this year's Boston Marathon in love was just what I needed to push this goal up a few notches on my priority list.

I wanted to chart this scarf and make it in blue and white or lavender and gray. When the call went out for blue and gold scarves, I knew what I had to do.

I went to a free wifi cafe and watched about two minutes of an eight-minute double knitting video tutorial. I went home and dug out blue and yellow yarn from my stash. Within about half an hour, I had about an inch on my needles! I was doing it! I was double-knitting!!! (It's just like ribbing, but with two strands of yarn instead of one.)




This wonderful discovery came the same day I taught myself to make curved double-pointed arrows in an electronic document at work.

Learning something new is so much fun and so invigorating!

Of course, I improvised the original Team Sweden scarf design a bit to make this project totally unique. I didn't want it to be an exact copy.

I've included charts here below, just in case anyone else wants to make one of these scarves. The initial chart is just half of the scarf; when you get to row 195, you turn around and go all the way back down the chart (without repeating Row 195). I've also included a whole chart, just in case, but that will print very, very small on 11x14 paper. I printed two halves on 11x17 and taped them together for my next scarf. For the initial scarf, I used regular graph paper, and I taped that together. Each graph square is nearly actual stitch size when working with worsted weight yarn. So my graph paper chart (for half the scarf) is 4 inches wide by nearly 3 feet long!


For the scarf, I cast on 21 stitches holding both strands together, then knitted the first row in double knit: knit blue, purl yellow, knit blue, purl yellow. On the next row: knit yellow, purl blue, knit yellow, purl blue. Finished whole scarf size using worsted weight yarn on size 6 knitting needles is 6 inches by 6 feet, which is what the Marathon Scarf Project requested.

I've also included two logo scarf charts below, just in case...

For all of the charts, click the image to biggie size. Save the image to your computer, and preview print landscape (sideways) instead of portrait, making sure to click the box that says "Scale to Fit Media." (Some programs do not give you an option to control printing if you hit just plain print or Control P. You must use Preview Print or Print With Preview.)

This is the second time I've ever charted knitting in my entire life. My first attempt was just out of high school. I was knitting a flamingo sweater in pastels. I decided I wanted pink hearts instead of pink flamingos, so I recharted the entire sweater. I wish I still had the sweater. It would be fun to show off now!

Why did the Marathon Scarf Project resonate with me?

Until more than a decade ago, I ran Race for the Cure every year for more than 10 years in support of a friend and co-worker who'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. I have never run a marathon and do not expect to ever be able to run a marathon. However, one of my co-workers is from Boston, and her brother runs the Boston Marathon. Both of us watched the news in horror as it unfolded last year. A couple of that day's photos remain permanently scorched in my memory banks.

Another of my co-workers on a different floor has run the Boston Marathon seven times. It's not like the marathons in Denver; you don't just pay the entry fee and show up. Runners must pre-qualify by finishing a number of races prior to the Marathon, and they must finish each within an allotted time. They can't be slowpokes like me. So just to run in THE Boston Marathon, in my opinion, is a gigantic honor, similar to what it must feel like to qualify for the Hawaii Iron Man or even the Olympics.

I participate in a number of cycling events with a finish line. What happened last year in Boston made crossing any finish line just a little more... poignant. There has not been a finish line for me since last year when I didn't think about what happened in Boston as I rolled across, trying to smile for the official photographer. Smiling will come easier this year, but I'm certain the memory of what happened in Boston will always prowl deep in the dark corners of my mind, just like September 11.

My race now is just a little different than those who will be running. I don't know if I will be able to finish my Boston Marathon scarf by April 5, but I'm going to give it my best shot. It would make me feel on top of the world to know one of the runners is wrapped in this scarf on the anniversary.

UPDATE: Check out this awesome post-marathon wrap-up of the project by a scarf maker and volunteer at the church!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Photos from scarf distribution!





Half Scarf Chart


Whole Scarf Chart


Boston Scarf


Sweden Scarf

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Pink Friday

All the knitters and crocheters at my work are going nuts over the novelty yarn that stretches out into lace to be gathered quickly and easily into twirly scarves. Everyone seems to be making these trendy, speedy scarves, and I see a ton of them on train passengers every day, now that winter is setting in. These scarves are super simple, work up rapidly and don't take much yarn.

I really like the scarves, but they all look... well,... the same.

Ever since the first twirly scarf I saw, I wanted to make one with my own lace, my own design and yarn completely different than any ribbon yarn store-bought and ready-made. Yes, it takes longer this way, but the sense of accomplishment upon finishing is far more rewarding. The emotional satisfaction is similar to piecing a real quilt instead of stitching together a cheater quilt with ready-made panels, in my opinion.

I went through my stash and found three skeins of yarn with at least a degree of pink left over from socks and other projects I've made in the past, and I whipped up my first Contrary Mary scarf with a Gothic-flavored hand-dye. (Remember, one of my criteria for my Yellow-Teal-Pink Fridays project is not to purchase anything new. My goal is to use stash yarn or thread.)

The foundation row and first row of this pattern require some concentration, with continual counting and tedious repetition, but the basic mesh stitch that follows works up fast after the initial two rows. The final two rows are even speedier. The first two pattern rows took me two nights, and the mesh portion was worked up in two more nights. The final two rows were finished in about an hour.




You may do whatever you'd like with scarves you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!


Finished Size: approximately 3 inches wide before gathering, 4 yards long before gathering, and 3 feet long after gathering, depending upon personal preference
Materials: One 100-gram, 400-yard hank of fingering yarn (I used project leftovers of Goth Series Pink by Indieway Yarn on Etsy and still have a tiny bit of yarn leftover), size B crochet hook

NOTE: This scarf also may be worked with thread, lace-weight yarn, double-knit yarn or worsted weight yarn with the appropriate-sized hook.

Instructions

Foundation Row: Ch 3, * 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook (shell made), ch 8, 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 3, 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook (picot made), ch 4, 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 8, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 6; repeat from * for desired length, bearing in mind finished scarf will be less than one fourth the length of starting ch, omitting last ch 6 of final repeat and ending with ch 3, 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook; ch 2; turn. (I made my scarf 4 yards long before gathering.)

Row 1: Ch 2, *1 sc in middle of body of next dc shell, ch 3, 1 dc in next ch, ch 1, sk next ch, 1 tr in next ch, yo 2 times and draw up loop through middle of body of next dc, [yo and draw through 2 loops on hook] 2 times, yo 3 times and draw up loop through middle of next sc (picot), [yo and draw through 2 loops on hook] 3 times, yo 2 times and draw up loop through middle of body of next dc, [yo and draw through 2 loops on hook] 2 times, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook (W made), ch 1, sk next 2 ch, 1 tr in next ch, sk next ch, ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, ch 3, 1 sc in middle of body of next dc shell, ch 3, 1 sc in middle ch of next ch 3, ch 3; repeat from * across; ch 6 and turn (ch 6 counts as 1 dc and ch 3 on next row).
Row 2: *Sk next 3 ch, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, 1 dc in top of next W, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc, ch 3 1 dc in next sc, ch 3, 1 dc in next dc; repeat from * across; ch 6 and turn.
Rows 3-7: Sk 1st dc, *1 dc in next dc; ch 3; repeat from * across; 1 dc in 3rd ch of starting ch 6 of previous row; ch 6 and turn.
Row 8: Sk 1st dc, *1 dc in next dc, ch 3; repeat from * across; 1 dc in 3rd ch of starting ch 6 of Row 7; ch 3 and turn.
If desired, block now. Scarf also may be finger shaped before beginning gathering rows.
Row 9 (first gathering row): Sk 1st dc; 1 dc in each dc across; 1 dc in 3rd ch of starting ch 3 of Row 8; ch 1, turn.
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Row 10: 1 sc in each of next 2 sc, *sk next sc, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc; repeat from * across; bind off. Weave in ends.
NOTE: For an even curlier scarf, work 1 sc, sk 2 sc across on Round 10 instead of above directions, but make sure scarf length before gathering will accommodate such a tight twirl, perhaps 6 yards long. For a wider scarf, work more mesh rows to desired width. For a skinnier scarf, work fewer mesh rows to desired width.

Ta da! You're done!

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Snowflake Monday

I have been enamored with Queen Anne’s Lace since the very first time I saw my first sample, and I have since hoarded every pattern variation I can find.

As I designed the Uncompahgre Peak Snowflake, I kept thinking how perfect the snowflake would be if I worked it up into a lace pattern such as Queen Anne’s Lace. Nellie Creek is the name of the main trailhead to the summit of Uncompahgre, but that didn’t sound quite royal enough to me for something so elegant.

My next thought was Mount Lady Washington, which provides what I believe is the most dramatic view of Longs Peak a photographer can desire. Longs Peak and Uncompahgre are nearly across the state from each other, yet the name of Longs’ neighbor evokes emotions of princess nuptials, the summit view of The Diamond is fit for a queen, plus, Washington state is one of the places I longed to live if I couldn’t live in Colorado. To me, this scarf exemplifies the grace, poise and refinement of such personalities as Lady Di and Duchess Kate.


Leave it to me to pick a mountain for which I have no photos...


The lower slopes of Mount Lady Washington are to the right in both photos.
13,281-foot Mount Lady Washington received part of its name from Anna Dickinson, the first white woman to successfully climb Longs Peak, while atop Longs’ summit in 1873. She took the name from New Hampshire’s highest point, which she had climbed 26 times. Anna Dickinson, a gifted teacher and lecturer, was an advocate for women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery. She was far from just a mountain climber and tourist; she was the first woman to address the United States Congress.

Among the hikers accompanying her on her historic climb of Longs Peak was journalist Nathan Meeker, who inserted the word Lady into the new name in honor of Anna Dickinson. (Another of Longs’ neighbors, Centennial 13er Mount Meeker, was in turn named for the journalist who was slain six years later in the Meeker Massacre. Mount Meeker and Longs Peak are referred to as the Twin Peaks, one of many mountain duos by that moniker in Colorado.)


I snatch up just about every reasonably priced mostly white with touches of blue sock and lace yarn I can find specifically to use for this pattern, but the pattern also will work with worsted weight.

One particular hank of sock yarn I'd picked up at half price ran out as I was making a final whole snowflake to attach to the end of a finished scarf so both scarf ends match. The yarn had been discontinued. I searched and searched. Friends searched and searched. I even tried to buy leftovers from anyone who had any. Finally, Knackful Knitter Maria found a single full skein – at full price. All I needed was a few more inches! Yes, I bought it. Good thing I like the color!

Sue at Mr. Micawber’s Recipe for Happiness inspired me to work another whole snowflake to attach to the end of this scarf so both ends have matching complete snowflakes. This pattern may be made with or without the second full snowflake.

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You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes and/or scarves you make from this pattern, but you may not sell or republish the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!


Size: snowflake 7.5 inches from point to point; scarf 9.5 inches wide and 54 inches long
Materials: 4 ounces (100 grams) of sock/fingering yarn or approximately 400 yards, size B crochet hook

Individual Sock Yarn Snowflake Instructions

Make magic ring.

Round 1: Ch 2 (does not count as dc), 18 dc in ring; sl st across starting ch 2 and into starting dc. Do not pull magic ring too tight.

Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in same dc, *sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in same dc; repeat from * around 4 times; 2 dc in same dc as starting dc, [ch 1, 1 dc in 2nd ch of staring ch 2] ([ ] counts as final ch 3 sp).

Round 3: 1 sc over post of final dc of Round 2, *ch 8, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * around 4 times; ch 8, sl st in starting sc.

Round 4: *1 sc in next 8 ch sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp; repeat from * around 5 times. Do not sl st into starting st.
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Round 5: *1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * around 5 times. Do not sl st into starting st.

Round 6: *2 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, sl st into top of dc, 1 dc in same sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp; repeat from * around 5 times, bind off and weave in ends.


Mount Lady Washington Scarf Instructions

Ch 7, sl st into 1st ch OR make magic ring.

Round 1: 9 sc in ring; sl st in starting sc. Do not pull magic ring too tight

Round 2: Ch 2 (does not count as dc), 2 dc in each sc around for total of 18; sl st across starting ch 2 and into starting dc.

Round 3: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in same dc, *sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in same dc; repeat from * around 4 times; 2 dc in same dc as starting dc, [ch 1, 1 dc in 2nd ch of staring ch 2] ([ ] counts as final ch 3 sp).

Round 4: 1 sc over post of final dc of Round 3, *ch 8, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * around 4 times; ch 3, 1 tr in starting sc (ch 3 and tr count as final ch 8); sl st in starting sc.

Round 5: 1 sc over post of tr just worked, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, *1 sc in next 8 ch sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp; repeat from * around 4 times; 1 sc in next sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 3, 1 tr in starting sc (ch 3 and tr count as final ch 7 sp).

Round 6: 1 sc around post of tr just worked, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, *1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * around 4 times; 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same loop as starting sc, ch 3, 1 tr in starting sc (ch 3 and tr count as final ch 7 sp).
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Round 7: Ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc over tr just worked, 2 hdc in same sp, 1 sc in same sp, *2 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, sl st into top of dc, 1 dc in same sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp; repeat from * around 4 times; 2 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 1 dc in same sp, sl st in 2nd ch of starting ch 2, ch 1 sc in same ch as sl st (sc and sl st count as final ch 2 picot); turn. You have finished working in the round and now will work in rows, back and forth.


Row 8: Ch 10, sl st in 2nd ch 3 picot; turn.


Row 9: Ch 1, 14 sc in ch 10 sp; on this row only, ch 2 and turn. On repeat rows after 1st repeat, sl st into next ch 3 picot and turn.


Row 10: 1 dc in each sc across for a total of 14; sl st in next ch 3 picot; ch 1 and turn.

Row 11: *Sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in same dc; repeat from * across 3 times for a total of 4 points; on this row only, ch 2 and turn. On repeat rows after 1st repeat, sl st in next ch 3 picot; ch 2 and turn.

Row 12: *1 sc in next ch 3 point, ch 8; repeat from * across 3 times; 1 sc in same ch 3 picot as sl st at end of Row 9; ch 1, turn.

Row 13: 1 sc in next ch 8 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, *ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in same sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp; repeat from * across 3 more times; ch 1, turn.

Row 14: *1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, ch 7, 1 sc in same sp, ch 5, 1 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * across 3 times; ch 1, turn.


Row 15: *2 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 7 sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, sl st into top of dc, 1 dc in same sp, 2 hdc in same sp, 1 sc in same sp, 2 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp, 1 sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, 2 sc in same sp; repeat from * across 3 more times; sl st in next ch 2 picot.

Repeat Rows 8-15 23 times or for desired length. Bind off; weave in ends.

If desired, make a second sock yarn snowflake and attach two points to end of scarf so both ends have a full snowflake.

This scarf does not have to be blocked, but it looks better – regal – when blocked.


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