Saturday, December 29, 2012

Cascade Prince Edward Island Scarf

I found the Prince Edward Island scarf on the Cascade website.  They have several crochet patterns on their site for free, so be sure to check it out.  The Prince Edward Island scarf is a lightweight skinny scarf, quick to work up.   You can download the pattern here:
http://www.cascadeyarns.com/patternsFree/DK217_220SportPrinceEdwardScarf.pdf

For this scarf I used Malabrigo Arroyo, which is a sport weight yarn.  It's very soft and light, 100% Superwash Merino, and comes in a 335 yard skein.  After working with it on this scarf I think this one would be great for making a sweater or warm shawl.

I made the scarf using Arroyo Jupiter (049) with an H hook.  The finished scarf measures 69"x4", and there was around 42g of yarn left over once it was done (out of a 100g skein).  I modified the pattern slightly - when I started the 4th round I didn't care for the way the picot edge looked, to me it was a little too pointed.   Instead, I just single-crocheted around the edge for the round, leaving it with more of an overall scalloped edge in the finished product.  You could improvise this any way you wanted to; here's how I did it:

In round 3, in the center ch, you "work [(dc, ch 3) 3 times, dc] sk next 3 chs, sc in next sc" - this gives you a sort of scallop with spokes in it.  For my modified round 4, I started by putting a sc in the sc created in the previous round.  Then, 2 sc in the ch-3 space, sc in the dc, 2 sc in the next ch-3 space, sc in the dc, 2 sc in the next ch-3 space, and then we're back to putting a sc in the previous row's sc.
Here are a couple of pictures to illustrate:

Starting with the sc in the sc from the previous round, the arrow shows you where I am about to make my first sc.


Then the 2 sc in the ch-3 space, a sc in the dc, 2 sc in the ch-3 space - here I am about to put a sc in the next dc.

And so on... Here are some pictures of the finished scarf - I just love the rich color of this one!



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