Pretty Little Thing
By Denise Twum
PRETTY LITTLE THING
I came up with this scarf for one of the nurses, Diane, who attended to me and my son in the postpartum ward at Stanford Hospital. She said her favorite colors were blue and yellow, and for the life of me I couldn't picture a scarf with both colors. I started knitting with the leftover yarns from my son's baby blanket, and this is what I came up with.
Yarn
A: Lion Brand Babysoft Solid, Bluebell colorway, approx. 200yds B: Bernat Softee Baby, Light Blue, approx. 50yds C: Bernat Softee Baby, Yellow, approx. 200yds
Notions
US # $10.5/6.5\mathrm{mm}$ circular needles $\mathsf{E}/4–3.50\mathrm{mm}$ crochet hook Darning/Tapestry needle
Puff stitch
1. Yarn over hook, insert hook into next stitch and yo over again ,pull through very loosely and bring yarn up to height of rest of stitches, leaving 3 loops on hook. 2. Yarn over hook, insert hook into same stitch, yarn over, and pull through very loosely to height of other stitches to get 5 loops on hook. 3. Yarn over hook, insert hook into same stitch, yarn over, and pull through very loosely to height of other stitches to get 7 loops on hook. 4. Yarn over hook, pull through 6 loops, to get 2 remaining loops. 5. Yarn over hook and pull through remaining loops to complete puff. For pictorial instructions, please visit http://www.crochetcabana.com/stitches/stitchespuff.htm
SCARF
Cast on 370 stitches with A (or any number of stitches you fel comfortable with. 200-300 stitches might work best, as 370 gave an extra-long scarf).
Main body
With A, cast on 370 sts (or any number of stitches above 200. My 370 stitches gave me a scarf almost 9 feet long). Row 3: Knit Row 4: Purl Row 5: Switch to B and Knit Row 6: Purl Row 7: Switch to A and Knit Row 8: Purl Row 9: Knit Row 10: Purl Row 11: Knit Row 12: Purl Row 13: Switch to B and Knit Row 14: Switch to A and purl (on wrong side) Row 15: Knit Row 16: Purl Row 17: Switch to C and Knit Row 18: Purl Row 19: Knit Row 20: Purl Row 21: Switch to A and Knit Row 22: Purl Row 23: Knit Row 24: Purl Bind off loosely, leaving the last loop on the needle after binding off last stitch. Place last loop on crochet hook and chain one in corner stitch. With wrong side of knitted scarf facing you, start crochet edging
Edging
· Single crochet into same corner stitch, and single crochet across into each stitch across top border · Work 3 single crochet into next corner, repeating single crochet across the border of scarf and working 3 single crochet into each corner. · End round with single crochet into starting corner ·. Join last single crochet to first stitch with a slip stitch. · Chain 3 (counts as dc), \*puff stitch in next sc, dc in next sc; repeat from \* across to corner. In corner work 5 dc, then continue the pattern around the scarf. · Join last loop to 3rd ch of first ch 3. Weave in ends and steam block lightly.
