Empress Wide Scarf
by: Linda Dean Crochet lnstructiow & Design Reinvent Tunisian crochet with color changes on the forward and return passes! This elegant scarf is gracefully edged with a regal lace appearance that brings extra highlight to the stunning colors. Skill Level: Intermediate Finished Size Approximately: 13"x 58"
Materials List:
K/10 %/6.50mm size cabled Tunisian crochet hook G/6/4.25mm crochet hook Lisa Souza Dyeworks Sylvie fine weight 100% Bombyx Silk yarn (3.5oz/100g/450yds/412m): 1 hank each color (A) Portsmouth, (B) Basil, & (C) Glory (www.lisaknit.com) Tapestry needle Gauge: 17tss/14 rows= 4"
Pattern Note /Special Stitches
Tunisian Simple Stitch (tss): Insert hook from right to left under next vertical bar, YO, pull up a loop. Return Pass (RP) : YO and pull through 1 loop, [YO and pull through 2 loops] across, until 2 loops remain on hook, using newcolorfornextrow'sFP,YOandpullthroughlast2loops. Picot: Ch 3, sl st to top of last st.
With Tunisian hook and color A ch 36. Row 1: With color A, pull up a loop in second ch from the hook and in each ch across. Switch to color B, RP. 36 sts Row 2: With color C, tss across, switch to color A, RP. Row 3: With color B, tss across, switch to color C, RP. Row 4: With color A, tss across, switch to color B, RP. Row 5-190: Rep Rows 2-4 sixty two times. Row 191-192: Rep Rows 2 & 3. Row 193: With color A, sc in each vertical bar across, finish off
Edging
Using smaller hook
For the following Rnd, "sk 2" means to skip 2 stitches when working along a short edge and skip the sides of 2 rows when working along a long edge.
Abbreviations:
Rnd 1: With Color B, join to any corner, ch 4, (dc, ch 1, dc) in same st as join, dc in next 2 sts, ch 2, sk 2, (dc in next 4 sts or row edges, ch 2, sk 2) across to 2 sts before corner, dc in next 2 sts, \*(dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in corner, dc in next 2 sts, ch 2, sk 2, (dc in next 4 sts or row edges, ch 2, sk 2) across to 2 sts before corner, dc in next 2 sts ; rep from \* around, sl st to third ch of beg ch. 76 ch-2 sps Rnd 2: Sl st across to ch-2 sp, ch 3, 5 dc in same sp, \* ch 1, (6 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1) across to corner, (3 dc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp); rep from \* around, ch 1, sl st to beg ch, finish off. 84 ch-1 sps Rnd 3: With color C, join to ch-1 sp of any corner, ch 4 (counts as dc plus ch 1), (dc, ch 1, dc) in same sp as join, ch 1, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 1) across to corner, \*(dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in corner ch-1 sp, ch 1 (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 1) across to corner; rep from \* around, sl st to third ch of beg. 80 (dc, ch 2, dc) ch: chain dc: double crochet FP: forward pass rep: repeat sc: single crochet sl st: slip stitch sk: skip st(s): stitch(es tr: treble crochet YO: yarn over
Rnd 4: Sl st in next dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 4, (dc, ch 1) 4 more times in same sp (beg shell made), (dc, ch 1) 5 times in each corner ch-1 sp and each ch-2 sp around (shell made), sl st to third ch of beg ch, finish off. 88 shells Rnd 5: With color A, join to center ch-1 sp of any corner, ch 6 (counts as tr plus ch 2), tr in same sp as join, ch 1, (dc, ch 2, dc, ch 1) in center dc of each shell and (tr, ch 1) in each ch-1 sp between shells around, working (tr, ch 2, tr, ch 1) in each corner ch-1 sp; sl st to fourth ch of beg. 88 (dc, ch 2, dc) Rnd 6: Sl st in tr, sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, sc in same sp, 7 dc in each tr and sc in each ch-2 sp around, working (sc, picot, sc) in each corner ch-2 sp; sl st to beg sc, finish off. Weave in ends, block.88sc
