Friday, December 28, 2007

Free Form Crochet Shawl?







These are pics of a shawl I made for my stepmom for Christmas. I didn't use a pattern. I made it up as I went along. There was a lot I'd do differently if I was making something like that again. I made "mistakes" so I decided to not even bother to try writing it down.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Pattern for the adult scarf


It is done.

Here is the adult scarf pattern. It is quite a bit longer than the child-sized version.
Of course, if you are good with adapting patterns, you could adapt it to various sizes.
I hope you like it. It should be fairly easy.


Sideways Pineapple Adult Scarf


copyright 2007 Nancy Rose Groff

Adult-size edition

Materials: Caron Simply Soft Yarn, approximately 4 oz

Hook: Size I or 5.5MM

Gauge: See package for details


Note: 2DC, ch2, 2DC is referred to as a shell.


1. chain 209


2. DC in the 4th chain from the hook and in each chain all the way across. (the firstthree chain equal the first DC) 116 DC


3. chain 3, DC in between the 2nd and 3rd DC (remember the ch 3 is first DC), ch 2, 2 DC in same space, *skip 2 DC, DC in next 3 DC, ch 2, skip next 4 DC, 7 TC in the next DC, ch2, skip 4 DC, DC in next 3 DC, skip 2 DC, in space before the next DC 2 DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip4 DC and in space before next DC 2 DC, ch 2, 2 DC,* repeat between astarisks * 8 times; ending with only 1 shell


4. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 2 DC, skip 1 DC, ch 2, DCin first TC, *ch 1, DC in next TC*, repeat between asterisks 4 times, chain 2, skip nextDC, DC in next 2 DC, skip 2 DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC in chspace of next shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2 DC,** repeat between the **s 8 times, endingwith only 1 shell


5. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 2 DC, skip 1 DC, ch 2, scin the ch 1 space, *ch 3, sc in ch 1 space*, repeat between *s 4 times; ch2, skip 1 DC, 2DCin next 2 DC, skip 2 DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC in ch spaceof next shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2 DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times, ending withwith only 1 shell


6. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 2 DC, ch 2, sc in the ch1 space, *ch 3, sc in ch 1 space*, repeat between *s 3 times; ch2, DC in next 2 DC, skip 2DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC in ch space of next shell, 2DC, ch2, 2DC, skip 2 DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times, ending with with only 1 shell


7. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next DC, 2DC in next DC, ch 2,sc in the ch 1 space, *ch 3, sc in ch 1 space*, repeat between *s 2 times; ch2, 2DC innext DC, DC in next DC, skip 2 DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC inch space of next shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2 DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times, endingwith with only 1 shell


8. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 2DC, 2DC in next DC, ch2, sc in the ch 1 space, *ch 3, sc in ch 1 space*, repeat between *s 1 times; ch2, 2DC innext DC, DC in 2 next DC, skip 2 DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DCin ch space of next shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2 DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times,ending with with only 1 shell


9. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 3DC, 2DC in next DC, ch2, sc in the ch 1 space, *ch 3, sc in ch 1 space*, ; ch2, 2DC in next DC, DC in next 3DC,skip 2 DC, in ch space of shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC in ch space of next shell,2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2 DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times, ending with with only 1 shell


10. slip stitch to the middle of the first shell and chain 3, DC, ch 2, 2DC in the ch2space, skip 2 DC (rest of shell from previous row), **DC in next 4DC, 2DC in next DC, ch2, sc in the ch 1 space; ch2, 2DC in next DC, DC in next 4DC, skip 2 DC, in ch space ofshell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip next 4 DC in ch space of next shell, 2DC, ch 2, 2DC, skip 2DC**, repeat between the **s 8 times, ending with with only 1 shell
finish off. weave in ends.