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Winter Wonderland Scarf (free pattern)

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One week ago, we were in the car driving from Kansas to Pennsylvania. Kansas (and much of the Midwest) had just been hit by a blizzard. Seriously, a blizzard. While the snow had just started when we left for church Sunday morning, by the time we returned to my in-laws two hours later, we could NOT even see the road. I have never driven in conditions like that before.

“I always thought that snow fell down!” I exclaimed to anyone who would listen. “Not in Kansas,” was the common response.

It wasn’t feeling like a winter wonderland then. It was feeling more like a winter nightmare as we drove over sheets of ice Monday morning on the long trip back home. Now, from the safety of that home, I can bask in all things winter. Thus the Winter Wonderland Scarf.

The Winter Wonderland Scarf pattern started as a test for a new blanket idea. The blanket will be coming soon, but in the meantime, practice up on this and the Winter Wonderland Hat.

Scarf

This pattern, which mimics Christmas trees, is worked with dc across the front (right) side and sc across the back (wrong) side. When working post stitches, those stitches go around the dc 2 rows down instead of the the row of sc directly below. This scarf is worked in two identical pieces and crocheted together in the center.

Notes: 

  • Each row should have 23 st.
  • Ch 2 at the beginning of each row counts as a dc. (I use a ch 2 instead of ch 3 because it keeps the stitches tighter.)
  • Every even row is the same: 23 sc.
  • This pattern is written using motifs.

Stitches:

  • ch-chain
  • sc-single crochet
  • dc-double crochet
  • FPTC-front post triple crochet
  • FPDTC-front post double triple crochet
  • 5dcPopcorn-five double crochet popcorn

Yarn: 2 skeins of Herrschners Holiday Pastry Puff in Modern. Approximately 400 yards, so you’ll have a bit left over.

Hook: H-hook (5 mm)

Gauge: 16 st x 10 rows (alternating dc & sc) = 4″

Size: Scarf measures 64″.

Make 2.

Row 1: Ch 25, dc in 4th ch from hook and each ch across. Or Foundation dc 23. (23 st)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in same st and each st across (ending with sc in top of beginning ch from previous row). (23 sc)

Row 3: Ch 2, turn, dc in next ch and each st across. (23 dc)

Row 4: Repeat Row 2.

Row 5: Ch 2, dc in next 7 st. FPTC around each of the next two stitches from row 3 (two rows below). Dc in next 3 st. FPTC around each of the next two stitches from row 3. Dc in last 8 st.

Row 6: Repeat Row 2.

Row 7: Repeat Row 5 putting the FPTC around the FPTC in Row 5.

Row 8: Repeat Row 2.

Row 9: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 4 st. FPDTC around each of the 2 st two rows below the last dc worked. Sk 2, Dc in next 9 st. Sk 2. FPDTC around each of the 2 st two rows below the next st after skipped stitches. Dc in next 5 st. (See diagram at the bottom of the post for a visual charting of where the stiches should go.

Notes: The skipped stitches will be behind the FPDTC. You will not add any stitches. For every skipped stitch is a FPDTC. After you have done the FPDTC there will be two dc between the trunk of the tree and the boughs.

Here it is again in some closer pictures.

Begin by inserting the hook in the indicated st 2 rows below from front to back. There will be four st between this and the tree trunk.
You will work a FPDTC in this stitch and the second. There will be three dc between the second FPDTC and the tree trunk.
Skip 2 stitches (these will be behind the FPDTC), dc in the next 9 st.
Skip 2 stitches. FPDTC around the st 2 rows below the next st. There will be 3 dc between this st and the tree trunk. (The picture only shows two because I made a mistake.)
FPDTC around the next st 2 rows below. The two skipped stitches will be behind the two FPDTC. Finish the row by dc in the last 5 st. Some of these stitches are behind part of the FPDTC.

Row 10: Repeat Row 2.

Row 11: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 6 st. FPDTC around each of the 2 FPDTC two rows below, skip 2 st. Dc in the next 5 st. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the 2 FPDTC two rows below. Paying attention to the two skipped st behind the FPDTC, Dc in the last 7 st.

Begin by FPDTC around each of the 2 FPDTC 2 rows below.
Skip 2 stitches. These will be behind the FPDTC. Dc in the next five st. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the next 2 FPDTC 2 rows below. This is where motif 2 ends.
Make sure to skip only two stitches behind the FPDTC before finishing the row.

Row 12: Repeat Row 2.

Row 13: Ch 2, dc in next 4 st. FPDTC around each of the dc two rows below the last 2 st made. At the beginning of the row there will 3 dc between the end of the row and the st with the FPDTC. Skip 2 st. Dc in next 2 st. FPDTC around each of the 2 FPDTC two rows below. Skip 2 st. Dc in the nest st. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the 2 FPDTC two rows below. Dc in the next two st. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the dc two rows below the next two st. Making sure not to crochet in the skipped stitches, dc in last 5 st.

Start with a FPDTC around the 4th and 5th st two rows below. At the beginning of the row, three will be three stitches before the FPDTC.
Skip 2 st. Dc in the next 2 st.
Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the two FPDTC below.
Making sure to skip the 2 st behind the FPDTC, dc in the next st. This will be the center of the 5 dc two rows below. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the FPDTC two rows below.
Dc in next 2 st. Skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the next two st two rows below the next two st.
Make sure to skip the two stitches behind the FPDTC before completing the row with dc.

Row 14: Repeat Row 2.

Row 15-18: Repeat Rows 11-14 twice more.

Row 19-20: Repeat Rows 11 and 12.

Row 21: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 8 stitches. FPDTC around each of the two FPDTC two rows below. Skip 2 st. Dc in next st. skip 2 st. FPDTC around each of the next two FPDTC two rows below. Making sure to skip the 2 st behind the FPDTC, finish the row with dc.

Row 22: Repeat Row 2.

Row 23: Ch 2, turn, dc in next 10 st. In next st work 5dcPopcorn. Dc in last 11 st.

Row 24: Repeat Row 2.

This is a general chart for the tree motif.

Rows 25-38: Repeat Rows 1-14. (skipping the initial ch in row 1)

Rows 39-46: Repeat Rows 11-14 four times.

Rows 47-52: Repeat Rows 19-24.

Rows 53-66: Repeat Rows 1-14 (skipping the initial ch in row 1)

Rows 67-72: Repeat Row 19-24.

Row 73: Repeat Row 3.

Row 74: Repeat Row 2.

Fasten off on the first time through. Don’t fasten off the second half.

You should have two equal pieces.

With right sides together, crochet across the top row through both pieces.

Sc both pieces together. It will form a nice look on the front. There will be a seam on the back.

To finish the ends of the scarf.

Row 1: With ride side facing, join with sl st to the right hand corner. Ch 1, sc in same st and each st across. (23 sc)

Row 2: Ch 3, dc in next st, hd in next, sc in next st, hd in next st, dc in next st, tc in next st, dtc in next st, tc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, tc in next st, dtc in next st, tc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, tc in last st.

Border Row 2.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Look for the hat pattern in a following post.