Soiree farfelle scarf

Soiree is a new yarn from Crystal Palace, very brightly metallic while soft enough for neck contact. 'Soiree' means evening in French, and indeed this would make a perfect evening scarf, no matter what the size. We recently took a crochet class from Mary Eng, who's obsessed with pasta shapes and has designed many ingeneous ways to capture her favorites in yarn. Completely understanding of this kind of obsession :-), we thought that the farfelle (bowtie) pattern would be particularly suited for this scarf. Mary's stitch is an easier version of what Harmony calls the 'open link' pattern. It has enough of a grid-like filet structure to be almost mindless to work, and enough body to hold together even though it's lacey in look.

Level of difficulty

Experienced beginner.

Measurements

Small scarf: 5 ½" x 50", 2 x 33 repeats.
Shawl: 18" x 60", 6 x 45 repeats.

Materials

2 [6] balls Crystal Palace Soiree (50g, 160yd) color 3690 (antique silver), 60% metallic polyester and 40% polyamide (nylon).
Crochet hook, size I (5 ½mm).

Gauge

Horizontal: 2 motifs = 5" (13cm), vertical: 3 motifs = 4" (10cm).

Stitches used

US:
Chain st(ch).
Single crochet (sc): insert hook, pull loop through, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook.

GB:
Chain st(ch).
Double crochet (sc).

Chart


+oo+oo+oo+
..........
+oo+oo!oo+   where ! is a sc around 3 ch below
+oo+ooooo+
+oo+ooooo+
+oo+ooooo+
+oo+oo+oo+
oooooooooo

DIRECTIONS

Chain a multiple of 9 + 4 - 22 for a scarf, 58 for a shawl.
Row 1: ch 1 to turn, *sc in next stitch, ch 2, skip 2 st below * repeat from * till end of row.
Rows 2-4: ch 1 to turn, *sc in next stitch (sc below), ch 2, skip 2 st below, sc in next stitch (sc below), ch5, skip 5 st below, sc in next stitch (sc below)*, repeat from * till end of row.
Row 5: ch 1 to turn, *sc in next stitch, ch 2, skip 2 st below, sc in next stitch (sc below), ch2, sc catching the middle of all 3 chains below as tightly as possible, ch 2, sc in next sc below*, repeat from * till end of row.
Repeat rows 2-5 in order till you have the length desired.
Finish with a repeat of row 1. Bind off.
Use yarn needle to work ends in. And don't even think of blocking this..