Crocheting- POTATO CHIP RUFFLED SCRAF

My Granny is a great craft person and this art runs in our blood and now even my daughter loves to do crafts and loves to see me doing crafts. My Granny used to crochet some beautiful placemats and has even crocheted a cell phone pouch for me. She had tried teaching me to crochet but during my college years I never found the patience to try it. Now I was so happy when I saw in our local Library "Fredrickson Library" having a beginers crochet class. I quickly enrolled myself in the class and with the guidance of Rita Gardener I learnt to crochet the basic stitches which can be a platform for me to explore further.

The Ruffles look pronouced as I had increased the number of rows

The Instructor showed a ruffled scarf and told that was one of the beginers project I jumped at the opportunity to try that project. I went shopping for yarn and settled for a blue/brown varigated yarn form red heart. The pattern is from LION BRAND yarn- www.lionbrand.com - Potato Chip Scarf. It is easy to crochet and has just single and double crochet. I used knitting worsted medium(4) yarn and size J hook. The pattern just had 4 rows. I added 3 more rows to made it more wider.

The Pattern from Lion Brand is as follows with my modifications

GAUGE: 13 dc + 6 rows = 4 in. (10 cm). BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

 The brown with the blues make it more pretty SCARF Ch 143. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across – 142 sc at the end of this row. Row 2: Ch 2 (counts as dc here and throughout), turn, 2 dc in first sc, *dc in next sc, 2 dc in next sc; rep from * across to last sc, dc in last sc – 214 dc at the end of this row. Row 3: Ch 2, turn, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across to last dc, dc in last dc – 322 dc at the end of this row. Row 4: Ch 2, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across – 431 dc at end of this row. .Row 5: Ch 2, 2 dc in first dc, *dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * across – . Row 6-7: Ch 2, Double crochet in all the dc. Fasten off.FINISHING Weave in ends.

I was immensely happy with the end result and this scarf would suit 2 of my kameez. Now I am trying to find patterns to make headband for my daughter and also I would love to crochet some beautiful flower doillies.