Treenah

By Megan Marshall

I love the ability of crochet to create beautiful openwork without the worry of missing or dropping a yarn over. For this pattern, the yarn is worked on a slightly larger hook than is recommended and a lovely open drapey fabric is created. The lattice pattern looked complicated in written form, but once charted is very easy, and you should be able to get in to a rhythm with it quickly.

Photographs: Craig Marshall Model: Megan Marshall

Size
Finished item measures 140cm/56inches (158cm/63inches with fringe) long x 20cm/8inches wide

Requirements
Yarn: 3 balls Artesano Alpaca Inca Cloud (100% alpaca, 125m/50g) in colour: 508 Lilac - note: the scarf shown used almost exactly 3 balls of yarn. If in doubt, please buy a 4th ball.
Hook: 4.5mm (G)
Notions: Tapestry Needle

Tension
20 sts and 8 rows = 10cm/4inches in Treble Crochet

Pattern Notes
The pattern starts at the centre, and the first half is worked to the fringe edge. Re-join the yarn in the centre and work to the opposite fringe end. If you splice the ends together, you should have only two ends to run in once the scarf is completed.

When working the first row of tc in to the chain, I suggest working in to only one loop of the chain. I have found this a lot easier than struggling to go through both loops.

The lattice pattern repeat is 8+1 stitches. You could easily make this scarf narrower or wider by adding or removing pattern repeats. Your initial chain will need to be a multiple of 8+3. The 3 becomes your first stitch in treble crochet.

Abbreviations
The Inside Loop’s list of standard abbreviations can be found here.

Instructions

Make 43 ch
Skip 3, then work 1 tr in each stitch (41 sts). Turn work and make 3 ch (counts as first treble).
Work a further 26 rows of tr (approx 36cm/14”)

Starting with row 1, work 6 rows of Chart A. The pattern marked out in red is the pattern repeat, which should be followed throughout the rows.

Note: Row 7 is a repeat of row 1 and is only shown in Chart A as a continuation of the next repeat.

Note: charts will appear much larger in printable version

Work a further 8 full repeats of this pattern.

Work row 7 as shown in Chart B. This will bring you back to the initial 41 stitches, and then the grid for the fringe to finish.

N.B. Row 7 is a repeat of row 1 and is only shown in Chart A as a continuation of the next repeat.

Attach yarn at centre of scarf, and work second half of scarf as per first half, working the first row of tc back in to the original chain.

Finishing
Carefully wet block. Block lattice portion approx 2.5cm(1inch) wider than main portion, to counteract the tendency of the lattice to pull in and narrow the scarf. Cut 40 x 25cm(10inch) lengths of yarn and attach one piece per grid for fringe.

About the Yarn
Artesano Alpaca Inca Cloud is a 100% pure alpaca yarn from Bolivia. It is available online from Norfolk Yarn.

About the Designer
Megan lives crochets knits designs and blogs in Southern England. This is her first published pattern. You can follow her adventures in fibre craft at I Saw Her Stranding There.

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