Floating Blocks Scarf

Floating Blocks Scarf

MATERIALS
(US) size H hook
1 skein Caron Simply Soft yarn
tapestry needle

Ch 21

Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across, turn.

Row 2: ch 3, dc in next st and in each st across, turn.

Row 3: ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, (ch 2, skip next 2 sts, dc in next st) 4 times, dc in each of next 3 sts, turn.

Row 4: ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in next st, (2 dc in next ch 2 sp, dc in next st) twice, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in each of next 4 sts, turn.

Row 5: ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in each of next 7 sts, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in each of next 4 sts, turn.

Row 6: Repeat row 5.

Row 7: ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in next st, (ch 2, skip next 2 sts, dc in next st) twice, ch 2, skip next ch 2 sp, dc in each of next 4 sts, turn.

Row 8: ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, (2 dc in next ch 2 sp, dc in next st) 4 times, dc in each of next 3 sts, turn.

Row 9: ch 3, dc in next st and in each st across, turn.

Rows 10 - 105: Repeat rows 3 through 9 fourteen times more, turn.

BORDER

Ch 1, sc in same st, (ch 2, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st) 6 times, ch 2, sc in same st, do not turn.

Working along side of scarf: ch 2, sc at base of row 105, * ch 2, sc at base of next row (see Figs. 1 and 2), rep from * across to next corner, ch 2, sc in same space.

Working along opposite side of starting ch, (ch 2, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st) 6 times, ch 2, sc in same st.

Working along other side of scarf: ch 2, sc at top of row 1, * ch 2, sc at top of next row (see Figs. 1 and 2), rep from * across to next corner, ch 2, sl st in beg sc, fasten off, weave in ends.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2