Lace shell crochet scarf

A lovely patterned scarf that's easier than it looks! 










I've suddenly realised how quickly Christmas is coming and so I've decided to get cracking on making my Christmas pressies. My grandma (Bubbub, you may remember) has requested a home-made crochet item for her present, and so I decided to go down the traditional route and make her a scarf to get her through the winter months. It looks tricky, but this pattern is actually really simple, and I made this scarf within 1 evening!

Skills needed:
.Half treble crochet (HTC) yarn over twice, hook through loop, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, pull through three remaining loops.
. Single crochet (sc)
. Shell stitch: two HTCs into one stitch, two single crochet, two more HTCs to give 'shell' like shape.
. Chain stitch

. Sc 26
. Turn, chain 4
. Row One: HTC into each stitch until end
. Turn, chain 4
. Row Two: HTC into 5th stich from hook, leave 2 stitches, shell into next stich, leave 2, HTC into next stitch. Repeat until end of row.
. Turn, chain 4
. Row 3: shell into hole in shell stitch below, HTC into stitch above HTC stitch below, shell into hole of next below shell stitch, repeat until end.
. Repeat these two lines until end of scarf.
. For final row. HTC into each stitch. Finish off.

And that's it! You should have a lovely scarf that looks difficult but is actually really easy and quick. I used chunky wool and a 5mm hook, but you could use thinner for a more delicate scarf or wrap for summer.

Emma :) xx