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You need an amount of stitches that is dividable by 4+2. I used 82, and a 3 mm hook.

The yarn is a cotton blend.

1. row: 1 dc in 4th ch. from hook. *2 ch, skip 2 ch, 1 dc in both of the next two ch*. Repeat from * to * until end of row.

2. row. Add another colour. 2 ch, *1. dc in each of the two ch that were skipped in previous row (below), 2 ch*, repeat from * to * until end of row. End with one ch. instead of 2, crochet 1 slipstitch in 3rd of the three ch that begun row 1.

3. row: Add third colour. 3 ch, 1 dc in the skipped stitch from previous row, *2 ch, 1 dc in the two skipped ch's from previous row*. Repeat from * to * until end of row.

4. row: Add new colour or use one of the previous again. Crochet like row 2.

Cotton blend Shawl

Shawl for my boyfriend's mum!


Your number of stitches has to be dividable by 6+7.


This yarn is also a cotton blend, and calls for a 6 mm hook.


First row: 1 dc in 7th ch from hook. *2 ch, skip 2, 1 sc in the next stitch, 2 ch, skip 2. Crochet '1 dc, 5 ch, 1 dc'* in the next stitch. Repeat from * to * until end of row.

Row 2: 7 ch. Crochet 1 sc in the chain of 5, then 2 ch, '1dc, 5 ch, 1 dc in the next stitch, 2 ch. repeat from * to *, end with 1 sc in the 'turning-chain' of the last row.

Rest: Repeat row 2, but only make 1 dc in the last sc of each row, and then 5 ch, and one sc in the edge. Start next row with 1 ch and 1 cs in the first chain of ch's. Continue until all stitches have been taken in.

White scarf

This is a scarf I made for my sister for Christmas.


It's very easy, that bit of crocheting fun is over with all too quickly. But that makes it a good choice for a last minute Xmas present.

The stitch combination is called star-pattern. To make a scarf, you need an amount of stitches divisible by 4+1 and 3 ch to turn with. I used 24 stitches, and a size 3.5 mm hook.

Row 1: 1 dc in 8th ch. from hook, (1 ch, 1 dc) 3 times in same stitch, skip 3 ch, 1 dc in next ch, (1 ch, 1 dc) 3 times in same stitch, repeat until end of row, 1 dc in the last ch. Turn with 3 ch.

Row 2: 1 dc in the middle ch in the dc-ch "cluster". (1 ch, 1 dc) 3 times in the same stitch. Repeat until end of row.1 dc in the last ch. Turn with 3 ch.

Repeat row 2 for as long as you want the scarf to be.

Final row: 5 ch, 1 sc in the middle ch in the ch-dc cluster, *3 ch, 1 sc in the middle of the next cluster*, repeat from * to * until end of row. End with one dc in the last ch.