FREE crochet pattern!
Wrap your head in liquid luxury with this silk kerchief. Crocheted using a single skein of Luminance, two strands held double, Summer Silk head scarf will be your best friend all summer long. The open, lacy stitch pattern offers plenty of breathability, while the picot edging creates a cute border. Extra long straps cascade down from underneath, completing the look of playful elegance.
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Pattern Info
Stitches: Ch, sl st, SC, Standing DC, DC
Yarn: WeCrochet’s Luminance (100% silk, 439yards/50g, one skein) held double
Hook: G/4mm, or size needed to obtain gauge
Sizes: Adult, size S/M (can be easily adjusted by adding an extra repeat or two!)
Gauge: 4 SC x 8 rows = 1” (gauge worked in SC only)
NOTES:
~ I like to wind my skein into a center-pull cake, and then use both the center and the outside strands held together. Some like to wind half the skein, cut, then wind the other half and use them like that. This is totally up to you!
~ For Summer Silk, I use a Standing Double Crochet (SDC) to start my DC rows. Here is a tutorial on how to do this, but if you’d rather use ch 3, that works too.
Let's Do It!
Pattern:
1) Ch 5 (counts as DC, ch 1, here and throughout,) (DC, ch 1, DC) in 1st ch. Turn. = 5 sts
2) (Standing DC, ch 1, DC) in first st, sk ch-1 sp, SC in next DC, (DC, ch 1, DC) in last st. Turn. = 7 sts
3) Ch 1, 2 SC in first st, sk ch-1 sp and next DC, (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in next SC, sk next DC and ch-1 sp, 2 SC in last st. Turn. = 9 sts
4) (Standing DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in first st, sk next SC and next DC and next ch-1 sp, SC in next (center) DC, sk next ch-1 sp and DC and SC, (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in last st. Turn. = 11 sts
5) (Standing DC, ch 1, DC) in first st, sk next ch-1 sp, SC in next DC, sk next ch-1 sp and DC, (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in next SC, sk next DC and ch-1 sp, SC in next DC, sk next ch-1 sp, (DC, ch 1, DC) in last st. Turn. =13 st
6) Ch 1, 2 SC in first st, *sk ch-1 sp and next DC, (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in next SC, sk next DC and ch-1 sp, SC in next st; rep from * to end, ending with 2SC in last st. Turn. = 15 st
7) (Standing DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in first st, sk next SC and next DC and next ch-1 sp, *SC in next (center) DC, sk next ch-1 sp and DC, (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in next st; rep from * to end, skipping the next to last SC and placing your last (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in final st. Turn. = 17 st
8) (Standing DC, ch 1, DC) in first st, sk next ch-1 sp, SC in next DC, sk next ch-1 sp and DC,* (DC, ch 1, DC, ch 1, DC) in next SC, sk next DC and ch-1 sp,, SC in next DC, sk next ch-1 sp and DC; rep from * to end, putting (DC, ch 1, DC) in last st. Turn. = 19 st
9-25) Rep Rows 6-8 five times, and then rows 6-7 once more. You should have a stitch count of 53.
Wrapping It Up
Now you will begin working in rounds.
1) Ch 1, SC around entire triangle, putting 3SC into each corner. Join to first SC with sl st.
2) Ch 1, SC in each stitch to first corner, (SC, ch 3, sl st in 1st ch, SC) down left side and up right side. Join with sl st. Cut yarn.
(If you have an extra stitch left over, it’s totally fine. Nobody will ever notice if you fudge it.)
Strap:
1) Ch 80, SC in first SC from last round and in each SC across front, ch 81. Turn.
2) Ch 1, SC in each ch and SC to end. Turn.
3) Ch 1, SC across to end. Turn.
Repeat Row 3 four more times. Cut yarn. Weave in ends.
All Finished!
And you’re finished! I sure hope you get as much use out of your Summer Silk kerchief as I’m getting out of mine. I’d love to see yours if you want to show it off! Just post a picture to social media and tag it #RowsAndRosesSummerSilk so we can all see what you did! Be sure to check out the other free patterns on my blog, as well as the patterns in my Ravelry shop. As always, if you need me, I’m only a click or two away.
Sati Glenn, owner and operator of Rows and Roses Fiberworks.
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