Rainbow Diamond scarf

Intro

A mix of rainbow colours with cream – always a good combination. The scarf is oversied in length and very eye catching. Stylecraft yarn at its best.

The pattern is written in both USA and UK terminology of which the UK terminology is in bold.

Instructions

Yarn

Stylecraft batik sb

Stylecraft Batik swirl sbs

Stylecraft special dk  ss

Stylecraft Life DK - Cream (2305) Main colour MC

Substitute yarn: any dk yarn would be suitable as substitute.

Yarnage:

200g off white colour Main colour

30g of the rest colours.

Yarn

In the text

Stylecraft batik

SB

Old Gold (1902)

Yellow sb

Coral (1903)

Coral sb

Raspberry (1905)

Raspberry sb

Heather (1906)

Plum sb

Teal (1909)

Teal sb

Indigo (1914)

Indigo sb

Stylecraft Batik Swirl

SBS

Poppy Field (3734) 

we use only the green colour

Green sbs

Forest (3737) – we use only the purple colour

Purple sBs

Tropical Flowers (3780) – we use only the red/orange colour  

Red sbs

Stylecraft Special DK

SS

Plum (1061)

Plum ss

Saffron (1081)

Yellow ss

Denim (1302)

Denim ss

Petrol (1708)

Petrol ss

Boysenberry (1828)

Berry ss

French Navy (1854)

Navy ss

Proper Purple (1855)

Purple ss

Magenta (1084)

Magenta  ss

Shrimp (1132)

Coral ss

Claret (1123)

Dark red ss

Lipstick (1246) 

Red ss

Bottle (1009) 

Green ss

Grass Green (1821)

Light green ss

Hook used

4.5mm

Tension/ gauge

10cmx10cm / 4’x4’

A single square motif measures 36 cm (14in) by 12 cm (4.7in) using a 4.5 mm hook, or size needed to obtain correct tension. The tension is not critical for this project but it might affect the yarn quantities required.

Stitches used

Stitch

USA Terminology

UK Terminology

Dc/tc

Double crochet dc

Treble crochet tc

Ch

Chain ch

Chain ch

Hdc/htc

Half double crochet hdc

Half treble crochet htc

Picot  

Make sc, ch 5, sl st into the same st

Sl st into the next 4 st

Make dc, ch 5, sl st into the same st

Sl st into the next 4 st

Slip stitch

Slip st

Sl stitch