Welcome to Day 11 of my Winter Walk Scarf! It’s our penultimate day and as we think about heading home, today we realise that ‘you won’t fit that driftwood in the car’!! 😄
Driftwood is so beautiful and yes, we’ve found some huge pieces in the past as we’ve walked along the beach that we’ve been so temped to take home! But it can be oh so heavy! Driftwood can be used in so many wonderfully creative ways and one of my first published crochet designs incorporated a smaller piece of beautiful driftwood (that wasn’t too heavy to take home 😄!)…
But driftwood does provide a habitat for a variety of sea creatures so do check before you take any pieces home that there’s nothing living in or under the wood. The larger pieces provide a new home for beach dwelling creatures too… and of course it can become a welcome permanent feature on many beaches!
This photo was taken in Corfu back in 2019 – we stayed near this stunning beach and saw many people come and go and use this driftwood as a little seat… I wonder if it’s still there now?!
Last year, during my ‘Picnic on the Beach Blanket‘ crochet-along I found this heart shaped piece whilst making videos to accompany the crochet-along… and yes, this piece did come home with us!
So our crochet stitches today, with long chains between the stitches, resemble the big pieces of driftwood we might come across on our winter walk! It’s an easy going repetitive stitch pattern that provides a lovely drape, just perfect in our scarves…
And yet again, I’ve absolutely loved looking through all your progress photos… I’m amazed each day at the variety of scarves being crocheted! 😍 And today we have some guests… four legged friends appear, as well as willing models! 😁😍
The first grid is from photos shared over on Instagram and the second grid is from photos shared in the Facebook Group
The scarves are getting long aren’t they!? It will of course depend on the yarn you’ve used, hook size and then good old tension that can be so hugely different between people. And we will be adding a side edging to neaten the sides, so don’t worry if yours are a little wobbly! 😄
As a reminder, my original scarf using 4 ply yarn measures approximately 210cm x 20cm (83in x 8in). And my DK version measures approximately 250cm x 28cm (98in x 11in). The DK version is particularly big but oh so cosy when wrapped around a couple of times…
For those of you who have purchased the printer friendly pattern on Ravelry it has now been updated to include Day 11: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winter-walk-scarf
And thanks as always to Kirstyn from ‘Miss Moffatt Yarns’ who provided all the inspiration I needed for this scarf through her beautiful yarns… 😍
Happy Crocheting… and I look forward to sharing the grand finale with you tomorrow! If you’ve got this far, then thank you so much for reading… 💙💙💙
The Pattern
Day 11 – You won’t fit that Driftwood in the Car!
Row 209 (WS) 5ch (counts as 1 tr and 2 ch), 1dc in first ch-sp, 3ch, tr3tog in next ch-sp, (3ch, 1dc in next ch-sp, 3ch, tr3tog in next ch-sp) to final ch-sp, 1tr in final st, turn.
Row 210 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1dc in first st, 3ch, tr3tog in first ch-sp, (3ch, 1dc in next ch-sp, 3ch, tr3tog in next ch-sp) seven times, 3ch, miss final ch-sp, 1dc in 3rdch of the beginning 5 ch made at start of previous row, re-join with Yarn J at final yoh of last st, do not fasten off Yarn K but continue with Yarn J in Row 211, turn. [49 sts]
Row 211 (WS) 3ch (counts as first tr), (2tr in next ch-sp, 1dc in top of next cluster, 2tr in next ch-sp, 1dtr in next dc st) to end, turn. [49 sts]
Row 212 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1dc in each st to end, re-join with Yarn K at final yoh of last st, do notfasten off Yarn J but continue with Yarn K in Row 213, turn. [49 sts]
Row 213 (WS) 3ch (counts as first tr), 1tr in each st to end, do not fasten off Yarn K, remove hook from loop of final st and insert a stitch marker to secure it. [49 sts]
Row 214 (WS) Keep WS facing and go back to beginning of Row 213, re-join Yarn J into top of beginning 3 ch, 1ch (does not count as st), 1htr in same place, (2ch, miss 2 sts, 1htr in next st) to end, re-join with Yarn K at final yoh of last st, fasten off Yarn J, turn. [17 sts and 16 ch-sps]
Row 215 (RS) 3ch (counts as first tr), (2tr in next ch-sp, 1tr in next st) to end, turn. [49 sts]
Row 216 (WS) 3ch (counts as first tr), 1tr in next st, (3ch, miss 3 sts, 1tr in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, miss 3 sts, 1tr in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Row 217 1ch (does not count as st), 1dc in each of next 2 sts, (3ch, miss 3 ch, 1dc in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, miss 3 ch, 1dc in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Row 218 Repeat Row 217
Row 219 3ch (counts as first tr), 1tr in next st, (3ch, miss 3 ch, 1tr in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, miss 3 ch, 1tr in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Rows 220 – 240 Repeat Rows 217 – 219 seven times
At the end of Row 240 join with Yarn L at the end of the final st, do not fasten off Yarn K.
Pattern in US Terms
Day 11 – You won’t fit that Driftwood in the Car!
Row 209 (WS) 5ch (counts as 1 dc and 2 ch), 1sc in first ch-sp, 3ch, dc3tog in next ch-sp, (3ch, 1sc in next ch-sp, 3ch, dc3tog in next ch-sp) to final ch-sp, 1dc in final st, turn.
Row 210 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1sc in first st, 3ch, dc3tog in first ch-sp, (3ch, 1sc in next ch-sp, 3ch, dc3tog in next ch-sp) seven times, 3ch, skip final ch-sp, 1sc in 3rdch of the beginning 5 ch made at start of previous row, re-join with Yarn J at final yoh of last st, do not fasten off Yarn K but continue with Yarn J in Row 211, turn. [49 sts]
Row 211 (WS) 3ch (counts as first dc), (2dc in next ch-sp, 1sc in top of next cluster, 2dc in next ch-sp, 1tr in next sc st) to end, turn. [49 sts]
Row 212 (RS) 1ch (does not count as st), 1sc in each st to end, re-join with Yarn K at final yoh of last st, do notfasten off Yarn J but continue with Yarn K in Row 213, turn. [49 sts]
Row 213 (WS) 3ch (counts as first dc), 1dc in each st to end, do not fasten off Yarn K, remove hook from loop of final st and insert a stitch marker to secure it. [49 sts]
Row 214 (WS) Keep WS facing and go back to beginning of Row 213, re-join Yarn J into top of beginning 3 ch, 1ch (does not count as st), 1hdc in same place, (2ch, skip 2 sts, 1hdc in next st) to end, re-join with Yarn K at final yoh of last st, fasten off Yarn J, turn. [17 sts and 16 ch-sps]
Row 215 (RS) 3ch (counts as first dc), (2dc in next ch-sp, 1dc in next st) to end, turn. [49 sts]
Row 216 (WS) 3ch (counts as first dc), 1dc in next st, (3ch, skip 3 sts, 1dc in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, skip 3 sts, 1dc in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Row 217 1ch (does not count as st), 1sc in each of next 2 sts, (3ch, skip 3 ch, 1sc in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, skip 3 ch, 1sc in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Row 218 Repeat Row 217
Row 219 3ch (counts as first dc), 1dc in next st, (3ch, skip 3 ch, 1dc in each of next 3 sts) seven times, 3ch, skip 3 ch, 1dc in each of next 2 sts, turn.
Rows 220 – 240 Repeat Rows 217 – 219 seven times
At the end of Row 240 join with Yarn L at the end of the final st, do not fasten off Yarn K.
