Diamond stole

I was trying to crochet a shrug but it came out much too long so here is a stole instead.


DIAMOND


Hook: 3mm

Yarn: Antibacterial Magic by Ice Yarns or other sport weight or 6-ply yarn

This project uses approximately 700 meters/650 grams of yarn

Stole Dimensions: 10" wide x 90" long

Instructions:

Ch 160 +6 (count as dc, ch 2) (or make foundation chain in multiples of 8 +6; this establishes the length of the stole)

Row 1: 5 dc in 10th ch fr hook, *ch 2, sk 3 ch, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk 3 ch, 5 dc in next ch, rep fr * across, ending with ch 2, dc in last ch; ch 4 (count as dc, ch 1), turn.

Row 2: Dc in first dc, *ch 1, dc in each of second, third and fourth dc of 5-dc group, ch 1, sk 2-ch sp, in next dc make (dc, ch 3, dc), rep fr * across, ending with ch 1, dc in each of  second, third and fourth dc of 5-dc group, ch 1, sk 2 ch sp, in last dc make (dc, ch 1, dc), ch 3 (count as dc), turn.

Row 3: 2 dc in first ch sp, *ch 2, dc in middle dc of 3-dc group, ch 2, 5 dc in next 3-ch sp, rep fr * across, ending with ch 2, dc in middle dc of 3-ch group, ch 2, sk next ch sp, 3 dc in last ch sp; ch 3, turn.

Row 4: Sk first dc, dc in next dc, *ch 1, sk 2 ch sp, in next dc make (dc, ch 3, dc), ch 1, sk 2 ch sp, dc in each of second, third and fourth dc of next 5-dc group, rep fr * across, ending with ch 1, sk 2 ch sp, in next dc make (dc, ch 3, dc), ch 1, sk next dc, dc in each of last 2 dc, ch 5 (count as dc, ch 2), turn.

Row 5: In first 3-ch sp make 5 dc, *ch 2, dc in middle dc of next 3-dc group, ch 2, 5 dc in next 3-ch sp, rep fr * across ending with ch 2, dc in last dc; ch 4 (count as dc, ch 1), turn.

Rows 6-22: Rep rows 2-5 to make 22 rows or until scarf measures 10" wide. Do not fasten off, working on the right side, work the trim all around the scarf as follows:


Work evenly in each st along the length of the scarf (5 sc, picot), 2 sc ch 2, 2 sc in last st at the corner to turn, then work along the rows of the scarf as follows: work evenly 3 sc in each row with picot worked after every 5 sc. Continue all around the scarf, fasten off.