SPECIAL OLYMPICS MOTIF SCARF

SIZE: Approximately 5 X 56

NOTES:
1. Read through instructions before starting.
2. To make longer or shorter, make fewer or more motifs.

MATERIALS:
Red Heart Super Saver Cherry Red and White 3.5 ounces total
Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
Tapestry needle


INSTRUCTIONS:

MOTIF 1
Round 1: Ch 7, join with a slipstitch in first chain to form ring. Ch 1, 16 sc in ring, join with a slipstitch in first sc. (16 sc)

Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch 1), *dc, ch 1 in next st. Repeat from * around. Join with a slip st in 3rd chain of chain 4. (16 dc, 16 ch 1 spaces)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st as join, 2 sc in ch 1 sp, *sc in dc, 2 sc in ch 1 sp. Repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (48 sc)

Round 4: Ch 3, 4 dc in same st as join, skip 2 sts, sc in next st, *skip 2 sts, 5 dc in next st, skip 2 sts sc in next st. Repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in ch 3. (8 5 dc shells)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

MOTIFS 2-12
Round 1: Ch 7, join with a slipstitch in first chain to form ring. Ch 1, 16 sc in ring, join with a slipstitch in first sc. (16 sc)

Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch 1), *dc, ch 1 in next st (don’t go into the same st as join). Repeat from * around. Join with a slip st in 3rd chain of chain 4. (16 dc, 16 ch 1 spaces)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st as join, 2 sc in ch 1 sp, *sc in dc, 2 sc in ch 1 sp. Repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in first sc. (48 sc)

Round 4: Ch 3, 4 dc in same st as join, skip 2 sts, sc in next st. Skip 2 sts, 3 dc in next st, remove hook from loop and place through center st of the shell of motif you are joining, pull loop through, yarn over and complete dc in same st as the 3 dc, dc in same st. Skip 2 sts, sc in next st, skip 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, remove hook from loop and place through center st of the shell of the motif you are joining, pull loop through the st, yarn over and complete dc in same st as the 2 dc, 2 dc in same st. Skip 2 sts, sc in next st, *skip 2 sts, 5 dc in next st, skip 2 sts sc in next st. Repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in ch 3.

Fasten off and weave in ends.