Front post row scarf crochet pattern
Intermediate · 1 color
Size: Standard Change size
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- Size
- About 7 × 60¼ in (18 × 153 cm)
- Skill
- IntermediatePost stitches
Size 4 choices · Standard is pictured
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Every stitch of every row is a front post double crochet, so the tops of each row are pushed to the back and stand out as a ridge on alternate sides. Thick, with strong crosswise ribs.
Gauge
14½ stitches and 7½ rows to 4 in (10 cm) in front post double crochet rows.
How to measure it
To count your gauge in the middle of the test piece: 15 stitches side by side are about 4.1 in (10.5 cm) wide, and 8 rows are about 4.3 in (10.8 cm) tall.
The pattern also stops you to measure after row 6.
Work a test square first (11 rows)
This piece is small enough to be its own test piece: you may skip the test piece, begin, and measure the width at the first place to stop.
If you do make a swatch, it is a test piece to measure and pull out, not the start of the pattern.
Gauge is counted over 4 in (10 cm), so make the swatch bigger than that: about 6 in (15 cm) each way, and count in the middle of it.
- Swatch foundationCh 24.
- Swatch row 1 (RS)Dc in 4th ch from hook (skipped chs count as dc) and in each ch across(22 dc)
- Swatch rows 2 to 11Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; FPdc around next 20 sts, dc in top of turning ch(2 dc, 20 FPdc)
For another width: how many chains to add
For another width, chain more or fewer: each chain adds one stitch to every row. Measure your own stitches to 4 in (10 cm) first.
Before you start
- The ch 3 at the start of a row counts as a dc. The last stitch of the next row is worked into the top of it.
- Row 1 is the right side.
- The number of rows is our estimate: yours may differ, and the length does not change the stitch count.
- Leave a tail of about 6 in (15 cm) when you begin, and weave it in at the end with the others.
Instructions
Size: Standard Change sizeUS termsUK terms
- The count at the end is what the row leaves.
- Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows
In UK terms dc is treble.
- FoundationCh 27.
- Row 1RSDc in 4th ch from hook (skipped chs count as dc) and in each ch acrossleaves (25 dc)
- Stop and measure when you have worked row 6.Width, across the middle of the rows and not along the chain edge: about 7 in (18 cm). If it is wider, start again with a smaller hook; if it is narrower, with a larger one. If only the chain edge is tight, make the chain with a larger hook.
- Rows 2 to 113Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; FPdc around next 23 sts, dc in top of turning chleaves (2 dc, 23 FPdc)Repeat until the piece measures about 60¼ in (153 cm): at our gauge that is row 113. Go by the tape measure, not the count.Next: row 2 of 113
- EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.
Finishing
- Weave in the ends.
- This pattern has no border, and every size given here is without one.
In all: 113 rows; 2,825 stitches; 2 ends to weave in.
