An Attractive and Unusual Scarf - 1937

I know it's early in the year but so far this is my favorite. It took me a while to figure it out and I still got one part wrong but I still love it.

I found this scarf on Ravelry by searching for scarves that were originally published before 1970. The entry sent me to an Australian newspaper archive. You can see the pattern in that archive here. The article had the text written out so I didn't have to try to decipher the tiny print even if I did have to decipher the terms they use.

This pattern asks for:

• 6 ounces of 3-ply wool in three different colors (I used fingering weight)
• A number 12 "Stratnold" crochet hook (I used a 2.75 mm hook)

It even gives finished measurements and a gauge (that they call tension). I came pretty close to those in the final version but it took a few tries to get there.

​Row two was hard to read and difficult for me to understand. "2nd row: Work first pattern in loop following the part of pattern, then work a pattern into each loop after each pattern, finishing first st of pattern into loop of last pattern." They use loop a lot to mean different things and I knew after the first section was done that it wouldn't give me that scalloped look when I got to the alternating color section. Fortunately for me, someone else on Ravelry made this scarf and I took a very close look at their version and figured out where I went I wrong. I was just doing the stitch pattern across all of the stitches and not doing the pattern in just one stitch or loop. Once I figured that out this went pretty quickly.

Here's the my version. I ran out of the light blue yarn so I finished it off with a last row in gray.

Can you tell what my other mistake was? The two openings were supposed to be next to each other but again, the text was confusing. If I'd looked at the photo again I think I would have done it right but it still works the way it was intended to. Even though this was wool I decided not to block it. It's pretty evenly stitched already and I didn't want to stretch it out. The dense fabric makes it a little warmer.

Criteria:
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Is the pattern easy to understand? Not really.
If there is a gauge, could I match it? Yes.
Does it look like the photo (or illustration in this case)? Yes.
Would someone wear this? Yes.
Did I enjoy making it? Yes.

That gives this one a 4 out of 5. 


Next week we'll head to 1980!