I used this scarf as my travel project for my Wisconsin trip. I originally purchased the yarn over a year ago thinking I would use a double-ended crochet technique (crochet knit) involving this yarn and some dark brown handspun alpaca. After additional consideration, I decided not to use the alpaca.

I tried a true crochet-knit technique, and I just didn’t like the results. What I settled is really a Tunisian or Afghan crochet using alternating ends of a circular crochet hook.

Close-up picture of the stitch pattern showing the Afghan or Tunisian crochet modified by using alternate ends of a double-ended crochet hook.

I used two skeins of yarn, as in a crochet-knit technique. However, the stitch I used was actually closer to an afghan or tunisian pattern. However, instead of working this pattern with only one strand and one end of the crochet hook, I turned the work each time I completed the pattern. With all the loops on the hook, change ends, and crochet all the loops off. Using that same end of the hook, work all the loops back on. Turn the work, change ends of the hook, and repeat.

Yarn is Rowan tapestry. I used two balls of color 170, Country, and about half a ball of color 172, Pot Pourri. I started one end using country for both strands, worked the middle section with one strand of each color, then finished by working the other end with country – eventually getting one of my two strands from the center of yarn and the other from the outside of the same ball as I ran out of yarn.

The scarf is very pretty. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I like the pattern. I think the colors worked better than if I had attempted to use the solid, dark brown, alpaca as a ground color. The stitch is something I want to try with alpaca once I spin the right yarn. I think this stitch would work particularly well with suri. I’ll make something like this again.