Noelle Stiles

2016

Aberdeen Castle Cable Scarf

Designed By Noelle Stiles

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Materials
2 skeins of Madelinetosh Twist Light, color: Shire (420 yards per skein)

Supplies
3.5 mm Crochet Hook

Scarf Dimensions:
3.25 inches wide and 57 inches long (4.7 feet) (excluding tassels)

Gauge:
5 dc in 1 inch wide, and 2 dc rows in 1 inch tall

Abbreviations and Terminology
Single Crochet (sc) (moves right to left)

Double Crochet (dc)

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Double Crochet Front Post Stitch (FPS): Yarn over, insert hook around next stitch (insert
from front to back, and then back to front), yarn over and pull through, yarn over, pull
through 1 loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) twice.
Note: This is an extended version of the traditional post-stitch. A regular post-stitch will also
work but your work will be a little tighter.

Double Crochet Back Post Stitch (BPS): Yarn over, insert hook around next stitch (insert
from back to front, and then front to back), yarn over and pull through, yarn over, pull
through 1 loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) twice.
Note: This is an extended version of the traditional post-stitch. A regular post-stitch will also
work but your work will be a little tighter.

Triple Crochet Front Post Stitch (TFPS): Yarn over twice, insert hook around next stitch
(insert from front to back, and then back to front), yarn over and pull through, yarn over,
pull through 1 loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) 3 times.
Note: This is an extended version of the traditional post-stitch. A regular post-stitch will also
work but your work will be a little tighter.

Triple Crochet Back Post Stitch (TBPS): Yarn over twice, insert hook around next stitch
(insert from back to front, and then front to back), yarn over and pull through, yarn over,
pull through 1 loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) 3 times.
Note: This is an extended version of the traditional post-stitch. A regular post-stitch will also
work but your work will be a little tighter.

Braid Stitch 1 (BS1): Skip two stitches, TFPS in next two stitches, TFPS in the skipped
stitches. Note: the TFPS in the skipped stitches should be worked in front of the first two
TFPS. (four crossed stitches)

Braid Stitch 2 (BS2): Skip two stitches, TFPS in next two stitches, TFPS in the skipped
stitches. Note: the TFPS in the skipped stitches should be worked behind of the first two
TFPS. (four crossed stitches)

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Scarf Pattern:

Scarf Diagram:
15

14
13

12
Repeat this
section

11
10
9
8
7
6
5

3
2
1
Direction of crochet on even rows

Front Post Double Crochet

Double Crochet
Single Crochet

Back Post Double Crochet

Cable: all stitches are treble
post stitch)
Cable: all stitches are treble
post stitch)
Note: Bold Stitches are in front of other stitches

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Scarf Written Instructions:

Note: This scarf transitions between two different sets of cables and therefore occasionally
sc will need to be moved and cable stitches will bridge across sc (skipping those sc) in the
previous row. A couple of things to keep in mind:
Post-stitches will always be continued from row to row, a post-stitch is never
dropped from the design.
The number of post-stitch should always be the same from row to row, whether
they are within a cable or standing alone.
Try to be careful to distinguish between the two braid stitches.
There may be extra sc in some rows compared to others. This is to maintain the
width of the scarf when the number of cable stitches varies from row to row.

Scarf Overall Written Instructions
Row 1: Chain 29 (including starting loop), dc in forth chain from hook, and dc across
(26 dc, 1 chain)

Row 2: Chain 2, turn, sc, sc, BS1, sc, sc, BS1, sc, sc, BS1, sc, sc, BS1, sc, sc.

Row 3: Chain 2, turn, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS,
BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc.

Row 4: Chain 2, turn, sc, skip a sc, FPS, FPS, add two scs between the next two stitches,
[BS2 in the next four post-stitches ignoring the scs between, add two scs between the next
two stitches]. Repeat [ ] two times. FPS, FPS, skip a sc, sc.

Row 5: Chain 2, turn, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc,
sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, sc.

Row 6: Chain 2, turn, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, skip a sc, FPS, FPS, add two scs between the next two
stitches, [BS1 in the next four post-stitches ignoring the scs between, add two scs between
the next two stitches]. Repeat [ ] one time. FPS, FPS, skip a sc, sc, FPS, FPS, sc.

Row 7: Chain 2, turn, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS,
BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, BPS, BPS, sc.

Row 8: Chain 2, turn, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, sc, FPS, FPS, add two scs between the
next two stitches, BS2 in the next four post-stitches ignoring the scs between, add two scs
between the next two stitches. FPS, FPS, sc, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, FPS, FPS, sc.

Row 9: Chain 2, turn, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, BPS, BPS,
sc, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, sc, BPS, BPS, sc, BPS, BPS, sc.

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Row 10: Chain 2, turn, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, FPS, FPS, sc, sc, BS1 in the next four post-stitches
ignoring the scs between, add two scs between the next two stitches, BS1 in the next four
post-stitches ignoring the scs between, sc, sc. FPS, FPS, sc, FPS, FPS, sc.

Row 11: Repeat row 7.

Row 12: Chain 2, turn, sc, FPS, FPS, sc twice in the next sc, [BS2 in the next four poststitches ignoring the scs between, add two scs between the next two stitches]. Repeat [ ]
one time. BS2 in the next four post-stitches ignoring the scs between, sc twice in the next
sc, FPS, FPS, sc.

Row 13: Repeat row 5.

Row 14: Chain 2, turn, sc twice in the next sc, [BS1 in the next four post-stitches ignoring
the scs between, add two scs between the next two stitches]. Repeat [ ] two times. BS1 in
the next four post-stitches ignoring the scs between, sc twice in the next sc.

Row 15: Repeat row 3.

Repeat Row 4 Row 15 until the scarf is the desired length (I repeated it 19 times)

Tie off Yarn.

Tassel Edging*:
1. Cut yarn segments (seven segments per tassel) about six inches in length.
2. Align the seven segments (1 tassel) and fold them in half.
3. Take the loop at the half mark of the tassels and insert it in the scarf edge (from the
front of the scarf to the back).
4. Take the ends of the yarn segments and pull them through the loop (pull tight).
5. Place nine tassels on each end of the scarf, equally spaced.
6. Trim tassel ends to make them even.

* If the tassel making is confusing, additional tutorials can be found online (search for scarf fringe
tutorial in Google and videos and tutorials will pop up).

Weave in any loose yarn ends.