Haptical Scarf
Haptical refers to the sense of touch, and this lovely design has different textures in its solid and open sections. An innovative design by Tanja Osswald, based on the famous knit Clapotis from knitty.com. This scarf looks similar, but of course, transferring knitted looks into crochet makes the actual pattern something totally different. Plus, this scarf is rectangular.
Materials:
200 - 300g of sock yarn (420m/ 100g)
3mm crochet hook
Gauge
Not important, but keep in mind that one eesc row should be about as high as the esc rows plus sc row between.
Finished size - Model is 16" (40cm) x 47" (120cm).
It can be made into a shawlette by making it wider and longer.
Special stitches
Extended sc (esc): Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over, draw loop through, yarn over, draw through one loop, yarn over, draw through both loops.
Elongated esc (eesc): Similar to making an esc, but draw the first loop long, so you have a loop of about 1 1/2" (3-4cm) in length (about four rows of esc in height). These sts are rather floppy, so in the pattern you always work one ch after each eesc to secure the sts.
Increase eesc: [(eesc, ch) 3 times, eesc] into the same stitch
Increase eesc at the beginning of a row: Replace the first eesc by pulling the loop of the turning chain to the size wanted.
Decrease eesc: (draw up loop, yarn over, skip next st) 3 times, draw up loop, yarn over, pull through all four loops
Decrease eesc at the beginning of a row: Instead of drawing up the first loop, pull the loop of the turning ch to the size wanted, treat this as the first loop of the decrease eesc.
Scarf
Increase section
Ch 2
Row 1: esc2 into second ch from hook, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: esc2 in each stitch, ch, turn.
Row 3: esc2 in first stitch, esc across till the last st, esc2 into last st, ch 1, turn. (6 sts)
Row 4: Repeat row 3 (8 sts),
Row 5: Increase eesc, ch, (eesc, ch) across till the last st, increase eesc into the last stitch, ch, turn. Note: This row will be rather long and floppy; the chains between the eesc are needed to secure the stitches. They will be decreased in the next row.
Row 6: (sc into eesc, sc into next ch-1 space) 3 times, *sc2tog over next eesc and and next ch-1 space, rep from * to last 7 sts, sc into each eesc and each ch-1 space to end, ch 1, turn. (20 sts)
Rows 7 - 10: 2 Esc in first st, esc across to last st, esc2 in last st, ending with 28 sts.
Repeat from Row 5 to Row 10 until the piece is of desired width (one of the short sides of the triangles is the width of your scarf/ shawlette).
Diagonal section
Row 1: sc2tog over first eesc and first ch-1 space, (sc into eesc, sc into next ch-1 space) 2 times, *sc2tog over next eesc and next ch-1 space, rep from * across to last 7 sts, sc into each eesc and each ch-1space to end, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: esc2 in first st, esc across to last 2 st, sc2tog, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: esc2tog over first 2 sts, esc across to last st, esc2 in last st, ch 1, turn.
Row 4: repeat Row 2
Row 5: repeat Row 3
Row 6: Increase eesc, ch, *eesc, ch, rep from * across to last 7 sts, decrease eesc to end, ch 1, turn.
Repeat Row 1 to Row 6 until the increase side of the scarf is of the desired length.
Decrease section
Row 1: sc2tog over first eesc and first ch-1 space, (sc into eesc, sc into next ch-1 space) 2 times, *sc2tog over next eesc and next ch, rep from * across to last 7 sts, (sc into next eesc, sc into next ch-1space) 2 times, sc into next eesc, sc2tog over next ch-1sp and last eesc, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: esc2tog over the first two sts, esc across, esc2tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row 3-5: repeat Row 2
Row 6: decrease eesc, *eesc, ch, rep from * across to last 7 sts, decrease eesc to end, ch 1, turn.
Row 7: sc3tog over first eesc, first ch-1 space and next eesc, *sc2tog over next ch-1 space and next eesc, rep from * across to last 3 sts, sc3tog over next to last eesc, last ch-1 space and last eesc, ch 1, turn.
Repeat Rows 2-7 until all sts are used up. Fasten off and secure ends.
If you want to use up all your yarn, it is advisable to weigh the scarf after the increase section, to give you an estimate of how much yarn you will need to finish it at the end. If you start with full skeins, you can note how many rows you got from the first skein (= increase section plus rows of the diagonal section), and reverse the count at the end of the scarf (= same number of rows of the diagonal section plus decrease section).