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MATERIAL:

1 skein Fingering Yarn 3 ply (1 oz. skein)
1 spool thin Tinsel (75 yd. spool)
1 pair knitting needles No. 3
1 steel crochet hook No. 7
1 66 inch string of pearls

GAUGE: 7 sts. = 1 inch

With No. 3 needles cast on 3 sts. and work in garter st. Incr. 1 st. at beg. of every row until there are 76 sts. on needle. Work even for 6 rows. K 2 tog. across next row. Neckpiece: change to ribbing K 1, P 1 and work for 10 rows. Opening: work across 19 sts., attach another ball of yarn and work rem. 19 sts. Work 12 rows like this, then connect the 2 sides again (break off 1 ball of yarn). Continue to work K 1, P 1 until neck piece measures 12 inch. all tog. Incr. 1 st. in each st. across next row (76 sts.) Change to garter st. and decr. 1 st. at beg. of each row until 3 sts. are left over. Bind off. Steam lightly.

FINISHING:

String about 168 pearls on tinsel. With No. 7 crochet hook and tinsel work 1 row of picots as shown on picture around each end of scarf, working in 1 pearl on top of each picot. Fasten off.

 

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