Easy Crocheted Scarf Using a Minimal Amount of Yarn

     My sister recently presented me with some soft, cuddly blue yarn that she bought in one of those fancy yarn shops.  She asked me to make a scarf.  This yarn, manufactured for Classic Elite Yarns was called Chateau.  It's fiber content was 70% alpaca and 30% bamboo viscose. The problem was that Sis, acting on the advice of the sales clerk, had purchased only two hanks of yarn. Each hank was 50 grams or 1.76 ounces.  The two hanks totaled only 3.52 ounces or the equivalent of one skein of common, everyday Red Heart.  I tried to find additional yarn, but the color was on back order at two yarn stores and at the internet sites I checked.  Besides that, the dye lots would not have matched.  What to do?
     While working at the Smithville Mansion Christmas Boutique, I found a cute scarf in inventory.  After staring at it for a while, I figured out the pattern.  I was able to make a scarf, and I even had a tiny ball of yarn left over.

     Here are the directions:

     J hook and H hook
     3.5 ounces of soft (bulky is good, too) yarn

     Ch 120 st with the J hook.
     Switch to the H hook.
     In the second ch from the hook, sc for 119 st.
     Dc the next row.
     Sc the next row.
     Dc the next row.
     Next row sc for 31 st or 10 inches.  Then ch 8 st to make a "button hole."
     Skip 8 dc on the row below and rejoin the yarn.  Sc 80 st to the end of the row.
     Dc next row.
     Sc next row.
     Dc next row.
     Sc next row.
     The scarf body is finished.

     To make the edge:
     Shell around (5 dc in st below, skip 2, sc in st below, skip 2, 5 dc in st below).
     The finished scarf should be 42"-43".  It is almost 5" wide.

     Wear the scarf by laying it around your neck and slipping the long end through the "button hole."  It will provide enough coverage and warmth to keep chills out.