Crocodile Smile Knitted Scarf

I knitted a Crocodile Smile scarf to donate ... I found the free pattern at Snufflebean Yarn.

Stitches:

• k – knit stitch 
• kfb – knit front back 
• k2togtbl – knit 2 together through the back loops

I used a Caron Anniversary Cake Special Edition (the colour is Jewels and Jolly) and 6.5mm needles.

• Make a slipknot and place it on your left hand needle. 
• Row 1: kfb. Turn.
• Row 2: knit until 1 stitch remains, kfb. Turn.
• Repeat row 2 until you have 30 stitches on your needles.

Diamond decrease section:

• Row 1: knit until 2 stitches remain. k2togtbl. Turn.
• Repeat row 1 until you have 15 stitches on your needle

Diamond increase section:

• Row 1: knit until 1 stitch remains, kfb. Turn.
• Repeat row 1 until you have 30 stitches on your needles.
• Alternate between increase and decrease sections until your scarf is almost the desired length (I worked a total of 11 diamonds). 

Final decrease section:

• Row 1: knit until 2 stitches remain, k2togtbl.
• Final row: k2togtbl, break yarn and cast off by pulling tail through final loop and pulling tight.

This scarf can be adapted and changed to suit the weight of yarn you are working with or the size of diamond you want. Thicker yarn will want less stitches and thinner yarn will need more. The golden rule is that your shortest section should be half your widest section and the widest stitch count always needs to be divisible by 2, so as long as you maintain that ratio your scarf will work.