Alternating V-Stitch Infinity Scarf

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One of my favorite things to make with striped cake type yarns, like Lion Brand Mandala or Caron Cakes, etc., is infinity scarfs. The long color changes give the scarves a color blocked look. I feel like the abrupt color changes are not as noticeable as they are in something larger and flatter like a blanket. For this scarf I used Lion Brand Mandala Sparkle in Aquarius.

I made this particular scarf as a gift and I wanted something that was going to be a little more open stitch pattern, something that would be more of a spring scarf. 

I decided on a v-stitch but I wanted to do it a little different that the traditional v-stitch where you work the v's into the v's of the row below. On this scarf I instead separated the v's with chain stitches and then on the next row I worked into the center chain. This gives an open, almost mesh-like fabric to the scarf.

How to Crochet the Alternating V-Stitch Infinity Scarf

You will need:

• 1 cake Lion Brand Mandala Sparkle in Aquarius (you will use about 1/2 depending on how long you make your scarf)
• I crochet hook (5.5mm)
• yarn needle 
• scissors

Instructions:

ch 31 

Row 1: (dc, ch 1, dc) in the 5th ch from the hook [skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch] repeat until there are only 2 ch left, skip next ch, dc in last ch 

Row 2: ch 6 (counts as first dc plus ch 3), skip first v stitch, [work a v-stitch (dc, ch 1, dc) in center ch of ch 3, skip next v-stitch] repeat to the end, ending with a ch 3 and a dc in the last stitch

Row 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc), skip first ch, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch, [skip next v-stitch and ch after, work a v-stitch (dc, ch 1, dc) in the center ch] repeat until end, ending with a dc in the last stitch

Repeat rows 2 and 3 ending with a row 2

Stitch the 2 short ends together to make a circle

You may need to block the scarf to open up the stitch pattern