Hump Day Hookerry -Crochet Cable Two

Crochet Cables

The first "Crochet Cable Two Square Pattern" is complete the weather has been horrible for taking pictures, but I'll share a better one with y'all on a better day...I am positive that blocking 20 squares is in my near future

Five Strand Braided Scarf

The Five Strand Braided Scarf (This was a start, I plan on making a thicker, wider one using chunkier yarn later, that one I will try to take pics of the progress and make a tutorial)

I used size I hook

First you make 5 crochet strips

Each one Chain 220 (or desired length)

turn 2nd chain from hook start your hdc

make 2 rows of hdc's ---- all the way down turn all the way back

and bind off

you don't have to bind off  the last strip you make you can start the hdc strip to connect all strips together

 connect all five together with hdc across the tops (which would be the ends) make sure all the strips are lying flat--- not on top of each other

braid all 5 strands together "loosely"   and keep the strands flat well braiding it looks tricky and the strands get tangled but once you get used to it, it will go rather quickly than lay flat the other ends and connect with hdc just like the top... don't bind off...  turn the two ends of the braids to meet each other "make sure it's not twisted" and stitch together with a needle and yarn or chain stitch together with hook and bind off  weave in any ends and wah- lah you have a cool scarf

**watch a video on how to braid 5 strands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZbERIxwP7Y or you can look at this tutorial http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/06/repurposing-tshirts-into-5-strand-braided-headbands.html  don't worry about it if you don't like these ..do a google search and find a tutorial you like there is a million out there on how to braid 5 strands