Jana's Scarf - free pattern

My sister has a foreign exchange student staying with her from Germany. I wanted to do something special for her before she leaves to go home.
 So I designed her a scarf in Germany's colors. I am really hoping she likes it.


 Plus being in the mood of doing something special I thought I would share the pattern with all of you.
 I did not give an ending row count simply because each person has their own preference in scarf length. I will leave that up to you.
Enjoy

 Jana's Scarf


Type- Crochet
Difficulty- advanced beginner to intermediate




Material's needed
3 colors of red heart or any other WW yarn. I used Black,Red and Gold (though Yellow is often substituted in the German colors)
I hook




Terms used- 
DC- double crochet
FPDC- front post double crochet
BPDC- back post double crochet
SK- skip
ST- stitch
SP- space
SL ST- slip stitch
CH- chain




Special instructions- Each row is began with a ch3 which is ALWAYS your first dc
FAN- 5 dc in the same st
V ST - dc,ch1,dc in same st
Half fan- 3 dc in same st


Color changes will occur after every 3 rows with the exception of first and last 4 fpdc/bpdc rows


With BLACK ch 27
Row 1- 25 dc across
Row 2- alternate fpdc and bpdc across
Row 3- alternate bpdc and fpdc across
Row 4- alternate fpdc and bpdc across
Color change RED
Row 5-  half fan in first st,* sk 3 st,V st in next st, sk 3 st, fan in next st  repeat from * end with a half fan
Row 6- V st in first st,* fan in ch 1 sp, V st in 3rd dc of fan  repeat from * end in Vst
Row 7- sl st (loosely) in ch1 sp,half fan in ch 1 sp,* V st in 3rd dc of fan,fan in ch 1 sp  repeat from * end in half fan
Color change GOLD
Row 8 to ? (however long you wish to make the scarf) Repeat rows 6&7
Don't forget to color change after every 3 rows
Last 4 rows- dc across making 25 dc. Depending on which row you end on you will need to add 2 or 3 dc at some point across this row. Inside a ch1 space works well for me.
Work 3 rows of alternating fpdc and bpdc like you did for rows 2,3 and 4
Finish off and weave in all ends







As always feel free to ask any questions or leave any comments or suggestions.

 I would love to see your finished scarves and color choices.