basket weave crochet neckwarmer

I decided to have a play around with some crochet to see if I could rustle up a quick neckwarmer design and this is what I came up with. I do plan to write this pattern up.

You can find the pattern here at favecrafts (or reproduced below). note, the instructions are for american stitches, but you can easily convert them using this chart

Materials:

• Approx 100g DK yarn
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• 3 buttons

Approx gauge 11 stitches and 6 rows to 2”
Stitches need (US stitches)
Chain (ch), single crochet (sc), double crochet (dc), front post double crochet (FPDC), back post double crochet (BPDC)

Stitch explanations
FPDC : yarn over hook, insert hook behind stitch below : go from the front of the work, behind the stitch and back out to the front of the work so you are crocheting around the post of the stitch. Yarn over, pull through, finish as a normal double crochet
BPDC: similar to FPDC but go from the back of the work around the front of the stitch.

Pattern
Chain 30
DC in 4th chain from hook (counts as a dc) dc in next 27 ch. (28 stitches)
ROW 1: Ch2 (counts as a stitch) FPDC round 2nd 3rd and 4th stitches * BPDC next 4 stitch, FPDC next 4 stitch. Repeat from * to end
ROW 2 Ch2 (counts as a stitch) BPDC round 2nd 3rd and 4th stitches * FPDC next 4 stitch, BPDC next 4 stitch. Repeat from * to end
Repeat row 1

Repeat the sequence
ROW 1
ROW 2
ROW 1
20 times.
Then repeat row 1
Next row : buttonhole row a: ch 2 BPDC x3 (FPDCx4, BPDCx4) twice. FPDCx1 ch2 fPDCx1 BPDCx4
Next row: button hole row b : ch2 FPDCx3 BPDCx1 sc into chain space x2,BPDCx1 (FPDCx4, BPDCx4) twice

Repeat rows 1, 2, 1
Repeat row 1, buttonhole row a, buttonhole row b

Repeat rows 1, 2, 1
Repeat row 1, buttonhole row a, buttonhole row b.

Repeat rows 1, 2, 1

Fasten off, sew in ends and attach buttons along cast on edge to fasten as shown.