My Secret Snowflake's name is Grace. She is 13 years old and when I think of her, I normally picture an athletic person. She is not a girly-girl in the slightest. However, I was suprised to discover that her favorite color is pink! So, when I started to picture the gift I would give to her, I knew it was going to be pink. I decided to crochet her an infinity scarf. My students are forever asking if I will make them something, so I figured Grace would love this and she did!
Whenever I would like to make a scarf for someone, I tend to go with bulky or super bulky yarn. I love the quickness and beauty of the large stitches. My favorite patterns are ones that Fiber Flux dreams up and usually, my scarves are heavily inspired by things she creates. This scarf was inspired by a stitch pattern she uses in her Pavement scarf.
A note about my infinity scarves: I used to start my beginning chain and join the two ends so that I could simply crochet in the round for my infinity scarves. However, I found that my chain sometimes twisted and it left me with a twisted mess of a scarf. Now, I start my chain and crochet the first row as if I were going to make a blanket or a regular scarf. At the end of the first row, instead of turning, I join the two ends with a slip stitch at the top of the first stitch in the row and then continue from there. At the end, I use a tapestry needle to use the beginning tail to sew the bottom ends together. Viola! beginning disappears!
6 rows and 2 skeins of Super Bulky yarn! |
Super Quick Infinity Scarf for Grace
Supplies:
2 skeins Lion Brand Hometown Super Bulky yarnN Hook
tapestry needle.
The pattern:
Beginning Chain: 136, Grace may be 13, but she is already taller than I am. 136 was a perfect number to allow her to wrap the scarf twice. It fell just below her waist before she wrapped it.(You can make this as long or short as you like. It has to be a multiple of 3, plus 4.)
Row 1: HDC in the third chain from the hook and in each stitch to the end. (134 HDCs). Using a slip stitch, join the last HDC to the top of the first HDC.
Row 2: Chain 4 (counts as 1 DC and 1 Ch). 1 DC in the same stitch. * Skip 2 chains and crochet 1 DC, chain 1, 1 DC in the same stitch*. Repeat from * to * around. Skip 2 chains. To join, slip stitch in the third chain of the beginning chain 4. (44 V stitches)
Rows 3-5: Repeat Row 2.
Row 6: Chain 2. *2 HDCs in each chain 1 space (top of V) and 1 HDC in the next.* Repeat around. Fasten off.
See? Totally easy peasy. I finished mine in an hour and a half and Grace loved it.
I did not get any pictures of Grace wearing the scarf. These are my test pictures last night. Needless to say, she put it on right away and wore it the rest of the day.
I hope you enjoy this pattern!
Hi, just wondering if you stitched it together at the end? I'm guessing you did, but I guess you could also use buttons etc great quick pattern. Thanks for sharing. :) ♥.
ReplyDeleteHi! I joined it together, kind of like you would a hat, at the end of the first round. Then I continued in the round. At the very end, I used the tapestry needle to connect the beginning chains.
ReplyDeletehi! So I'm 5'1 and was going to make this for myself. should I do it shorter, you think? I also have a pretty short torso.
ReplyDeleteMeg, you may want to go a bit shorter. When I put this on, it fell below my waist and when I wrapped it, it fell just below my breasts. Maybe try a chain of 124. I tested mine by chaining and seeing how far it would fall when I held it together in a loop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this beautiful scarf. It took me almost 3 hours to make. I'm a beginner so finishing this scarf so quick was very encouraging. Also, I didn't have bulky yarn, so I made it holding 2 strands of Bernats Softee Baby yarn. It came out soft and warm! Thanks again for creating this pattern!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed it! It sounds like you found a great work around. :)
DeleteI don’t understand the chain amount as just finished one and I only did 27 chain
ReplyDeleteHi, Sandie,
DeleteThis is an infinity scarf, so you need to crochet a very long starting chain. If you are making a regular scarf, you would make a smaller number and follow a different pattern on my blog than this one.
What was your plan?
In the last round, it says "2 HDCs in each chain 1 space (top of V) and 1 HDC in the next." does that mean the 1 HDC goes in the spot between the V's?
ReplyDeleteHi Samantha, I'm afraid to say that it's been so long since I wrote this pattern I don't recall what the exact spacing is. Looking at the pictures it looks like I definitely put two half double crochets in each chain space and I may have put one half double crochet in the Stitch between the chain spaces. You need three stitches for each V in the pattern.
DeleteIf I have time to make a new one, I'll test it and let you know.