Helping our users. Long Crochet Scarf.
You’ll need:
4 skeins of Red Heart Soft Essentials yarn in Seafoam color;
Crochet hook 10 mm;
Scissors;
Yarn needle.
Size: 24 x 215 cm, excluding fringe.
Stitches control: 8 sts = 10 cm.
Special Stitches
By working the variations of the crossed double crochet stitch shown below, you will get stitches, which although crossed, are not entangled with each other. One crossed double crochet is made of 2 dc sts!
Back Cross Double Crochet (bcrdc): sk 1 st, work 1 dc into the next st, 1 dc back into skipped st going behind the last dc just made.For the stitch tutorial of the bcrdc see the photo collage at row 3 in the pattern below.
Front Cross Double Crochet (fcrdc): sk 1 st, work 1 dc into the next st, 1 dc back into skipped st going in front of the last dc just made, so as not to catch it.
Instructions
Start with 173 chains.
Row 1: Work entire row into the back bump of starting chains: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and 1 sc in each ch across. (172 sc)
Row 2: ch1 (does not count as a st), turn; 1 sc in first sc and 1 sc in each sc across. (172 sc)
Row 3: (back cross double crochet row): ch 3 or csdc (will count as the first dc), turn, 1 dc in next sc, work bcrdc sts across the row to the last 2 sts, ending the row with 1 dc into each of the last 2 sts.
(You will have 84 crossed sts total between 2 dc sts at the beginning and 2 dc at the end of the row.)
Row 4 (front cross double crochet row): ch 3 or csdc (count as first dc), turn, 1 dc in next sc, work fcrdc sts across the row to the last 2 sts, ending the row with 1 dc into each of the last 2 sts.
(You will have 84 crossed sts total between 2 dc sts at the beginning and 2 dc at the end of the row.)
When alternating a row of back cross double crochet (row 3) with a row of front cross double crochet (row 4), you get a braid kind of look (when rotating the scarf to the vertical). If you work correctly, the fcrdc sts should align with the bcrdc sts!
Rows 5 - 6 (single crochet rows): ch 1, turn, 1 sc into same st and 1 sc in each st across the row. (172 sc)
Rows 7- 18: repeat rows 3 - 6.
Basically you will alternate 2 rows of single crochet sts with 1 row of back cross sts + 1 row of front cross sts, ending with 2 rows of sc sts.Fasten off. Weave in the ends.
Fringe
Cut lengths of yarn 38 cm long. Taking 2 strands together, knot into fringe evenly across each end of scarf. (Add 13 knots this way: 1 knot on the edge for each double crochet row, and 1 knot in the middle of 2 sc rows.)
Trim fringe evenly.