Scraps and Masterpieces: An Infinity Scarf of My Own Design

Saturday, December 20, 2014

An Infinity Scarf of My Own Design

A few years ago, Rebekah rejected all things made by mom. No pajamas, no scarves, hats or any crafts. She has come around again and I couldn't be happier.

She was at Michaels recently where she spied this wool:

Just wait, it makes a beautiful scarf!

She immediately asked for an infinity scarf. These scarves are easy to make to be sure, but Rebekah's discerning taste made me nervous. I needed to find her a good pattern. I sent her the link to Ravelry and asked her to find a scarf that she liked and I would make it for her. She never went there and just asked me to make something simple that she could wrap around her neck a few times. This made me nervous.

I am currently working on a blanket for an occasional reader of this blog so I will not show it. But I thought it was a nice enough pattern to turn into a scarf.

Here is a run down of my pattern in case you want to make one yourself:

Crochet hook used: US I 9/5.50MM or desired hook to make it look nice.
Chain 278 (more or less depending upon how many times you want to wrap it around your neck)
Row One: Double crochet in third chain and double crochet all along, Chain three and turn.
Row two: Double crochet in next stitch, chain two, skip two, 2 double crochet along row to end, chain one
Row three: Single crochet along row, chain three,
Repeat row two: Double crochet in next stitch, chain two, skip two, 2 double crochet along row to end, chain three, repeat entire row
Repeat row one: Double crochet all along row
Repeat until reaching the desired width, fasten off.

Am I right?! Beautiful!

You now have one massive scarf, to turn into an infinity scarf, join ends, either stitch along seam to join together, I prefer a single crochet along the seam to finish it nicely. Weave in ends and you are done.