Saturday, December 03, 2005

Crochet flower scarf - how to


I've figured out a pattern for the crochet flower scarf that I posted about recently. This is just a series of flowers in alternating colours, and each flower is stitched to the next one by sewing together two of the petals.

I am not an expert pattern writer, but if you know the basics of crochet I think you will be able to follow it. I used some odds and ends of yarn I had, and using a size H crochet hook the flower ended up being 3.75" in diameter.

Crochet Flower Scarf Pattern
what you need to know:
making a chain (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet stitch (sc), double crochet stitch (dc), treble crochet stitch (tr)
General:
use the size crochet hook recommended on the yarn label. Flowers can vary in sizes depending on how heavy the yarn is.
  1. chain 3
  2. join into a ring with slip stitch into first stitch
  3. 8 single chains into centre of ring, sl st to join up, switch to the next colour (cut off the first colour so you can weave in the end and both sides of the flower will look good, ie. don't leave it attached for when you use the same colour again)
  4. ch2, 1 dc in next st, then 2 dc in all subsequent stitches (total of 16 dcs), sl st to join up the ring, switch colours again back to the original colour (or a 3rd colour if you wish)
  5. *sc in 1st stitch, ch2, sc in next stitch* repeat to create 8 loops (these are very small loops, basically just a gap)
  6. Work into loops to create petals, each petal is 1sc, 2dc, 1tr, 2dc, 1sc, repeat for each petal until there are 8
  7. The flower is done! Repeat to create 16 flowers and join together by stitching 2 petals of each flower to the next one, alternating colours as you wish.
I would love to see them if anyone makes this scarf. I am planning to make one myself (probably in pink, purple and reds) and I will post it.

4 Comments:

Blogger Green Kitchen said...

Hi Claire, I'm working on this scarf right now. Thanks for the pattern. I'll post a photo when I'm done. I'm mostly following the colorway that you have here. And, I'm already thinking about doing another in another scheme. Thanks for being the first to post on my blog.

January 10, 2006  
Anonymous Autumn said...

Thank you soooo much for the pattern to this awesome scarf! I saw it in the mall and stopped in my tracks. It started with one...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c61/autopritts/Set12_02.jpg

And became the final product.!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c61/autopritts/Set11_02.jpg

(I tried to post the pictures right here but the comment box can't accept the HTML)

THANKS AGAIN!!

January 15, 2006  
Anonymous Cassi said...

Love this Claire! I'm gonna give it a try - thanks *so* much for creating and posting the pattern!

January 27, 2008  
OpenID robyndorey said...

i am going to try to knit one in greens and blues and yellows for my 7 year-old cousin... i hope i can send you pictures of the finished product. thanks for the pattern :)

January 28, 2008  

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