Broomstick Crochet Scarf - Free Tutorial

Broomstick crochet looks very impressive, but it may seem a little scary.  It's not!  There are only two rows to learn, and one of them you will already know if you crochet.

Instructions are given in two sizes, regular adult and teen size in brackets.

Stitches explained:

Chain Stitch (CH) - Yarn around hook (from the back) and pull the new yarn through the loop on your hook.  This is ONE chain.  Repeat as needed.

Double Crochet (DC) - Put hook through work, draw yarn back through (2 loops on hook) yarn around hook (from the back) draw yarn through the 2 loops on the hook.

Slip Stitch (SS) - Put hook through work, draw yarn back through work and the stitch on your hook.

I used James C Brett Monsoon yarn, which is an Aran Weight, and a 4.5mm hook.

Lets start.  Chain 26 stitches.

Row 1. DC (Double Crochet) into the 2nd chain from the hook and all the chains following. (25 stitches)

Row 2. The loop you have on your crochet hook, pull it large and pop it over the dowel rod.  

You may wish to wrap the elastic band around the end of the dowel to prevent lost stitches.

Now working in a manner that will be odd to the regular crocheter, you will be working back across the chain stitch, from left to right.

*** Put your hook through the next stitch, bring the yarn through, pull the loop large and slide it onto the dowel.

You now have two stitches on the dowel.

Repeat from  *** until you have 25 loops on your dowel.

Row 3.  Slide your crochet hook into the first FIVE loops, making sure it is at the TOP of the dowel, opposite the DC row.

Pull your yarn through these five stitches and make a chain stitch  (this is your turning chain and is used at the beginning of every row, just like this.)

Now for the really scary bit!

Slide all of your stitches off the dowel, don't worry, they won't go anywhere as you have knotted your first one in place.

With your fingers, fiddle with those first FIVE loops that you made a stitch into, until you can see the hole running through them all.

Then make 5 DC's into that hole.

Now pick up the next five loops and make 5 DC's into them as you have just done, but no chain stitch this time, that is only ever in the first one.

Work across, working 5 DC's into each set of 5 loops.

Row 4.  The last loop you have on your crochet hook - pull it up and place it on your dowel.

For each DC you will pull through a new loop as in Row 2.  .  You should count 5 loops for each set of 5 DC's.

And basically, that is the pattern!

Repeat Rows 3 & 4 until your yarn runs out!

Wear and enjoy!

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Purple fluffy, bobbly Snood

Infinite scarves a great don't you think?  No chance of them moving around and slipping off your neck unnoticed, and they keep you cosy warm too!

A ball of cosy, fluffy, knittedness.

This one was simply garter stitch, on big needles, to create a nice holey effect.  The blobs of purple fluff within the yarn add to the cosy look.

It's such a great way to use up an odd ball of stash as you don't need quite as much as you would when making a full length scarf.  (and you don't need a pattern either, just cast on and go......)

Crochet & Craic - lots of scarves

Remember I mentioned that is had been 'scarf month' at Crochet & Craic?  I made THIS scarf for it.

Well, let me show you what everyone else made too.

Vera's scarf - made in a colour change acrylic yarn.  A lovely design that she got out of her DK Crochet Book, made even more lovely by the changing shades throughout.  She added a little fringe too, which always finishes a scarf off nicely I think.

Next was Liz's scarf.  She used the Nancy's Waves pattern for hers, doesn't it look fab?

Liz also made an infinite scarf/snood in the same pattern, but using two colours to define the waves.

Liz then did another one too, she really got into this scarf making  :)  A gorgeous pattern taken from a '365 crochet projects' calender.

Oh, and here is another from Liz - I told you she had been busy!!   Again, from the calender, this is a wiggly, curly, stash-buster.   What great colours!

And this one is from Lezley - made with super chunky Kiko yarn, it really is thick and cosy, just the thing for a cold winter day.  It is still a work in progress, and all those nasty ends need to be sewn in - don't you just HATE that job?

A close up  :)

If you fancy coming along and joining in, we have Crochet & Craic every other monday in Carlisle Hobbycraft, 5.30-7.30pm.  It is £5.00 and you bring your own project, or work on the themed one if you wish to.

Crochet Scarf in King Cole Opium

I had one single ball of King Cole Opium yarn hanging about in my yarn stash, and as last month at Crochet & Craic was a scarf theme I thought I would use it to make a pretty scarf.

The Opium yarn has a really nice texture about it, thick chunky fluffles alternated with thinner crinkle bits.  It means it crochets up beautifully, making the work look lacy without the need for a complicated lacy pattern.

This was just a simple 'V Stitch' pattern, but the texture makes it look so much more.

And the soft lilac shade was just gorgeous.  I would say perfect for summer, but you don't really need a scarf in the summer, so let's just say, perfect for chilly spring mornings.  :)

One 100g ball made a decent length scarf at a good width too, so it goes quite a long way.

Nancy's Waves Crochet Scarf

The theme for February's Crochet & Craic  (a crochet group at Hobbycraft, Carlisle) is Scarves.

The rules are you either:

• Have to use a hook size you have never used before.
• Have to choose and work in a yarn you have never used before
• Have to find a stitch you have never attempted before.

So I quickly bashed up a few samples from free patterns I discovered on Google.

One I found was a gorgeous pattern called Nancy's Waves - you can find it HERE if you would like a go yourself.

I made a start with a gorgeous W.I yarn called Soft & Silky.  It is a 4ply, but quite a thick 4ply in my opinion, bordering on DK.  This colour way is Lilac Mix.

When I got a little way in I thought the 'waves' might be better shown off with different colours, so I swapped - still using the W.I soft & silky, these colours are Slate, Lime and Turquoise.  You can find them on the Hobbycraft website by clicking on the links.

I think it looks so much better with the colour.  I used the bright ones to form the waves and the slate grey to separate them.

It actually also looks really good in solid colours - a couple of ladies made them at the C&C group, one in glittery purple and the other in a shimmery dark purple, both looked equally gorgeous.

It is a 4 line pattern - well 3 really, as the 4th line is just the 2nd line but staggered - so it is quite easy to get to grips with.

Let me know if you give it a go  :)  Of if you fancy joining us at C&C, the next one is Mon 16th, 5.30-7.30pm.  £5.00, bring your hook and yarn  :)

A big chunky uni-sex scarf

Another de-stash scarf, this one a hugely chunky weight one in Crochet Trebles.

Simple, but so warm and effective, and I think this one would look fabulous on a chap, don't you?

Rich earthy tones of burgundy, blues, and burnt brown with a funky fluffy fringe to finish it off.

Perfect for those cold days, this chunky number will really keep the chill out.

If you fancy crocheting yourself a scarf, then Febuary's project at Crochet £& Craic is scarves.

The next one is on Monday 2nd Feb, 5.30-7.30pm at Hobbycraft, Carlisle, and it costs just £5.00.

Crochet Chunky Cowl

I am having a bit of a stash-busting, scarf-making thing going on at the moment.  I really need to get rid of some of my massive amount of yarn, and it would be most lovely to make some pennies while I do it.  So I am making winter woolies to pop into my stand at Warwick Tower.

I have 10 balls of this beautiful subtle colour-changing yarn.  Just very slight hints of different shades of blue.  Most pretty.  I used 5 of them to make this cowl/snood/infinite scarf.

Using a crochet "V" stitch, I just crocheted until it was long enough to sew together in an infinite loop.

Which means you can use it single wrapped.....

Or double wrapped for a cosy warm neck.

I nearly kept this myself - but then I thought of the other huge pile of scarves I already have stashed in the cupboard and thought better of it.

Prepare to see some more over the next few weeks as I work hard to de-stash.

Broomstick Crochet Scarf

I have been having a wee bit of a fiddle with Broomstick crochet.  It has been yonks since I did this.... yonks and yonks.  But it was like it was yesterday when I picked up that super-sized knitting needle and started to play.

I used an Aran weight yarn with a 4,5mm hook and a 20mm knitting needle for this scarf.

5 pattern repeats across until the yarn ran out   :)

It's James C Brett - Monsoon, which I believe they have discontinued now.  I am so sad about that as I love it.  You may remember I did a jumper a while back in this yarn, and also started a bag. 

 *** sigh ***

I am going to make this into a kit, so watch this space   :)