Scarf Designs in 2011

Scarf Designs

There are alot of kinds of scarves that you can decide from. Depending on your own individual taste and preferences, you can go for those that can be beautiful basic like a neck scarf or even just a simple black scarf. No matter the style of the scarf, may it be plain, patterned or textured; its overall effect highly depends on your way of manipulate it. Here are several ways on how to tie a scarf.

Scarf Designs

For beginners a bested weight or bulky yarn is elective. But a sports or baby yarn may be used. Crochet hook; these vary in size depending on how tight or dense you want your work to be. For instance, for loftier looser work, use a larger hook. Clippers and a large eye needle are your other necessities. A good beginning project is a single crochet scarf. These can be done with either a single colored yarn in either a worsted weight or bulky tall story or a dappled or multi-colored yarn in worsted or bulky weight. Multi-colored scarves yarns will make their own color pattern as you crochet.

The scarf will require about 5 ounces of yarn. You may want to use a small amount of a contrasting color for the fringe. A crochet hook size ‘I‘ is a good beginning size. Generally you would want to make a swatch with the crochet pattern recommendations to make sure your work matches the measure given for the project to ensure it turns out the right size. While gauging, you would use the yarn and hook recommended then crochet a swatch, the size of which is also recommended in the pattern. If your swatch is smaller than the pattern states you will want to increase your hook size. If your swatch is larger you will need to decrease your hook size.

Scarf Designs

A single sew up crochet scarf does not require a specific measure so you can use any size. A size H, I or J would work best. In order to begin you will make a slip stitch and chain 17 stitches. You will begin to single crochet in the second chain stitch from your hook. You do not count the chain stitch on your hook. You will single crochet across the chain. This should give you 16 stitches. You will then chain one, turn the piece so you are always crocheting right to left. You will continue with single crochet stitch across the piece, chain one, turn and continue until you get the scarf to your preferred length. To end the scarf you will cut the yarn end to about 4 inches then pull the yarn completely through the final loop making a knot. Then using your crochet hook, weave the yarn end into the stitches. To add a fringe, you will cut your yarn into lengths of 4 to 6 inches depending on how long you want your fringe. You can add single strands or double strands. In order to add a fringe, you will fold the length in half and pull the loop through the stitches at the end of your scarf, then pull the ends through the loop and pull tight. You can vary this by put a fringe in each stitch or every second or third.