This is a super easy to make crochet scarf. All you have to do through it is alternate a Front Post Triple Crochet and Back Post Triple Crochet stitch. The result is this beautifully textured and springy scarf that is nice and warm for the wintertime.
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Notes
This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
If you want to change the width of this scarf the initial foundation chain needs to be a multiple or 2.
Finished Size: 60 inches long x 7 inches wide
Gauge
4″ x 4″ swatch = 14 stitches and 8 rows of double crochet stitches
Materials:
- Medium Weight Yarn (approx 500 yards) | 2 skeins of Lion Brand Yarn Heartland Yarn in the color Glacier Bay
- 5.50mm (I) Crochet Hook
- Yarn needle to weave in ends.
- Stitch Markers
Crochet Stitches Used and Abbreviations:
- YO – yarn over
- ch – chain
- SC – single crochet
- DC – double crochet
- FPDC – Front Post Double Crochet
- BPDC – Back Post Double Crochet
- FPTC – Front Post Triple Crochet
- BPTC – Back Post Triple Crochet
Alternating Post Scarf Pattern:
Special Stitches:
FPDC (Front Post Double Crochet): YO, insert your crochet hook from the front to the back and to the front again around the post of the stitch, YO, pull up a loop (3 loops are on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook ( 2 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through the remaining 2 loops on your hook.
FPTC (Front Post Triple Crochet): YO 2 times, insert your crochet hook from the front to the back and to the front again around the post of the stitch, YO, pull up a loop (4 loops are on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook ( 3 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook (2 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through the remaining 2 loops on your hook.
BPDC (Back Post Double Crochet): YO, insert your crochet hook from the back to the front and to the back again around the post of the stitch, YO, pull up a loop (3 loops are on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook ( 2 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through the remaining 2 loops on your hook.
BPTC (Back Post Triple Crochet): YO 2 times, insert your crochet hook from the back to the front and to the back again around the post of the stitch, YO, pull up a loop (4 loops are on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook ( 3 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through 2 loops on your hook (2 loops left on your hook), YO and pull up a loop through the remaining 2 loops on your hook.
Video Tutorial
Written Pattern
Foundation: ch 26
Row 1: SC in 2nd ch from hook, SC all across, turn (25 stitches)
Row 2: ch 2 (Counts as 1st DC), DC in next stitch, DC all across, turn (25 stitches)
Row 3 – 103: ch 2 (Counts as 1st DC), * FPTC in next stitch, BPTC in next stitch, Repeat from * until 2 stitches are left in the row, FPTC in next stitch, DC in chain space in the initial turning chain, turn. (25 stitches)
Row 104: ch 2 (Counts as a stitch), FPDC in next stitch, BPDC in next stitch, Repeat from * until 2 stitches are left in the row, FPDC in next stitch, SC in chain space in the initial turning chain, turn. (25 stitches)
Row 105: ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), SC in 1st stitch, SC all across, fasten off, and weave in ends.
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