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It’s still scarf season here in Virginia, and I have been DYING to make up this crochet scarf for years!

Literally years – 2+ years ago I saw a scarf in a outdoorsy clothing store and inspiration struck. The inspo was knit, but I was sure I could achieve my vision via crochet. And 2+ years later, and I finally got around to making it happen.

This crochet scarf is unisex, long, floppy, and you can wear it in multiple ways. It uses worsted weight yarn but is deceptively chunky. With a neutral body, you can personalize it countless ways by choosing your own stripe colors.

I made the sample in my favorite neutral (Wool Ease Natural Heather) and GREEN, but I couldn’t resist also making myself a Mets colored one. #LGM

I always try to keep a mindless project going so I can work on it during those elusive pockets of downtime with the kids, or while multitasking. This is the perfect mindless make, and is quick on top of that.

This scarf is worked flat and is seamless (praise). And it’s great for beginners. You’ll need to know half double crochet and double crochet, and how to crochet in the back loop only, and around posts.

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The body is worked hdc back loop only, and the ends follow your typical basket weave pattern. Perfect for a beginner to is looking to combine a few techniques!

I’ll be completely honest: I named this the Seamus Scarf bc of Harry Potter! Someone on Instagram suggested naming it after a character from a classic book – HP is a classic at this point right?! Lol. But seriously, I always loved Seamus and I can totally see him in a maroon and gold version of this scarf cheering on the Gryffindor quidditch team 😉 ha!

An inexpensive ad-free PDF version of this pattern is available in my Etsy & Ravelry shops.

Seamus Scarf

Materials

• 500 yards of worsted weight yarn (main color)
• 150 yards of worsted weight yarn in 1 or 2 contrast colors (if using 2 colors, split the listed yardage in half)
• (The sample used 3 skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease in Natural Heather, and a partial skein of Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca in Olive)
• 6 mm & 6.5 mm crochet hooks
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MC – main color
• CC1 – contrast color 1
• CC2 – contrast color 2
• ch – chain
• hdc – half double crochet
• hdc blo – half double crochet back loop only
• fpdc – front post double crochet
• bpdc – back post double crochet
• fphdc – front post half double crochet
• bphdc – back post half double crochet

Size

94 x 8.5 inches

Gauge

• *due to the different nature of hdc and basket weave stitches, gauge is important on this scarf*
• Scarf body (using 6 mm hook): 10 st x 11 rows per 4 x 4 in square using hdc blo
• Basket Weave Ends (using 6.5 mm hook): 12 st x 9 rows per 4 x 4 in square using fpdc/bpdc for basket weave pattern

NOTES

To ensure cohesive flexibility and drape on both the body and the basket weave ends of the scarf, I used two different sized hooks. A larger hook was used on the basket weave, since by nature this stitch pattern is very tight. Please check your gauge to ensure your project will have consistent drape throughout.

I suggest maintaining a relatively loose tension while completing the basket weave, to abate the above issues.

Pattern

Using 6mm hook and MC, ch 201

Row 1: Hdc into 2nd ch from hk. Hdc across, Ch 1 and turn.

Row 2: Hdc blo across (200 st)

Row 3-25: Repeat Row 2.

Edging: Ch 1 and rotate your work clockwise, so you are crocheting along the short end. This ch 1 counts as the first st of the row. Sc into the last st of Row 25. Sc across, placing one sc into each row. On the last row, sc 2 into the same st (27 st).

Basket Weave

*Switch to 6.5mm hook

*NOTE: If you are already familiar with basket weave, this project follows a typical basket weave pattern using 5 stitches across x 5 rows for each “block”.

*NOTE: The ch 2 at the end of each row counts as the first hdc for the subsequent row. Thus, each row is sandwiched by 2 hdc.

Row 1: Attach CC1. Dc across (27). Ch 2 and turn.

Row 2: Sk 1st st. Fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, hdc into last st. Ch 2 & turn.

Row 3: Sk 1 st st. Bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, hdc into last st. Ch 2 & turn.

Rows 4-5: Repeat Rows 2 and 3.

Row 6: Attach MC. Bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, hdc into last st. Ch 2 & turn.

Row 7: Sk 1st st. Fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, bpdc 5, fpdc 5, hdc into last st. Ch 2 & turn.

Rows 8-10: Repeat Rows 6, 7, then 6 again.

Rows 11-15: Attach CC2. Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until you have 5 rows.

Row 16: Attach MC. *Fphdc 2, bphdc 2* Repeat * across (you will end on 1 fphdc). Ch 2 and turn.

Row 17: Bphdc, *fphdc 2, bphdc 2* Repeat * across. Ch 2 & turn.

Row 18: Repeat row 16.

Row 19: Sc across.

Pull through and cut.

Repeat the section labelled “Edging”, followed by Rows 1-19 on the opposite side of the scarf.

I highly suggest blocking the basket weave sections to make your scarf super clean cut. This will also help ensure the basket weave section is the same width as the body of the scarf.

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