I’m kicking off the 2023 International Crochet Month Blog Hop today with the easy crochet scarf pattern for the Night in the City Scarf! The pattern is forever free on my blog, but you can grab the coupon code to download it for free for a limited time as part of the Blog Hop, so read on for details!
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International Crochet Month is a celebration of everything crochet, so for the International Crochet Month Blog Hop, I asked each participating blogger to create a pattern represents something the designer loves about crochet – a favorite stitch, a technique, a project type, and so on. The Night in the City Scarf represents two of my favorite things about crocheting – relaxing and getting to play with beautiful yarns!
For my version of the Night in the City Scarf, I used KC Collection Naturally Soft 4Ply yarn. This lovely wool and cashmere yarn is super soft and so fun to crochet with. You can find KC Collection Naturally Soft 4Ply yarn at your local yarn shop or online at Wool Warehouse UK. For your version, choose three yarns that are similar in tone (I used 6020 Granite, 6021 Platinum, and 6029 Winter White – two grays and white), one yarn that is a contrast color (I used 6024 Teal) to get a similar color impact as my version.
When I’m working with an especially lovely yarn, I prefer to use simple, meditative stitch patterns. This lets me really feel the yarn, but also the stitch pattern won’t “compete” with the yarn for attention. The Night in the City Scarf is an easy crochet scarf pattern, but it still has a dramatic look because of the ways I combined the colors.
Holding two strands of yarn together throughout the pattern allowed me to crochet much faster than typical using a super fine weight (#1/fingering) yarn, and it makes the yarn look “tweedy.”
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Night in the City Scarf
Easy Crochet Scarf Pattern by Underground Crafter
This easy crochet scarf pattern looks stunning and is luxurious and soft. Combine a simple stitch combination with an ultra soft yarn while holding two strands of yarn together throughout for a tweedy look and a faster make! This is the first pattern in the 2023 International Crochet Month Blog Hop.
Finished Size
- Teen/Adult: 5” (13 cm) wide x 64” (162.5) long.
Materials
- King Cole KC Collection Naturally Soft 4Ply yarn (90% wool/10% cashmere, 1.75 oz/50 g, 207 yd/189 m) – 1 skein each in 6020 Granite (CA), 6021 Platinum (CB), 4665 6029 Winter White (CC), and 6024 Teal, or approximately 207 yd (189 m) in each of 4 colors in any super fine weight yarn.
- KC Collection Naturally Soft 4Ply is available from your local yarn shop or online at Wool Warehouse UK.
- US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Clover bent-tip yarn needle.
Gauge
- 15 sts in pattern = 4” (10 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- CC – Color C
- CD – Color D
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- rep – repeat
- sc – single crochet
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- () Work instructions between parentheses into same stitch.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
Special Stitch Pattern: Shell Stitch (worked over a multiple of 3 sts)
- Row 1: Turn, skip 2 ch, 2 dc in next ch, [skip 2 ch, (sc, 2 dc) in next ch] across to last 3 sts, skip 2 ch, sc in next st.
- Row 2: Turn, ch 2, 2 dc in first sc, [skip 2 dc, (sc, 2 dc) in next sc] across to last 3 sts, skip 2 dc, sc in top of ch-2.
Pattern Notes
- Helpful tips for crocheting into a long foundation chain are available in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating tips for crocheting into a long foundation chain, click HERE to watch it on Instagram.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to change colors in the last yarn over of the row is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to change colors, click HERE to watch it on Facebook.
Pattern Instructions
Scarf
- With 2 strands of CA, ch 240.
- Row 1: Rep Row 1 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 2: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 1 strand each of CA and CB in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 2 strands of CA.
- Row 3: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 4: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 2 strands each of CB in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 1 strand each of CA and CB.
- Row 5: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 6: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 1 strand each of CB and CC in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 2 strands of CB.
- Row 7: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 8: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 2 strands of CC in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 1 strand each of CB and CC.
- Row 9: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 10: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 1 strand each of CC and CD in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 2 strands of CC.
- Row 11: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern.
- Row 12: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern, changing to 2 strands of CD in last yarn over of final sc. Fasten off 1 strand each of CC and CD.
- Rows 13-14: Rep Row 2 of Shell Stitch Pattern twice.
- Row 15: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st, [ch 2, skip 2 dc, sc in next sc] across to last 3 sts, ch 2, skip 2 dc, sc in top of ch-2. Fasten off 2 strands of CD.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in ends.