Since I’ve moved to Vermont, I’ve been wearing scarves for a greater percentage of the year, and I’ve also been wearing more scarves during the day since I’m often moving between buildings while at work. The Sierra Scarf is my latest free crochet scarf pattern, and I can’t wait to wear it! It’s lightly textured with puff stitches and extra long to provide more styling options. I’ve included a video tutorial for the 5-repeat puff stitch, too, if you’re a puff-stitch newbie.
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I mentioned when I shared the Xiomara Slouchy Beanie pattern that the folks at KnitPal had sent me yarns to try out. For this pattern, I used a 3-pack of Painted Wool yarn in Floating Fireflies. Painted Wool is a light (#3/DK) weight acrylic and wool blend yarn in speckled colorways. Each skein includes 100 grams (3.5 ounces) and 251 yards (230 meters) of yarn, and you can buy it on Amazon in packs of three skeins. I thought the gentle pops of color from the speckling would be very pretty but also make a scarf that could match with a lot of different outfits I might wear.
I wanted this scarf to be a bit longer than the traditional 60″ (152.5 cm)/5 foot scarves because I wanted to have a few different ways to wear it depending on the weather outside and what I might be doing during the day.
I also wanted to make a stitch pattern that was subtle but also interesting. I choose the puff stitch because it looks great on both sides.
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Sierra Scarf
Crochet Scarf Pattern by Underground Crafter
This crochet scarf pattern is lightly textured with puff stitches. It’s long length provides more styling options.
Finished Size
- Teen/Adult: 73” (185.5 cm) long x 6” (15 cm) wide.
Materials
- KnitPal Painted Wool yarn (70% acrylic/30% wool, 3.5 oz/100 g, 251 yd/230 m) – 3 skeins in Floating Fireflies, or approximately 555 yd (507.5 m) in any speckled light weight yarn.
- US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- 16 sts = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- pf – 5-repeat puff stitch – [Yo, insert hook into st, yo and draw up a loop] 5 times in same st, yo and draw through all 11 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial for the puff stitch above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- rep – repeat
- sc – single crochet
- sk – skip
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- yo – yarn over
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- Ch 1 at start of Rows DOES NOT count as a stitch.
- The video below provides helpful tips for working with a long foundation chain.
- If you can’t see the video above with tips for working with a long foundation chain, click HERE to watch it on Instagram.
- There are many ways to crochet into chain spaces. I used the first version demonstrated in the video below for this pattern.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating ways to crochet into chain spaces, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Scarf
- Ch 300 (see Pattern Notes) (or any even number of ch).
- Row 1: Turn, sk 1 ch, sc in next 299 ch. (299 sts)
- Row 2: Turn, ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch-1 sp), sk first 2 sts, [pf in next st, ch 1, sk 1 st] across to last st, dc in next st.
- Row 3: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st, [sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next st] across.
- Row 4: Turn, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in next st and each st across.
- Row 5: Rep Row 4 once.
- Row 6: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and each st across.
- Rows 7-16: Rep Rows 2-6 twice.
- Rows 17-18: Rep Rows 2-3 once. Fasten off.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails.
