Painted Desert Scarf
free crochet pattern
Noro Silk Garden
This is a free crochet pattern for a scarf. It is made with double crochets and double treble stitches.
Years ago I travelled through the Painted Desert in the US. The minerals in the soil there make the desert appear in many colors: The red colors are created from oxidised iron and the wonderful blue-greenish hues come from white copper. The subtle color changes in the Noro Kureyon yarn remind me of this spectacular scenery.
There is a nice shine to the wool because of the silk in it and it is also thick, so the project works up fast:-)
This pattern will make a perfect gift, when you have to crochet something in a short period of time. The yarn feels very soft next to the skin.
Every row you decrease stitches in the middle of the work, so the piece folds itself to a nice square. Because the Silk Garden yarn changes in color, you will get a nice effect with changing squares.
Materials
Yarn 4 skeins Noro Silk Garden #211, 45% mohair, 45% silk, 10% wool, 50g/101m – 1,76 ounces/109 yards.
I didn’t use the yellow colors in this yarn. So when the yellow color showed up, I broke the yarn.
Hook 5 mm US: H/8
Tapestry needle
Finished size
Width: 13 cm/ 5 inches Length: 200 cm/ 79 inches.
Pattern
Chain 36
Row 1 Chain 3, 15 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 15 dc.
Row 2 Chain 3, 13 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 14 dc.
Row 3 Chain 3, 12 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 12 dc.
Row 4 Chain 3, 10 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 11 dc.
Row 5 Chain 3, 9 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 9 dc.
Row 6 Chain 3, 7 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 8 dc.
Row 7 Chain 3, 6 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 6 dc.
Row 8 Chain 3, 5 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 4 dc.
Row 9 Chain 3, 3 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 3 dc.
Row 10 Chain 3, 2 dc; [2 dc together] 3 times; 1 dc.
Row 11 Chain 3; 1 dc; [2 dc together] 2 times; 1 dc.
Row 12 Chain 3, 4 dc crocheted together.
Row 13 Chain 3, 17 double trebles across.
Row 14 Chain 18
Repeat row 1-14 8 times.
Repeat row 1-13 once.
Cut yarn and weave in ends.
Below you see the charted version of the scarf and the stitch guide. You start at the bottom crocheting the chains shown in black. Then you continue the first row, which is drawn in blue. Then you do the second row, which is red, – and so on…
Only row 1-14 is shown on the chart/diagram.
Abbreviations
dc = double crochets
sc = single crochets
sl st = slip stitch
Note: This pattern is written with US crochet terms.
If you are not familiar with these, see my conversion chart Crochet Terms in US, UK, German and Danish.
If you don’t know how to read crochet charts/diagrams read my Tutorial how to read Crochet Charts.
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Hi Sue,
This is a decrease. You crochet 2 double crochets together, so you end up with 1 double crochet.
The scarf is constructed this way: You start with many stitches and make decreases in the middle of the work. That way the fabric folds and creates a square.
Hmmm ok so I can make complete sense of the symbol pattern here, but I need some help decpihering mine!
TY for liking my blog post.
Hi Carolee,
Thanks for the compliment! Noro comes in so many beautiful hues, your mom will sure be glad for the gift:-)
What a cool way to use multicolored yarn! My parents are going to Europe in May – I’m going to try to make this for my Mom to keep her sweet neck nice an cozy. Thanks so much for sharing your creative genius!
*and cozy :-)