The Kate Scarf
The Kate scarf is our newest member of the Kate Collection! The Kate collection is actually named after one of my sisters.
There are a few more items coming in this collection – we have a beanie, a baby bonnet and baby blanket, a mug cozy, a coffee beanie cozy and a gorgeous purse perfect for wedding season all waiting in the wings to be released! I just keep coming back to this stitch pattern and thinking it would be great for so many things!
The Kate Scarf has been waiting a while!
This pattern has waited almost a year to be released. I wrote it, had it tested and ready to go with the matching beanie and then a designers nightmare happened. A similar pattern to the beanie we have waiting was released by another designer. There are differences between the patterns that make them sufficiently different, but it knocked my confidence a little and we decided to wait until the winter to release this one and allow sufficient time that it didn’t seem like a copy.
Don’t worry …
I have talked through it with the other designer and all is good! She knows that we didn’t copy her design and told me to get it out there! So we are releasing the scarf first. The beanie will follow in a day or so!
Quick Make:
This pattern is a quick make, and the scarf is so cozy!
Pattern PDF
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The pattern Specifics:
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You will need:
- Approx 350-400 yards of #4 worsted weight / aran yarn. I used Stylecraft Special Aran.
- 5mm hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
Gauge is not important. My scarf measures approximately 7.5″ x 70″
Abbreviations:
- Ch(s)–chain(s)
- Alt ch3 – alternate chain 3
- St(s)–stitch(es)
- rep—repeat
- dc–double crochet
- fpdc – front post double crochet
- bpdc – back post double crochet
- sk—skip
Pattern notes:
- Written in US terms
- Easily adapted for width and length.
- Stitch multiples of 6 plus 3 if chaining to start, or 6 plus 1 if foundation row is used.
- Alt ch3 counts as a st.
- We work this scarf from left to right rather than bottom to top. Our first row therefore creates the height and we work to the length we desire.
Special Stitches:
Alt Ch3:
This is a way of starting the row without using the ch3 which can look gappy at the edges. To do the alt ch3 turn your work, sc into the first st and then ch2. This counts as a stitch.
Foundation half double crochet:
You can find our right handed tutorial on this at https://youtu.be/wPHOG4VIi_Q We also have a left handed tutorial. I find that this gives a much better finish than a chain start.
Front Post and Back Post Double Crochet:
You can find our video tutorial on the fpdc:
Right handed version – https://youtu.be/nmWe76Y4v08
Left handed version – https://youtu.be/biHxNSKo5Vw
For the bpdc visit https://youtu.be/hTPKAPQblkE
The Pattern:
Row 1- Fhdc 31 (or any multiple of 6 plus 1) OR
Ch33 (or any multiple of 6 plus 3 to get the desired height)
Row 2 – If you chained: [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in 6th ch from hook. *sk 2 sts, dc in next st, sk 2 sts, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st; rep from * to end–end with a dc in final stitch.
If you used the fhdc :
Alt ch3, sk 2 sts, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st, *sk2, fpdc in the next st, sk2, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st
Rep from * to end–end with a dc in final stitch.
Row 3- Turn, alt ch3 (counts as a st), *in the next ch1 sp (2dc, ch1, 2dc), sk the next 2 sts, bpdc around the post of the next dc *
Rep from * to * until you work into the last ch1 sp of the row. Dc in top of the turning chain from previous row.
Row 4- Turn, alt ch3 (counts as a st), *in the next ch1 sp (2dc, ch1, 2dc), sk the next 2 sts, fpdc around the post of the next dc *
Rep from * to * until you work into the last ch1 sp of the row. Dc in top of the turning chain from previous row.
Row 4-138 Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you reach the desired length.
Row 139 If you started with the fhdc row:
Alt ch2 (which is a sc and one ch) in the first st, hdc in each st and ch1 sp across.
FO and weave in ends.
Your Kate scarf is completed!
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