Super Quick and Easy Scarflette: A free crochet pattern for you

It is less than a week until Christmas! Are you ready yet? If you are like me, you probably have a gift or two that you still need to buy, but with time or money (or both) running out, what's a girl to do? I have an idea that just might come in handy in the last minute gift department.

This is my "Super Quick and Easy Scarflette." It is made with bulky yarn and a size K hook, so it works up very quickly. I made this version in under an hour, fringe and all. But if you are not into fringe, you can omit it, and be done even quicker. I think this version is more my style:

I love this old Sarah Coventry pin; it reminds me of my mother.

And you can wear it lots of different ways, too: A sophisticated, Audrey Hepburn-ish way to wear a Scarflette.

You can make a couple of them from one skein of Homespun yarn, so it is pretty economical as well (I would never call any thing I made "cheap"!!!!)

Super Quick and Easy Scarflette
by Elizabeth Ann White
for BellaCrochet

Size: About 6” x 27”, excluding fringe
Materials:
3 oz. Bulky weight yarn (Homespun from Lion Brand Yarns was used for model)
Size K crochet hook
Gauge:

5 dc = 2”
5 dc rows = 4 1/2”
Row 1: Ch 17, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch across, turn. (First 3 chs count as first dc; 15 dc made)
Rows 2-30: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn. At end of last row, fasten off. (15 dc in each row)
Fringe (optional)
Note: Fringe is worked in ends of rows on one side of Scarflette.
For each Fringe, cut 2 strands of yarn, each 12” long. Holding both strands together as one, fold strands in half. Insert fold in end of first row on one side of Scarflette. Pull fold about 3” through sp, insert ends of strands through fold. Pull ends to tighten. Fringe in end of each row across same side of Scarflette.

Now here is a super quick and easy way to make the fringe:

Measure around a dvd case or book to find one which has a circumference (I hope that is the correct word; I mean the measurement around it) equal to the length you want your fringe to be:We want each strand of our fringe to be 12" long, so this case will work nicely. Plus this is my favorite Christmas movie, so it I can watch it while I work! Wrap the yarn the number of times needed for the amount of Fringe you will need. We are putting two strands in the end of each row. There are 30 rows, so we will need to wrap the yarn 60 times around the case. Spread it out evenly, and don't wrap it too tightly.

Now cut the strands as evenly as possible. You can always trim the fringe after it is on the Scarflette if it looks too uneven.

Fold two stands of the cut yarn together for each fringe. Pull the fold through the end of the row with your hook. You will actually be working around the post of the last stitch on each row.

Pull the fold out a little.

Insert the ends of the fringe through the fold.

Pull the ends to tighten the fringe.

Here is another way to wear the Scarflette.

If you wanted to, you could sew 3 buttons to the Scarflette, and just push them through the stitches for buttonholes:

I hope you will enjoy this pattern. Merry Christmas!

Update: If you would like to purchase an ad-free copy of this pattern for a small fee, please visit my Etsy shop:  Super Quick and Easy Scarflette
I am offering a paid version of this pattern for the convenience of  my customers who prefer an easy to read, printable and ad-free PDF. You will be able to easily save the pattern to your Etsy account, as well as your computer or other device.

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