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Crochet Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Pattern

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Crochet Plaid Scarf For Beginners – A Free Pattern & Video Tutorial

This crochet plaid scarf is easy to make and it’s a classic look for the cold season.

I have made this pattern before in a shawl version in a different color scheme and it was so much fun to make, I created the scarf version, plus, this time, I made a complete 3 part video tutorial on how to make your own.

Enjoy making this easy plaid scarf for beginners with my free crochet tutorial below, it includes the links to the step by step video tutorial which contains 3 videos: the scarf base, the making of the vertical lines and how to put fringes on your scarf.

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How To Crochet A Scarf Base For Beginners

How To Surface Crochet The Vertical Lines For The Scarf

How To Make Fringes For Your Scarf

About The Plaid Scarf For Beginners

This fashionable plaid shawl for beginners it’s easier to make than it looks at a first glance. Easy double crochet rows combined with surface crochet create a beautiful and classic plaid pattern that you can make in any color scheme you like.

Crochet Level

Beginner

This pattern is suitable for beginner crocheters who are familiar with reading a pattern and know the basic stitches.

Supplies I used

  • 2 x 100g balls of Deramores Studio DK in sky
  • 1 x 100g ball of Deramores Studio DK in white
  • 1 x 100g ball of Deramores Studio DK in fuschia
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  • crochet hook size 4.5mm
  • tapestry needle & scissors
  • blocking board or interlocking foam mats

Size

Using the yarn weight and hook size suggested in this pattern will create a tartan plaid shawl that is 28cm wide. Make it as long as you like, mine was 150cm long.

Your size might differ based on the type of yarn that you’ll use and your personal crochet tension.

Gauge

Gauge is not very important in this pattern, but for your reference, a 10cm by 10cm area contains 7 rows by 14 stitches.

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

The Stitches

Pattern written in US terms using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.

Most basic stitches below have a video that shows you how to crochet them. Follow the blue link next to them for each individual video.

  • ch – chain
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • yo – yarn over
  • slip knot
  • sk – skip
  • sc – single crochet
  • dc – double crochet
  • surface sl st – surface slip stitch

Special Stitches

Surface Crochet – Surface crochet is a technique used to decorate the surface of previously crocheted work.

Tension control is very important when it comes to surface crochet. If your tension is too tight, the shawl will pucker, so try and keep your tension relaxed, and your slip stitch loops loose.

The working yarn will remain on the underside of your work at all times.

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial
Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

Plaid Scarf For Beginners – The Written Pattern

I split this pattern into three parts:

  • the shawl base
  • the vertical stripes
  • the fringes

The Scarf Base

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

Chaining 3 at the beginning of the row counts as a double crochet stitch. Cut the yarn after each color change, and leave a long tail so you can weave it in easier.

With the sky, ch40

Row 1: dc in 5th ch, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

Rows 2 – 4: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 5: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Row 6: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, ch1, turn

With white

Row 7: 2sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, *4sc, ch1, sk1, 4sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2sc, turn

With sky

Row 8: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 9: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Rows 10 – 13: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With Fuschia

Row 14: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Rows 15 – 18: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 19: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Row 20: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, ch1, turn

With white

Row 21: 2sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, *4sc, ch1, sk1, 4sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2sc, turn

With sky

Row 22: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 23: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Rows 24 – 27: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1 *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 19: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Row 20: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, ch1, turn

With white

Row 21: 2sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, *4sc, ch1, sk1, 4sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1, sc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2sc, turn

With sky

Row 22: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With white

Row 23: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

With sky

Rows 24 – 27: ch3, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1 *4dc, ch1, sk1, 4dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1, dc, ch1, sk1* x 2, 2dc, turn

Repeat rows 14 – 27 until you have the desired length. Weave in all the ends before continuing with the vertical stripes.

The Vertical Stripes

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

The vertical stripes are made using the surface crochet technique by making surface slip stitches in the spaces created by the pattern.

TIP: Place a heavy object (a notebook or something similar) on the scarf to help you keep it straight while you work on your vertical lines. This way, you can pull the scarf straight and make your surface slip stitches with the right tension. The working yarn will always be at the back of your work.

Step 1: To surface slip stitch, start by making a loose slip knot, then take it off the hook.

Insert your hook into the first chain space, then place the slip knot back on the hook, and pull the slip knot through to the top.

Step 2: Insert your hook into the next chain space, yarn over, and pull a loop through the chain space and through the slip knot on your hook. Pay attention to the yarn tension and pull a loop long enough.

Step 3: Repeat Step 2 by inserting the hook into the following chain space, pulling up a loop through to the top of the work, and through the loop on the hook until you reach the other end of the shawl base.

The color pattern used to create the plaid pattern is as follows (from left to right)

  • 3 lines in white
  • 1 line in Fuschia
  • 3 lines in white
  • 1 line in Fuschia
  • 3 lines in white

Before you continue with the fringes, block your shawl on a blocking board or interlocking foam boards. I forgot to take a picture of the blue scarf on the blocking board, but here is one from when I blocked the brown plaid shawl.

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial by Crafting Happiness. A timeless classic scarf that looks expensive and unique.

The Fringes

The fringes are made in the same color as the vertical lines. The spaces between the vertical lines are filled with fringes in sky color.

To make a fringe, cut strings of yarn 30cm in length.

Hold 2 strings of yarn together and fold them in half.

Insert the hook into the first stitch at the edge of the shawl and then into the loop created by the two strings folded in half.

Pull the loop through the stitch then remove the hook and pull all the ends through the loop.

Pull the ends to tighten the loop. Your fringe is complete.

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

The color pattern used to create the fringes (from left to right) is:

  • 2 sky
  • 3 white
  • 4 sky
  • 1 ruby
  • 4 sky
  • 3 white
  • 4 sky
  • 1 ruby
  • 4 sky
  • 3 white
  • 2 sky

And this is what the completed plaid scarf for beginners looks like.

Plaid Scarf For Beginners Free Crochet Pattern & Video Tutorial

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