Crocheted Elemental Scarf

-Yarn for this project provided by Delicious Yarns for review, this post contains affiliate links-

I was recently sent some yarn to try out from Delicious Yarns. They have have a new thing that they call "pairings", which they describe as unexpected curated combinations of 2 skeins of yarn, combinations you may not have thought to put together yourself. It is a fun idea to get get you to try out combinations that you may not otherwise try. I chose to try pairing #5, which included a dark green (Guava) and an aqua and white (Gummy Bear). They are available in super wash merino in fingering, sport, or worsted weight.

The colors kind of remind me of the blue of water and the green of trees which is why I named it the Elemental Scarf, in made me think of water and earth.

Since they came as a pairing I really wanted to use them together in my project. I came up with the idea of alternating thick and thin stripes. Thick stripes of blue and thin stripes of green with the blue stripes getting thinner as the green get thicker until you end up with thick green stripes and thin blue stripes.

The design is made with a combination of basic stitches, including single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, and treble crochet. This makes it super easy to make and follow. I chose to make my scarf a short circle scarf but you could easily continue the pattern to make a longer circle scarf or a long straight scarf.

The yarn is super soft and drapes so beautifully. I used sport weight yarn for my scarf and used about half of both skeins for the size that I made.

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How to Crochet the Elemental Scarf

You will need:

• 2 skeins of sport weight yarn, Delicious Yarns Swirl in Gummy Bear (color A) and Frosting in Guava (color B)
• G crochet hook
• yarn needle
• scissors

Instructions:

The pattern is a repeat of sc, hdc, dc, and tr stitches changing colors every row. I did the entire repeat 2 times to make my scarf, you could easily continue following the repeat to make a longer scarf. In order to not have to cut the yarn at the end of each row I carried my yarn across each row, working over it and changing back at the end of the row.

Beginning chains are counted as a stitch in every row except the sc rows. Do not forget to work your last stitch into the tops of the beginning chain from the previous row or you will end up losing stitches.

I change color at the end of each row by pulling the new color the last yarn over and pull through for the row (for example at the end of a sc row I insert the hook pull up a loop, then yarn over with the new color and pull through, in a dc row I would yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over with new color, pull through 2 loops).

begin with color A

ch 39

Row1: tr in 5th ch from hook (first 4 ch count as first tr), tr in each stitch to the end, change to color B in last stitch (36 tr)

Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across (don't forget to work over the strand of A to carry it to the other end, change to color A in the last stitch (36 sc)

Row 3: ch 4, turn, tr in each stitch across, change to color B (36 tr)

Row 4: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 sc)

Row 5: ch 4, turn, tr in each stitch across, change to color B (36 tr)

Row 6: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 sc)

Row 7: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 8: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

Row 9: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 10: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

Row 11: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 12: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

Row 13: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 14: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 15: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 16: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 17: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 18: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 19: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 sc)

Row 20: ch 4, turn, tr in each stitch across, change to color A (36 tr)

Row 21: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 sc)

Row 22: ch 4, turn, tr in each stitch across, change to color A (36 tr)

Row 23: ch 1, turn, sc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 sc)

Row 24: ch 4, turn, tr in each stitch across, change to color A (36 tr)

Row 25: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 26: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 27: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 28: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 29: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 hdc)

Row 30: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 dc)

Row 31: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 32: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

Row 33: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 34: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

Row 35: ch 3, turn, dc in each stitch across, change to color B (36 dc)

Row 36: ch 2, turn, hdc in each stitch across, change to color A (36 hdc)

This is the end of one pattern repeat, work the entire repeat one more time:

Color A 36 tr
Color B 36 sc
Color A 36 tr
Color B 36 sc
Color A 36 tr
Color B 36 sc
Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc
Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc
Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc

Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc
Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc
Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc
Color A 36 sc

Color B 36 tr
Color A 36 sc
Color B 36 tr
Color A 36 sc
Color B 36 tr
Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc
Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc
Color A 36 hdc
Color B 36 dc

Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc
Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc
Color A 36 dc
Color B 36 hdc

At this point fold the scarf in half so that the 2 short ends meet and stitch together, weave in all ends.