Women’s crochet scarf using Isar pattern in blue

This is a quick and easy scarf pattern by Julia Vaconsin (click here for pattern). It makes up loose or chunky depending on the yarn and hook used. This type of pattern is great when you’re not sure if you have enough yarn for a long scarf because you just decide the width and then keep crocheting until the yarn runs out. In addition, the original pattern includes fringes.

For this scarf, I used Lincraft’s Lucciola yarn (50g (48m), 60% wool and 40% acrylic, 10-12 ply, colour 4). This was an ordinary yarn to work with, having a somewhat ropey feel to it. Nonetheless, the finished product still looked nice, thanks to the shiny ribbon that was woven into the yarn.

Using a 6mm hook, and starting with 20 chain, the scarf used 5 balls of yarn, and had a finished size of 5.5 inches wide and 70 inches long.

Note that the Isar scarf pattern starts with 40 chain, and has a base pattern using 8 chain in multiples plus 8 chain. Therefore, because I used a thicker yarn and hook, I opted for 1.5 x 8 chain for the base pattern plus 8 chain = 20 chain to start. 

The scarf is soft though holds its shape, and is slightly chunky. It would probably have been better to have used a larger hook, which would have given the scarf a looser, more drapey, finish.