Women’s easy crochet scarf using Lattice Shell pattern, plus slouche hat

This scarf is made using an easy lattice shell pattern that is suitable for beginners. It also makes up very quickly with 12 ply yarn and a 6 mm hook. 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.

For this scarf, I used Cleckheaton’s Artisan  yarn (50g (75m), 50% wool and 50% acrylic, 12 ply, colour 38 -  purples). This yarn was easy to work with and the self striping colour produced a very pretty scarf. The scarf is also chunky and warm, thanks to the 12 ply yarn.

Using a 6mm hook, and starting with 24 chain, the scarf and a matching slouche hat used 5 balls of yarn (375m – I think the split was scarf ~260m, hat ~115m). The scarf had a finished size of 6 inches wide and 72 inches long.

This scarf has a base pattern of 8 chain and has three shells per row. To make this pattern using a finer yarn, simply increase the beginning chain with multiples of 8 chain to achieve the desired width.

Because I had some yarn left over, and it was so pretty, I decided to make a slouche hat. My favourite women’s slouchy hat pattern is the free pattern by PDDesigns (click here). This pattern is well written and very easy to follow; suitable for a beginner.

 

Lattice Shell Scarf Pattern

(US terms)

Using 12 ply yarn and a 6 mm hook, this scarf uses about 260m of yarn.

If using a finer yarn and smaller hook, increase the starting chain in multiples of 8 to achieve desired width.

St = stitch

Sk = skip next stitch

Ch = chain

Sc = single crochet

Dc = double chochet

Shell = (2dc, ch1, 2dc)

Beginning - Ch 24.

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in each rem ch.

Row 2: Ch3 (counts as first dc of row), * sk2, shell in next st, sk2, dc in next st, sk1, ch1, dc in next st **. Repeat from * to ** until 6 stitches left, then sk2, shell in next st, sk2, dc in last stitch. Turn.

Row 3: Ch3 (counts as first dc of row), * Shell in ch space of next shell, sk2, dc in next st, ch1, sk1, dc in next st **. Repeat from * to ** to end of row, ending with a dc in top of previous row’s beg ch3.

Repeat row 3 until scarf has reached desired length.

Last row: Ch1, sc in same stitch, sc in all remaining stitches.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Women’s crochet rectangular wrap pattern

This is an easy wrap pattern to make which is worked up along the length so that the stitch design runs lengthwise. It uses about 1150m of 8 ply yarn. Using a 3.5mm hook, this wrap has a finished size of 15 inches wide and 56 inches long.

It is made using a combination of moss stitch, noughts and crosses stitch, and wave stitch, with some small sections of single crochet. These different stitches give it an interesting texture and the solid centre ensures it is warm to wear.

Noughts and crosses stitch:                                            

Wave stitch:

For this scarf, I used Lincraft’s Opus yarn (50g (150m), 25% alpaca 30% wool and 45% acrylic, 8 ply, colour maroon) for the bulk of the wrap and Lincraft’s Double Knitting yarn (100g (250m), 100% acrylic, 8ply, colour maroon) for the wave stitch sections. It could be made using a single yarn, multiple yarns and colours, or a multicoloured self striping yarn. The Opus yarn is very soft and gives the wrap a very nice draping quality. The wrap is also soft enough to fold in half lengthwise and wear as a scarf.

 

The pattern could also be made using a different thickness of yarn and hook. You would simply need to adjust the number of beginning chain (increase or decrease in multiples of 21), and adjust the middle section of the moss stitch, to achieve your desired length and width.

If you would like a detailed pattern, please click here.

I hope you enjoy wearing your wrap J