How to Crochet a Tubular Scarf
Scarves are worthwhile crochet projects because they can build skills, use up stash yarn or become thoughtful gifts or donations. A tubular scarf's simple construction--just a long tube crocheted in the round--makes it fast to stitch since there is no turning the work. Bulky yarns make practical winter scarves while finer yarns make lighter-weight or fancy accessory scarves, but worsted weight yarn in a basic stitch pattern results in a warm, attractive tubular scarf well-suited for beginners and experienced crocheters alike.
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Things You'll Need
- Approximately 6 ounces (170 g) of worsted weight acrylic yarn
- Size K (6.5 mm) crochet hook
- Size H (5.0 mm) crochet hook
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
Instructions
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Chain 20 with the size K hook, leaving at least a 6-foot (1.8-m) tail of yarn at the beginning.
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Switch to the size H hook. Work a half-double crochet (hdc) into the beginning chain, then into each of the next 19 chains. You'll end up with a ring of 20 hdc, which is your completed Round 1. Don't join any of the rounds as you go; work in a continuous spiral for the entire length of the scarf.
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Work one hdc into each hdc of Round 1. When you finish that, it forms your completed Round 2, which (just like Round 1) is 20 hdc.
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Repeat step 3 for as many rounds as necessary until the scarf is 60 inches (153 cm) long or as long as you'd like it to be. Fasten off and cut the yarn with the scissors, leaving at least a 6-foot (1.8-m) yarn tail.
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Flatten the Round 1 end of the tube scarf. This will make front and back "layers" of the tube, which you should hold gently together. The long yarn tail should naturally fall at one of the sides.
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Insert the size H hook just under where the long yarn tail starts. Using the tail as your work yarn, yarn over and pull up a loop, then make one chain.
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Find the next stitch in both the front and back layers of the tube. Insert your hook under both these stitches, through both layers of the tube at the same time, and make one single crochet (sc) stitch. This will join the front and back layers together at that point.
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Repeat step 7 across to the end of the flattened edge to seam the entire tube end together and close it up. It should take 10 sc to finish the seam, but it's okay if it takes more or fewer.
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Fasten off. Use the yarn needle to bring the remainder of the tail to the inside of the tube--there's no need to weave it in.
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Repeat steps 5 through 9 with the opposite end of the tube scarf.
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Tips & Warnings
If you choose, you can omit steps 5 through 10 and just weave the yarn tail ends in, cutting off the excess. This will give you an open-ended tube scarf.
If you choose to do steps 5 through 10 and the yarn tail at the very end of your scarf (where you fastened off) doesn't naturally fall at one of the sides, undo the fasten-off knot and either add or remove enough hdc's to get the last stitch to be at one of the sides. Then fasten off again and continue with the finishing row of single crochet.
Crocheting is a repetitive motion. As you work, take regular breaks and gently stretch your wrists often to prevent wrist and/or hand strain.
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