Nine Inspired

I designed this scarf for my friend Natalie for her birthday. She’s a Christmas baby, so we like to celebrate in early January to make it more special for her. Her favorite color is purple and she’s always dressed to impress. The stylish and versatile design matches easily with anything and can be used for both casual and formal settings.

Take your tunisian crochet to the next level with this lovely lace triangle scarf. You’ll be using tunisian simple stitch, twisted tunisian simple stitch, and yarn overs. The design strikes a nice balance between engaging and relaxing with a two-row repeat. The best part is the short-cut fringe which uses loop stitches! You’ll be done in half the time of traditional fringes – with nary a knot in sight!

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Let’s get started on this fabulous free crochet scarf pattern!

Materials

Worsted Weight #4 yarn. Sample is shown in Loops & Threads Creme Cotton – 1 skein/ 350 yards

J – 6 mm tunisian crochet hook 

Skill Level

Intermediate

Finished Measurements

65 x 12.5 in (165 x 32 cm)

Abbreviations 

US Terminology

ch = chain

st = stitch

yo = yarn over

tss = tunisian simple stitch (insert hook behind front vertical bar of next stitch, yo, pull up loop)

ttss = twisted tunisian simple stitch (insert hook from left to right behind front vertical bar of next stitch, yo, pull up loop)

rtn = return (ch 1, *yo and pull through 2 loops, repeat from * across)

Special Stitches

Loop Stitch:  Wrap the working yarn from front to back over the pointer finger of the hand you hold your yarn with. Insert your hook into the next stitch, grab the yarn from behind your index finger and pull up a loop through the stitch. You now have two loops on your hook. Pull up another loop from the working yarn (not the loop) and pull it through the two loops. 

Let’s Begin!

You will start at the pink star. The pink arrow shows the direction of the work. You will be increasing for the first half of the project and then decreasing for the second half. The purple arrows are labeled with the finished dimensions. You will end up at the blue star where you will continue on to do the edging without fastening off. You will be working back alongside the pointed edge of the work, as shown by the blue arrow. 

Row 1: Ch 4, pull up a loop in the 2nd ch from the hook and each ch across. Rtn. (4)

Row 2: yo, tss in the 2nd st, yo, skip the next st, tss in the next st. Rtn. (5)

Remember in tunisian crochet you start the row with the first st already on your hook. So your 2nd st will be the 2nd vertical bar. 

Row 3: Ttss in the first yo, tss in the next tss, ttss in the next yo, tss in the next tss. Rtn. (5)

You can tell the YOs from the tss sts because they are more slanted. 

Row 4: yo, tss in the 2nd st, yo, skip the next st, tss in the next st, tss in the last st. Rtn.

Row 5: ttss in the first yo, tss in the next tss, ttss in the next yo, tss in the next tss, tss in the last st. Rtn. 

Row 6: yo, tss in the 2nd st, continue to alternate yo and tss across, skipping one st each time you make a yo. Always make the last st a tss. 

Row 7: ttss in the first yo, tss in the next tss, continue to alternate ttss and tss across. Always make the last st a tss.

Repeat rows 6 and 7 until you complete row 89 (which will be a repetition of row 7). Your work should measure approximately 32.5 inches or 82.5 cm in length. It should remain straight on the left side and angle outward on the right side. 

Now we will begin to decrease.

90: yo, sk the 2nd and 3rd sts, tss in the next st, *yo, skip the next st, tss in the next st, repeat from * across. Rtn.

91: ttss in the first yo, tss in the next tss, *ttss in the next yo, tss in the next tss, repeat from * across. Rtn. 

Repeat rows 90 and 91 until you are back down to 4 sts. Do not cut yarn. Continue on to the fringe section.

Fringe

Loop stitch along the pointed side of the work. You will work one loop stitch at the end of each row. Give each loop a little tug to help them lay flat. You can keep them loopy or cut the loops at the top to make the short fringe. 

Blocking

Simply wet the scarf, then gently wrap it with a towel and press lightly on it to get out excess water. Do not wring or twist. Then, lay it out flat on a fresh towel to air dry.