Do you enjoy the soft and luxurious feel of velvet yarn? Use the Velvet Scarf pattern to make someone a special gift. This free pattern uses deep ribbing in Bernat Baby Velvet yarn to create a highly textured and super snuggly scarf.
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The ribbing in the scarf is created using a combination of front post and back post double crochet stitches. If these stitches are new to you, there are links to tutorials for both stitches below. The edging uses a third special stitch – the herringbone half double crochet stitch. I love this stitch for edgings and borders. There is also a link to a tutorial about this stitch as well.
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About the Inspiration for the Velvet Crochet Scarf
After making my Velvet Hat pattern last year, I’ve been playing around with different ideas for using the Bernat Baby Velvet Yarn. For this design, I wanted a pattern that would complement the hat. The deep ribbing in the scarf takes the ribbing of the hat a step further. This makes the scarf highly textured and super snuggly.
About the Yarn
I’ve been in love with the Bernat Baby Velvet yarn for the last year. It’s a worsted weight velvet yarn that comes in generous skeins. It’s super soft with a plush and luxurious feel. I’ve found while working with it that it doesn’t shed. And, it’s fairly durable for such a soft yarn and machine washable!
One of the things to be careful with velvet yarn is that you need to crochet tightly. This will prevent the yarn from “worming.” Worming is when loops of yarn pull away from the fabric. It happens more commonly with velvet yarns. Several things will help prevent worming including using a smaller hook, crocheting more tightly, and using textured stitches that twist the yarn and lock it in place. This pattern uses all of these techniques including post stitches to prevent worming.
Once you do these things, velvet yarn can be fun to work with. And, it creates gorgeous, soft, and snuggly projects.
Pattern Options
The Velvet Yarn Scarf pattern is a free crochet pattern for a velvet crochet scarf in U.S. crochet terminology. It is included for free on the blog below.
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Velvet Crochet Scarf
What You’ll Need
Yarn: Worsted weight velvet yarn (#4 medium) in color of choice. Approximately 420 yards.
Shown above: Yarnspirations Bernat Baby Velvet (100% polyester), 492 yds [450m]/10.5 oz[300g]: #86005 (Orchid Hush), most of a skein.
Hook: Size G/6 (4.00 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle, measuring tape.
Sizing and Gauge
Size: Approximately 4.5” wide and 68” long.
Gauge: approximately 20 stitches and 9 rows = 4” x 4” in ribbing pattern. Stitches should be tight enough to prevent yarn from worming. See explanation of worming in notes.
Pattern Notes
Notes:
- Beg chs of rows do not count as sts.
- To make a wider scarf, adjust the base chain by adding stitches in multiples of 4.
- Note that a wider scarf will require more yarn if you want to achieve the same length.
- Scarf is crocheted with a smaller hook and tighter gauge to prevent the yarn from worming.
- Worming is when loops of yarn pull away from the fabric, and it can commonly happen with velvet yarns. Using a smaller hook, tighter gauge, and front and back post sts as in this pattern all help to prevent worming.
Standard Stitch Abbreviations (U.S. Crochet Terminology):
bpdc: back post double crochet
ch(s): chain(s)
dc(s): double crochet(s)
fpdc: front post double crochet
hhdc: herringbone half double crochet (see special stitch instructions below)
rep: repeat
st(s): stitch(es)
Special Stitch Instructions:
hhdc: yarn over, insert hook in next st, yarn over and pull up a loop through st and first loop on hook (2 loops remain on hook), yarn over and pull through both loops on hook
Stitch Tutorials:
Tutorials are available for the following stitches.
- back post double crochet
- front post double crochet
- herringbone half double crochet
Velvet Crochet Scarf Pattern
Base Chain: Ch 24
Row 1: Work hhdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (22 hhdc)
Row 2: Ch 2 (beg chs do not count as sts in this and all subsequent rows), work hhdc in each st across, turn.
Rows 3 – 5: Rep row 2.
Row 6: Ch 2, dc in each st across, turn. (22 dc)
Row 7: Ch 2, fpdc around next 2 sts, *bpdc around next 2 sts, fpdc around next 2 sts; rep from * across, turn. (12 fpdc, 10 bpdc)
Row 8: Ch 2, bpdc around next 2 sts, *fpdc around next 2 sts; bpdc around next 2 sts; rep from * across, turn. (12 bpdc, 10 fpdc)
Rows 9 – 150: Rep rows 7 and 8 until row 150 or until scarf is nearly desired length.
Rows 151 – 155: Rep row 2. At end of row 155 or end of last row, fasten off.
Finishing: Weave in ends.
If you enjoy using Bernat Baby Velvet yarn, you may also enjoy the Velvet Hat and Velvet Christmas Ornament patterns.
