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Third loop ribbed scarf crochet pattern

Intermediate · 1 color

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PDF · US Letter · 2 pages · Change paper

Size
About 7 × 60 in (18 × 152 cm)
Skill
IntermediateThird loop

Size 4 choices · Standard is pictured

Short and narrowAbout 5½ × 50¼ in (14 × 128 cm)StandardAbout 7 × 60 in (18 × 152 cm)LongAbout 7 × 70¼ in (18 × 178 cm)Long and wideAbout 9 × 70¼ in (23 × 178 cm)

Paper for the PDF

US Letter8½ × 11 inA4210 × 297 mm

Go to the instructions

Working under the bar below the top loops pushes those loops forward, so every row leaves a line of sideways Vs like a knitted ridge. In turned rows the ridges fall on both sides, which gives a ribbed look.

The whole scarf: 7 × 60 in (18 × 152 cm)

Gauge

13 stitches and 11 rows to 4 in (10 cm) in half double crochet in the third loop.

How to measure it

To count your gauge in the middle of the test piece: 13 stitches side by side are about 4 in (10 cm) wide, and 11 rows are about 4 in (10 cm) tall.

How to measure your gauge

The pattern also stops you to measure after row 9.

Work a test square first (17 rows)

This piece is small enough to be its own test piece: you may skip the test piece, begin, and measure the width at the first place to stop.

If you do make a swatch, it is a test piece to measure and pull out, not the start of the pattern.

Gauge is counted over 4 in (10 cm), so make the swatch bigger than that: about 6 in (15 cm) each way, and count in the middle of it.

  1. Swatch foundationCh 22.
  2. Swatch row 1 (RS)Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across(20 hdc)
  3. Swatch rows 2 to 17Ch 2, turn; hdc in third loop of each st across(20 hdc)
For another width: how many chains to add

For another width, chain more or fewer: each chain adds one stitch to every row. Measure your own stitches to 4 in (10 cm) first.

Before you start

  • The ch 2 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
  • Row 1 is the right side.
  • The number of rows is our estimate: yours may differ, and the length does not change the stitch count.
  • The third loop of a half double crochet is the bar just below its two top loops. After you turn, it lies on the side facing you.
  • Leave a tail of about 6 in (15 cm) when you begin, and weave it in at the end with the others.

Instructions

Size: Standard Change sizeUS termsUK terms

  • The count at the end is what the row leaves.
  • Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows

In UK terms hdc is half treble.

  1. FoundationCh 25.
  2. Row 1RSHdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch acrossleaves (23 hdc)
  3. Stop and measure when you have worked row 9.Width, across the middle of the rows and not along the chain edge: about 7 in (18 cm). If it is wider, start again with a smaller hook; if it is narrower, with a larger one. If only the chain edge is tight, make the chain with a larger hook.
  4. Rows 2 to 165Ch 2, turn; hdc in third loop of each st acrossleaves (23 hdc)Repeat until the piece measures about 60 in (152 cm): at our gauge that is row 165. Go by the tape measure, not the count.
  5. EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.

Finishing

  • Weave in the ends.
  • This pattern has no border, and every size given here is without one.

In all: 165 rows; 3,795 stitches; 2 ends to weave in.

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