The Adelaide Scarf was designed with beginner crocheters in mind, to provide them with a mindful, easy, first “real” project. No borders are required and you do not need to sew in any tail ends. The pattern is made using only single crochet and chain stitches, and is a one-row repeat.

The other purpose behind this design was to use up a bunch of Cascade Pacific yarn that I have in my stash! The elementary school my sons both attended was looking for scarfs for children whose parents don’t have the means to buy them. Cascade Pacific is perfect for kids scarves because it’s soft, machine washable, and you can even pop the fabric in the dryer.

This pattern can also be used as a stash buster - as long as you have enough yarn to crochet one row, then you can use it in making this fabric.

The pattern and photo/video tutorials outline how to make a sample, or gauge square, and how to make the scarf, which is sized appropriately for elementary school-aged children. There are instructions for how to adjust the size of the scarf if you want to make a longer one for an adult.

The pattern includes both written and charted instructions and a photo tutorial. If you purchase this pattern via Ravelry, you also will receive access to the video tutorials which can be found here.

Depending on your gauge, the finished scarf will measure approximately 50” L x 6” W, before blocking, and excluding the fringe.

To complete this project you’ll need:

• Approximately 386 yards of worsted weight yarn in at least two colours. I alternated 3 rows in my Main Colour (MC), with 1 row of my secondary colour (CC1) and used 232 yards of MC and 134 yards of CC1 (including the fringe)

• 4.0 mm hook for the starting and ending rows, and a 5.0 mm hook for the main body of the fabric

• Locking stitch markers

• Scissors. I mostly use embroidery scissors or snips, but for cutting a lot of yarn (when making the fringe for example) then fabric scissors are great