I'm crocheting these scarves for a program that gives them to homeless veterans and their families. A lot of people forget that many women serve too and a lot of our military have families.
Well, now that I've explained why I'm making these, I'll explain how they're made.
I call this my "No pattern, pattern"
step 1. Get some yarn
step 2. Choose a size of crochet hook that works for the type and size of the yarn you have
step 3. crochet a chain as long as you want the scarf to be plus 2 or 3 stitches.(the extra stitches are to allow for turning your work without making it shorter)
step 4. single crochet in the 3rd chain and each of the other chains
step 5. turn
step 6. half double crochet (this is the stitch where you wrap the yarn like you were going to make a double crochet but pull it through like you're making a single. It's a nice stitch for scarves because you need fewer rows than single crochet but it isn't as loose or lacy as double crochet)
You half double crochet in each space or stitch (depending on your yarn sometimes it's easier to go in each opening from the previous row than it is to get in each if the stitches-do whatever works best for you) Chain 2 or 3 at the end of each row and turn to crochet the next row. Keep going until it's as wide as you'd like it to be. Cut the yarn off far enough away from your scarf that you can pull the end through you and have a long enough piece that you can weave the end in so that your scarf won't unravel.
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