Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet

Let's Start Your First Scarf

Let’s start your first crochet scarf designed by Daisy Farm Crafts. Worked up in Patons Classic Wool Bulky yarn, this scarf will keep you warm and fashionable during those colder months. This is a great crochet pattern to start off with as it will teach you how to create a foundation chain and the half double crochet stitch. This stitch will be worked up in various simple ways so that in the end you will have created a beautifully textured scarf. Make sure you download your pattern and watch our helpful videos below to get started.

Pattern Tutorial

Watch as Tiffany of Daisy Farm Crafts shows you step-by-step, how to crochet a lofty Patons Classic Wool Roving scarf.

Materials

  • 3 balls Patons Classic Wool Roving, Aran

  • Crochet hook, size U.S. J/10 (5.75-6mm)

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Tips

An important part of crocheting is achieving the correct tension. Tension is the amount of stitches and rows you need to knit within given measurements so you end up with a proper knit project. You can always go up or down in needle sizes to achieve proper tension.

Skills, Details & Handy Tips

Need a little extra help? The diagrams and videos below help break down each individual technique, so you can master your new-found crochet skills. Plus, get some helpful tips from Daisy Farm Crafts.

Foundation Chain

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Tips

It’s also helpful to use stitch markers or safety pins so you can keep track of the amount of chains you’ve created. I suggest you place one every 25 stitches.

Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Foundatin Chain Stitch
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Foundatin Chain Stitch

Single Crochet

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With a single crochet you do not yarn over before putting your hook through the work, you simply work into the stitch or chain.

Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Single Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Single Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Single Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Single Crochet

Half Double Crochet

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You’ll note that when you work a half double crochet stitch there is a distinctive bar that forms in the stitch. I show in the video how to use this bar to create texture in your work by working this stitch through the front loops.

Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Half Double Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Half Double Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Half Double Crochet

Double Crochet

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Since a double crochet stitch is taller than a single crochet stitch you do need to yarn over before putting your hook through the stitch or chain.

Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Double Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Double Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Single Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Double Crochet
Beginner Series: Learn to Crochet Double Crochet

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Tiffany of Daisy Farm Crafts

Meet Tiffany

Hello! I'm Tiffany. I’m a grandma-in-training, waiting for the day I can claim the official title. My crochet blanket stack is getting taller, but I’m writing down the patterns for each blanket I make and sharing them with you.

Warmly, Tiffany