This downloadable PDF contains the full pattern in one ad-free, printable file, with a step-by-step photo tutorial.

The Hooded Herringbone Scarf is a hood and a long scarf worked in one piece. It starts with a small rectangle that sits on top of your head. The hood grows around it in rows, with no increases, and then splits at the back into two long ends. Each end tapers to a point on the back edge, so the front edge stays straight. There is nothing to sew.

The whole scarf is worked in herringbone single crochet, a dense, braided texture. Here it’s a soft merino held together with mohair-silk. An applied I-cord goes around the whole scarf in one pass and gives it a clean, rounded edge. You work the I-cord with two hooks, a bit like knitting, and the photo tutorial shows every step of it.

I’d call it intermediate. The stitches are simple, but the I-cord needs your attention.

The PDF pattern (26 pages) includes:

• written instructions for every row, with stitch counts
• a size diagram with measurements in cm and inches
• a step-by-step photo tutorial of every stage, from the first rectangle to the closed I-cord (17 pages)
• a stitch count table for both scarf ends
• the route of the I-cord around the scarf

Finished size (after blocking): 150 cm (59 in) from the top of the hood to the tip of each end. Hood depth around the face 23.5 cm (9.25 in), each end 24 cm (9.5 in) wide at the hood.

Materials:

• fingering-weight wool held together with a lace-weight mohair-silk, approx. 820 m (900 yd) of each, 262 g in total. Shown in Knitting for Olive Merino (Wild Berries) with DROPS Kid-Silk (31 Mauve)
• 4 mm (US G-6) hook, plus a second hook for the I-cord (metal hooks work best)
• 3 stitch markers, tapestry needle, scissors

Gauge after blocking: 24 sts × 15 rows = 10 × 10 cm (4 × 4 in) in herringbone single crochet. Gauge matters here: the slip stitch counts are worked out from it, and a different gauge changes the size and yardage.

The pattern uses US crochet terminology.