This is a free crochet pattern with video tutorial showing how to crochet an easy single crochet scarf is fun to work in a solid color, color block or stripes & 4 sizes so you can make one for everybody in the family.

Materials:

• 135 (270, 390, 600) Yards of Worsted Weight #4 Yarn in Total
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook
• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
• Optional: Soft Tape Measure

Yarn Talk:
For my purple scarf, I divided the colors evenly by 3 to have big, bold blocks of color. I used Red Heart Super Saver in Dark Orchid, Medium Purple & Orchid colorways; Respectively it’s 45 (90, 130, 200) Yards per color block to do the same.

You can use any worsted weight yarn from your stash - pick your favorite! If the finished size is essential to you, check your gauge, but if not, just start crocheting - you can even go up to a #5 chunky weight yarn for an oversized, cozy scarf.

Keep in mind when you’ll use your scarf and the level of warmth you would like it to have. As a cold weather scarf, animal fibers are better for keeping warm against the wind, and while alpaca works great, my go-to is always a 100% superwash merino wool, like WeCrochet Swish Yarn or Cascade 220 Superwash, or a wool and acrylic blend, like Lion Brand Wool Ease or Cascade Pacific. These that I’ve mentioned hold up well to wear and tear and machine washing and drying. Acrylic yarns do okay in cool weather as long as it’s not that windy, otherwise, the wind goes right through them, but the nice thing about this scarf is that the stitches are tighter with less gap in between so it does do better with the wind. If you prefer a cotton yarn, use a cotton blend for added durability, like Lion Brand Made with Love.

Tools:
Tape measure in case gauge is essential to you, or you want to measure as you go.

Time Spent:
I worked up the adult small in just over five and a half hours.

Gauge is best to measure by the width of scarf, which is provided, but also not essential.

Abbreviation (US Term):
- SC - Single Crochet

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Updates:
- 10/22/26: Added more helpful information about choosing a yarn, eliminated the abbreviations for the colors and spelled them out in the instructions, added additional Pattern Notes and created a Border Notes section and added instructions for a solid colored scarf to make it easier to read the row counts.