Triple Crochet Scarf with Fringe:::FREE pattern!

I really, really want to start an Etsy shop filled with crochet goodies to help support my family.  However, I don't have much experience crocheting, nor do I know much about running a business.  So, for the time being, I am experimenting with lots of different patterns, styles, yarn and inventions to come up with something I hope to mass-produce in the near future.  For those of you who are interested, I will share the pattern I came up with most recently that I like:  my Triple Crochet Scarf with Fringe (much better name in the works :) )

I modeled this pattern off of my favorite scarf that my aunt made me a few years ago.  It is so chunky, warm, and extra extra long...I love wrapping it around a few times and tying it in a big knot when these Indiana winters (or falls!) get especially chilly.  I adapted my pattern for a bit of a more dainty style and something I could make with the one skein of yarn I had laying around.

My favorite part about the Triple Crochet stitch is how it looks like a winding pillar.  Yarn with blended different colors makes it look especially interesting!  Plus, the stitches are obviously taller than a Double Crochet, so the scarf gets longer quicker.

In all, my scarf contained 65 rows of Triple Crochet stitches and measured about 55 inches in length.  It was 7 inches in width, which was 20 Triple Crochet stitches and then a chain 4 space to turn. You could probably get away with a chain 3, but I really started to like how the chain 4 gave a curved edge to the scarf.  I love the added details!

You can find the complete pattern below.  If you try to make it, please let me know how it goes, or what you do to improve it. I would love to see your pictures, too!  Like I said, this is one of my first real "inventions", so I tried to keep it extremely simple and easy to reproduce in the future.

Complete pattern:  Triple Crochet Scarf with Fringe
Pattern by: Alison Schemmer

Yarn: Weight 4
Skein: 1 (5oz), and additional yarn for fringe
Hook: J

Row 1: Chain (ch) 24.  **Row 1 stitch count=24**

Row 2: Triple Crochet (tc) In fourth stitch from hook & continue until the end of the chain.  Ch 4 & turn. **Row 2 stitch count: 20, plus ch4**

Row 3-66: Tc in each stitch, including top of chain 4 space from previous row.  Ch 4 &turn. **Rows will total 20 tc + ch4 each time**

Finish off & weave in ends.

For fringe
Yarn: 3 different colors (A, B & C)
Cut 40 pieces of yarn 8" long of color A
Cut 20 pieces of yarn 10" long of color B & C (40 total)

Fold each piece of A in half to form a loop.

Insert hook between each stitch on the end of the finished scarf & pull the loop through.

Tie a knot by putting the ends of the yarn through the loop and pulling tight.

Continue until each stitch has fringe from A secured on both ends of the scarf.

Do the same with yarn B pieces, by tying over your previous fringe pieces.  This time, skip a stitch each time, so each end only has 10 B colored pieces.

Then, flip the scarf over, so your yarn C pieces will be knotted on the opposite side (this ensures all fringe colors are more visible).  Tie yarn C pieces only in the stitches where there aren't any yarn B pieces.

If you want the yarn to be more even, feel free to trim with scissors after you are finished.

And, there you have it! A one-skein, triple crochet scarf with fringe, just in time for the cooler midwest weather on the way.  Bundle up!