Men’s Boulder Crochet Scarf Free Beginner Pattern Workshop

Hey everyone, it's Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After and today we are making the men's Boulder scarf. As in like rock boulder not as I'm bold. So I recently released the men's rock knit scarf and I wanted to make a crochet counterpart to it. It's not the same kind of style, it's a different kind of style but you'll see that it's a very dense basic kind of scarf which I think that men would appreciate to wear. You know they kind of like basic stuff so I tried to make kind of a basic but interesting scarf for them so that you can make one for your guy and I dig it like make it in a pretty color for you it will work either way but I tried to keep the guys in mind when I made this so download the pattern below and we'll get started. So material wise I used some of my Knit Crate yarn which is a Knit and crochet yarn subscription. I'll link it in the description. You don't have to use the exact yarn You can use a DK or worsted weight. I used about Just about 420. 425 yards for the length that's listed in the pattern. You can definitely use less or more, you know, make it longer shorter It's a really Quick repeat, it's just this long as the repeat so you can really customize the size to whatever you want. I used a 6 millimeter US J hook. The bigger you go with the hook on worsted weight, the drapier it gets. So the ball band may say a 5 millimeter hook. I recommend going up to at least a 6 millimeter. 5 millimeter is going to give you very dense stitches and it's not going to be super comfortable to wear. So the bigger... On the hook you go, the more drapey and soft it will become. So that's your tip of the day. So like I said, this is a really easy pattern. We have two sections of repeats. One is a one row repeat, the other one is a one row repeat as well, pretty much. But we're going to start with just a simple single crochet border, and then we'll get into it, and we'll start showing you those stitches right now. So let's go work the body. And then we'll talk a little more. Okay, so we are going to start with our foundation chain. You can make it the same as the pattern or any number of odd stitches if you want to make it wider or less wide. The stitch repeats are very simple, so you can make it any width you'd like. Just make sure it's odd. So I did 13 stitches, and I'm going to end up with 12 stitches at the end because I'm going to skip this first chain, and I'm going to single crochet into the next one. And in each stitch across, And this is just going to give me a simple single crochet border so that I'm not having spaces on the end of my work when I work my single crochet border all the way around the entire scarf at the end because the next stitch, which is going to be part of our kind of mesh repeat, has some chain ones, so I don't want to do that in the very beginning of the foundation. So single crochet across and then we'll start our first stitch repeat. Okay so single crochet in that last stitch and then we are going to turn and begin our mesh repeat which is a one row repeat. All these are one row repeats which I love. So we're going to chain one. We're single crocheting in that very first stitch. Remember if you're new, look for the two v's or the one v, the two loops. That's what you're going under so when you're working that first kind of stitch you kind of have all these weird things in front of you. Just look for the two v's and get under those. That's the part that you want to look for for any stitch that you're working. Unless it specifically tells you to go somewhere further down. So we're doing a single crochet, and then our stitch repeat begins. We're going to chain one, we're going to skip that next stitch, and then we're going to single crochet into the next stitch. And we're just going to do that across. Now a tip that I'm gonna give you, Your hook, you normally make your chain the same size as your hook shaft and then you're skipping that next stitch. I am going to suggest to you to pull your chain out just a tad before you make it and that's going to help keep your rows even. It's going to give you a little bit more room, it's going to be more the length of the stitch below and it's not going to kind of scrunch your project. So let me show you if I don't pull that out a little, kind of the difference. So normally when you make a chain you make it the same size as your shaft. And you might end up pulling on it as you're working. If you don't have enough slack on your yarn, you may pull that chain kind of small. But when you go into this next stitch, the little space between the stitches is going to start pulling and you're going to have smaller rows. So definitely pull that chain out a little bit on each stitch. It's one little extra tug to give you a little bit more room. And if you have more than you need, That's okay. It's not going to show in your rows, but if you don't have enough, it's going to shrink them for sure. So just do that on each row and you'll have a little bit better luck in matching up your rows with your stitches. So we're just going to continue to chain one, pull that out a little bit, skip the stitch below, and single crochet into the next one. So the repeat says to work until the last stitch, so here's my last stitch, it's all kind of funky, Thank you. and we're doing that single crochet in the second to last stitch, and the last stitch it says to single crochet. So By doing that, we've set ourselves up to not have to think about our repeat because it's going to be the same as what we just did. If I did an even amount of stitches, I would have to change every other row what I'm doing, so these odd number of stitches creates the perfect repeat. So we're doing five more rows of this setup. So we're going to chain one, we're going to single crochet into that first stitch just like we did in the row below, We're gonna chain one, we're skipping that single crochet below, and this time we're working into the chain one all the way around it. So it's super easy to find these stitches and work this mesh. Chain one, skip the single crochet, go into the chain one. So you're always working the opposite of what is above. Chain one, single crochet in that chain one, All the way across, and we'll do one more row just so you can see how this works out. So just like the previous row, we have a single crochet before the last stitch, and our last stitch is a single crochet, and we're single crocheting into that. So we're always ending with two single crochets at the end of the row. So when we go to the next row, we're already set up. We single crochet in that first single crochet, chain one, skip that single crochet, and work into the chain one. So you can kind of see the pattern here. So we're doing six rows of this. You can change it up. You can do more. You can do less. Make it your own. But this is what the pattern is calling for, so we're gonna follow that. But I'm going to deviate. I'm gonna move on to our next stitch because it's super simple. Our next stitch pattern of the repeats that we have, we have This for six rows and then we're going to do Something else for six rows and it's super simple. You've probably done it before. We're gonna double crochet. So to begin it though We're gonna do a tall chain. I love tall chains because they eliminate gaps on the end of your scarf Normally you would chain three for a double crochet and that would count as a double crochet And then you would work into your next stitch. So let me show you the difference here When you do that you get this big hole here because the chains are much skinnier than your double crochet. So we're going to get rid of those chains and we're going to do a tall chain instead. The tall chain is just going to be Bringing up Our height to the height of a double crochet, so we're going to kind of pull it to where we think a double crochet would be and we're going to lock it in with a chain and instead of skipping that first stitch, we're going to do a double crochet in that first stitch and now you'll see, oops, if I don't lose it. Come on, Asia, get it together. Here we go. I'm going to do one more just so you can see the difference. So we're going to, this is all we're doing. We're double crocheting across. So now you can see I have two stitches and I have this tall chain that's blending into this first stitch and once we put that single crochet border on it's going to disappear completely and we don't have those gaps. Otherwise we would have been working into that chain three for our border and it would have made big holes in the sides. So we're double crocheting across, we're double crocheting into the single crochets And then we are double crocheting in around, again around, not in, but around the chain ones. So we're doing this first six rows as well. So it's just repeating six, six, six. I mean six and six, not that other number. And you can do this for as many repeats as you want until you run out of yarn. Just at the very end we're going to finish off with six rows of the mesh so that you match on both sides and then finally a single crochet row at the very end just like how we began so we match completely. Then we're going to be doing the single crochet border. So you'll notice it says to... Do three in each corner so I'm just going to quickly get here to the side. So this is kind of how you're going to find spots and just make it as even as you can. It's really hard when you're working down the side of a project. Just look for spaces where you won't create huge holes in the side. Look for kind of places where you can put your hook that seem logical and spaced out. If you see that your project is starting to ruffle, you have too many stitches. If you see it starting to stretch out, you have too few. So frog back out and try re-spacing them again. Now, when you get to your corner, it says to make three stitches. So I have one here. I'm gonna do one right in the corner to make my turn. And then one more. To make the full turn so that I can start working along my next edge. So that's what we're going to do around the edge to create that single crochet border. You can leave it off if you want. You can make it a couple, you know, you can go around a couple times to make it thicker. Whatever you like. Totally up to you. But that's how we are going to finish off the scarf. So you now know how to work the two section repeats. You're just going to continue that on for as much as you want. Even though the double crochet is kind of the second repeat, end with the chain one SC repeat so that you match on both sides. So let me unroll this real quick. So follow the pattern instructions at the end so that you have the same on both ends so that you don't have a wonky mismatched scarf for your person. So finish that off then we're going to do a simple single crochet border around the entire thing and that's going to help with your edges so if your edges look a little wonky don't worry we're going to single crochet and then we're going to talk about blocking. Okay we got it all blocked and the edges are much straighter. Looks a lot better in my opinion. In my opinion, I... I fixed the bottom edges so they're nice and crisp as well so it's now ready to gift or wear whatever you're going to do with it. Get crafty with this. You can definitely switch colors because you're doing that single crochet border. You can hide all the edges so you could run up the edges along the side or you could cut and weave them in but you could do you know the the mesh part Start in a different color, you can Do like super stripes or get striped yarn, self-striping yarn, all of that will really make it special and unique. You know, you don't have to just stick with one color. I would love to see what you make, tag me on Instagram, Facebook, post them. I want to see what you guys have done with this to make it your own. If you have any questions, use that contact me link in the description. And I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After and thank you for watching.