Chevron Infinity Scarf Cowl Free Crochet Pattern Workshop ~ Learn Color Changes in Crochet

Hey everyone, it's Deja from CrochetEverAfter.com. Today we're making this chevron infinity cowl scarf. You'll see the pattern link below. The yarn that I used for this is a Blue Sky alpaca sport weight, and I got that from my KnitCrate monthly yarn subscription. So you can read more about that subscription on my blog, but I told everyone that I would I would make a free pattern from the yarn, and that's what I'm going to do. what I have here. So download the pattern, grab your yarn and your hook and we'll get started. Okay so before I get started I just wanted to point out that I have three cakes of yarn. So I have two in the red and one in the blue. If you're not going to be using the exact same yarn as I am, because it will say two skeins of the red, take whatever yarn you're using And if it's not two skeins, I think we have one. um roll it into two and you'll see why once we get going in the pattern but having two of the red color or two of whatever color you are choosing instead of the red is going to help you from having to cut your yarn after every single row that you finish you won't have to cut any yarn as long as you start off with two Um, balls, cakes, skeins, whatever it may be that you're using, of the yarn in the red or whatever color you're substituting. So with that said, we're going to get started with the pattern, and the first thing we're going to do is put a slipknot on our hook, my yarn, and I grab my working tail and pull through. I'm using also a bigger hook. This is a 5mm. The 5mm hook, usually for sport weight, you would use probably no larger than a 4, but I want this to be really drapey and really soft, so using a bigger hook is going to give me more drape with it. Now I'm going to chain 34, so I just yarn over from back to front, turn my hook down so it slides easily through my chain, and then push my hook. So my loop is on my shaft and I do that for every single chain so that they are all the same size. And I pull with my other hand that's not making the chains on the chains I've already made to keep them nice and consistent. I'm going to start 34 chains. Now I've got the width of the towel scarf. I'm going to start with my row one instructions. So it tells me that I'm going to double crochet in the fourth chain from my hook. So those three skip chains. You can see the Vs, 1, 2, and 3. Those are going to count as a double crochet. So I'm going to yarn over, and I'm going to insert my hook in just the back loop of the fourth chain. The reason I'm just grabbing the back loop and not trying to make a nice edge with the bottom bump or grabbing two loops is because at the very end, when I... To bring this around a join, I'm going to be sewing it to the other side of my foundation chain. So it does not really matter what the bottom of my foundation chain looks like at the moment. So that's why I'm just picking the back loop. So I've inserted my hook, I'm just going to yarn over and pull up my loop, yarn over and pull through the first two loops, and yarn over and pull through the second. Now I've got my first double crochet. My pattern now tells me that I'm going to double crochet in the next three chains. So one double crochet in each of those. So when you're looking for your chains, make sure you're not going into the chain that you just worked. It's going to be quite large when you first start working into it before you start working into the next chain and that'll kind of even out this one. So go to the chain right to the left of the previous chain. Yarn over Go through that back loop. You see that I put my finger right behind the chain? It kind of helps guide my hook where I need it to go. Pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through the first two, yarn over, pull through the second two. Again, yarn over, through the next chain, pull through the first two, and pull through the second two. These are the stitches that are in between the peaks and the valleys of my chevron. So I have three. These first two double crochets, the chain three and the double crochet, they kind of represent a peak. So my next move is going to be make a valley. I'm going to make a valley by doing DC three together. So I'm going to double crochet the next three chains into one double crochet. Okay, so two DC three together. I'm going to yarn over. I'm going to go into that next chain, pull up a loop. And then I'm going to yarn over and pull through the first two loops. Then I'm going to stop there. Because we're double crocheting three together, I'm going to start the beginning of three double crochets. So I'm going to yarn over and now I'm going to go to my next chain. Insert my hook, pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through the first two loops and stop. Then I'm going to do this one more time. Yarn over, go into the next chain, yarn over, pull through the first two and stop. So now I have four loops on my hook, I have the beginning of three double crochets, and I'm going to turn them all into one. So I'm going to yarn over, and to make it easily through all four loops, I'm going to turn my hook so it points right down at my work, and it's going to slide nice and easy through all those loops. And you'll see it kind of creates this whole little closed-in stitch, and that's going to create the V, the valley of my chevron. So you see what I do my next. Double crochet in my next chain, I'm going to do three more of those, three in the next three chains. One double crochet in each of the next three chains, let me say it right so I don't confuse you. We'll see how this starts to valley up. We call it peaks and valleys in crochet, they look like peaks and valleys. Okay, so now I have my valley stitch, you can see it looks like a little V. Now I'm going to make my peak, so I'm going to do that by putting three double crochets all at once, not all at once, but all of them into my next chain. I'm going to yarn over, I'm going to insert my hook in the next chain, and then I'm going to do another one in that same chain. So now you want to go back into that big hole, so now you can work into that same chain that you just worked into. One more, nice and large now, and that's going to create a turn that makes a peak. So we're going to do another double crochet, one crochet in each of the next three chains and get back to our next valley stitch. That's all we're doing across is we're doing a valley stitch, then the three double crochets, one double crochet in each of the three chains, and then a peak stitch. Pattern pretty much for the entire pattern. Here, three, one, two, three. Okay, now we're ready for our DC three together again. Insert our hook in the next chain through the first two. Pull through those four chains on our hook again. So if I didn't turn my hook and I tried to get through these chains, you see it's going to be a little difficult. Turning it straight down kind of goes right in between where those chains are being formed. So it helps them keep from being. So now we have our next valley that we just made. So you can see how we're looking here. So we're going to continue that, and you're going to continue that pattern until we get to this very last chain. So keep doing your three double crochets, your peak, then another valley, and I'll meet you right at that last chain. Okay, I just finished my last valley, and I am doing my three double crochets. And so normally after our three double crochets, we would do a peak stitch by doing three double crochets in one. But because this is an end stitch or an end chain, we have one chain left after those three double crochets, we're going to copy what we did over at this end where we put two double crochets. So we're finishing off with just two in this last stitch. We hook back into that chain and do two. Now before I finish this double crochet I'm going to stop because I'm going to join in my new ball of red. Why am I joining in the same exact color? When we get to row four, you're going to see that we don't have to cut any of our tails because we're working with three balls of yarn, even though it's only two colors. Because we're working with three balls of yarn, you're not going to have to cut any of your tails when you make color changes, which means you get a lot less weaved in ends. So you've got to trust me on this until we get to row four where this will start to make So I'm going to grab my other ball of red, join it in just like as if I was joining it in a new color. At my last step of my last double crochet, I'm going to lay my yarn on my hook, pull through, and then I'm going to turn my work and start row two. So just drop your tail of your red. These are the only tails you're going to have to weave in besides the ones at the very end, so this is really good. You can just tug on your working tail of your red a little bit if you want to tighten that down, but once you pick it up again on row four, you'll be set. You won't have to worry about that. So, now what we're going to do is row two. So my first row two instruction is to chain three, which is going to count as a double crochet. And then I'm pretty much just repeating everything that I did on row one. I'm going to yarn over and I'm going to double crochet in the same stitch that I just did my chain three. And that's going to make a peak, half a peak stitch on the end. And then I'm going to do one double crochet in my next of three stitches. So when you're going to pick a stitch, if you're brand new, You can see the hole right there that you can put your hook through, or you can turn your work and look for your Vs. You can see that V right there, we're going to go under both loops of that V. Yarn over, pull up your hook, and just like normal, pull through the first two, yarn over, pull through the second two. Oops, I guess you missed, then you get to go again. Now because this is a chevron, we're copying what we did previously. So you'll see that we have one, two, which is where our last Valley stitch was and three, so we're going to DC these three together to make or to continue our valley stitch. So I pull up a loop, pull through the first two, yarn over, insert my hook in my next stitch, pull up a loop, first two, yarn over and go through the next. Pull through two, four left, and we're going to pull through all of those. So now you can see how our peaks and valleys are going to line up. So it's going to keep our chevron going. Now I'm going to do one double crochet in each of the next three stitches. So you should be lining up. If you're not lining up, you probably missed a stitch somewhere. But your peak should be right in the middle of the three stitches of your last peak. So you can see this stitch came into this first of my three peaks. Now I'm at the middle of my peak. You can see the three stitches right here. So now on this next stitch, I'm going to do three double crochets. If you're not lining up, just pull it out and recount your stitches, because if you do them off-centered a little, you're going to have an off-centered chevron, which might look cool, but if you want the same look as the pattern, you want to make sure you're lining up three in the next, or three crochets in each, let me say that wrong, one double crochet in each of the next three stitches. And this is the pattern that you're going to be doing for every single row after. I'm going to do dc3 together when you come to your valley and double crochet in each of the next three stitches, set it right that time, after your valley and then you can do peak stitch. So continue on this row and then right at the end of the row we'll meet up and join our brand new color. I'm on my last three double crochets and then I'll be at that last chain which is actually This is actually my last stitch, which is actually my chain 3. from the previous row so we're going to work in that first chain i'm going to go under two loops insert your hook and you're going to do two double crochets just like last time one and then go right back in that same spot and do another one before you finish it because we're going to join in our new color so we're just going to leave the red off notice that we have one red on this side and one red on this side and that's important for not having to cut your yarn which you're going to see after we finish this row of blue that we're adding in. Over my hook pull through those two stitches to finish off that last double crochet tighten that down just a little bit turn my work the tail of my blue now we're gonna do pretty much the same exact what is the exact same instructions for row two we're gonna chain three Double crochet in that same stitch, and it's a little bit convoluted with all of our color changes, but if you need to find your stitch, it's that V right there, so just turn it sideways if it's hard to see, and go right under those two loops, crochet, and double crochet in each of the next three stitches. I'm getting better at saying that. So the thing you want to be careful of because you have these three balls is try to keep them untangled as best you can. Since the tails are pretty much on opposite ends most of the time, it shouldn't be too difficult but just kind of untangle them as you turn your work when you're starting to work with them. Now we're back at our valley stitch, so you can see one, two, and three. Make sure that your second one is where your valley joined in the last row so that you're You're not off in your stitches. Another valley, another dc3 together, double crochet in each of my next three stitches. I hope I'm saying that right. Okay, and then we're back at our peak. I double check as well. I'm at that middle peak stitch, so I know I didn't miss anything, especially while talking. So we're going to keep doing that, and then at the end of this row you're going to see we are doing two balls of red. You can see the magic of not having to cut your yarn. So keep on going until you get to that very last. We're going to do a stitch of the row and we'll join up our red. And we're back on the last three DCs again. And this is where the greatness of not having to cut yarn comes in handy. It's also a great thing because you don't... If you maybe didn't like your color choices and you wanted to pull it out, you don't have cut ends. You can pull out a whole ball of yarn, or if you needed to fix something because you're not cutting your ends, you can easily rewind your balls if you have to. So I'm at the very last stitch, I'm going to, remember I have to do two double crochets in my last stitch. So the reason why I go through under two loops when I get to these chains, because these are all going to be chain three stitches, is if I just grab one loop, you'll see that it pulls my chains out of shape, and I get this big loop here. So I don't like the look of that, even though I'm putting an edging on this so it'll be covered, I like to just keep with my tradition of putting it under two loops, and it makes my loop a lot smaller. So that's my first double crochet, and I'm going to do one more in that same spot, but I'm going to stop the last step, because I need to join in my red. So, make sure you're grabbing the actual working yarn, because you have a couple tails over here. So here's my working yarn. All I'm going to do is run it right up the side of my work. And I'm going to pull and start my red, and then I'm going to drop off my blue. So remember, when we get to the end of this row, We have that red over here to join them, so every single row when we come to it, we have a tail to join in. Now, we're putting an edging on this, so you won't see these tails that are running up along the side. If you didn't want to put an edging on it, you'd have to kind of hide them in your stitches as you go, it's possible, but I'm not going to show that on this tutorial, but if you really want to see it, just leave me a request and I'll make one where it's hiding the tails, but because we're putting an edging on this, I don't want to waste your time with that at the moment. So, make sure when you're pulling this tail up to join your collar that you are keeping it slack enough, because if you tighten it down, you're going to make a little divot or fold in your project. So make sure you have enough slack that when you start crocheting with it, it's not going to pull on your project. So, as usual, three chains and a double crochet in that same stitch. I'm just going to keep doing that same stuff across, 3 double crochets, valley, 3 double crochets, peak. So you keep going and then I'll show you, I'll join up the red again at the other end so you can be sure that you're comfortable with that. I'm almost at my last stitch, so I can join my next ball of thread in, first of two. So again I stop at that last stitch, I grab my red. Now, the reason why I... Don't do one ball of red is because my tail would be on the opposite side of where my blue is. So you can see my blue is here. If I was to do, let's see if I can make this easier. If I was to finish off my red where I join my blue, my blue tail would be over here. Then if I did one ball of red, I would come across, my tail would be here, then I would come back across and my blue tail would be over here instead of over here. So I have to do three colors or three balls to be able to run my colors up along the side. So if you're going to do a chevron, whatever colors you may be, if you don't want to have to cut the ends, do three colors or three balls of yarn and run the tails along the edge. If you try to, you'll see that it does not work. So, you'll see that I just ran at my red, I dropped my old red, and then I'm just starting my next row. With lots of different tails coming in and out of here, make sure if you're having trouble finding where to put your first hook, as you can see I have all these little tails running everywhere, just turn your work sideways, find that first V, and go just under those two loops, and you'll always catch the right stitch. So now you'll see when we get back over, our blue tail is in the right spot. So we'll do that one more time, and then you're gonna be on your own for finishing off this project till we get to where we're gonna put in edging on it and join it and all that good stuff. Almost the very last stitch here so I can join my blue back in. So as you're working this pattern, if you have any trouble when you pull out your yarn, you're not gonna have to. I'm not going to knot or cut anything. It should all come freely out because of the way that this is made. So now I'm running my blue up the side, yarning over and pulling it through, nice and loose. Turn my work and start with the blue. Just drop off your red. So keep on going in this fashion. And then when we get to the end of it, the chevrons, I'll show you how to join them up and put an edging on it. Alright, I am just on my last double crochet. My last row, which is row 81, and you'll see that I haven't fastened off my reds yet. I'm leaving those on, and I'll explain that in just a second, but I am going to fasten off my blue. But I'm going to make a really long tail, so how I usually fasten off is do a chain, and then I pull it the length that I want to cut it. I want it to be about double the width of my row, because I'm going to use that tail to whip stitch my cowl scarf together. So I'm just going to pull it nice and long. Easy to sew with. I'm going to cut it and then take my blue. Okay, so I'm just going to fold my scarf in half so that I can easily sew it up. You can only see the ends because it's a pretty big scarf cowl. And I'm just going to kind of keep my reds that I still have attached out of the way. I just rolled them into little balls to be easier to deal with. Keep those out of the way. And I'm going to thread my blue. I'm just going to do a simple whip stitch. You can do a mattress stitch. I wouldn't really recommend a single crochet. I think the whip stitch will be just fine to join this. So what you want to do is make sure that you have the side that you want facing out. So if there is a side that you like better facing out. Fold that in, so you're going to put your right sides together. So I'm just going to stick with what I have right here, and I'm going to call those my right sides, because we're going to whip stitch the opposite way, so when we open up we'll have any kind of seam that this is going to leave, which it doesn't really leave a seam, but just if there's anything visible, it'll be hidden inside the cowl. Now you see that my... My edges are opposite, but when we whip stitch them together, they're going to meet up. So just keep, because you have the same amount of stitches on both edges, you just need to keep your stitches lined up and do the same amount of whip stitching. So my original foundation chain edge is a little bit more difficult to see because it Because it doesn't have the V's of my... Ending row so you need to just take a little extra time if you kind of pull on it You can see those little holes you can see where each little loop goes through so that's what we're going to use So what I'm going to do is I'm just going to go straight over my work And I'm going to come in the back side of that first stitch on row one the technical foundation chain And then I'm going to go through the very last stitch of my row. This is my fasten off, so I don't want to put it through that little chain and pull that tight. But I want to go through that very last stitch, which is that V, to start off. So just like if you're going to do a stitch, just go into those first two loops. You can also just go into one loop, totally up to you. I'm just going to go into both to make it easy. Then I'm going to go back over, and again, I'm going to come through the back side of the next stitch. Make sure, I almost went through the same stitch, so you want to pull on it and look for your next stitch. So here is my next stitch, and I'm going to go into the next stitch on this side. And it's going to go over the top, so you see how it winds itself around, and just pull it through. You don't have to tighten it all the way down just yet, because you can pull on it to find your stitches a little bit easier when it's looser. But I'm just going to keep going back over the top. Try not to get yourself tangled so that it will stay as clean as possible. Then I go back over, so that's where, and when it's loose you can see where your last stitch was. I can see that one's there, so I'm going to go to this one. And I'm going under both loops. Remember I only went in my back loop when I did my very first row, and I have the front loop and the bottom bump left over. I'm just going through both of them, just like I'm going through both loops of this stitch. That's my preference for this project but you don't have to. You can go through just one loop here and one loop here. It's not going to make too big of a difference on your final look. You can check out my whip stitch joining video and I believe I show you different, what the edges look like depending on if you go through one loop or both loops. So I'm just going to keep going all the way across to join up my scarf cowl and I'm going to be very careful, it's going to take just a little bit of time, but I wanted to show you when I get to this V, how that joins up. So when I open it up, you'll see that it's all joined up right there. So even though they're not matching up when I'm folding them in half, once I open it up, it's going to join up. And I haven't even tightened this down yet. Once I tighten it down, it's going to create almost an invisible seam. So keep on going across with this join and take your time so that you line up your stitches perfectly so that you don't have any gaps or holes or um you know like when you button a shirt with the wrong button and everything's you know crooked. Make sure you take the time to get every single stitch and then we'll meet up right at the end and then we'll put our border on this. Okay, I finished whip stitching you. and I'm just pulling on the last bit of my edge. With natural fiber, you kind of want to tighten it as you go because they have a tendency, the yarn, to kind of stick to itself because they're shorter hairs. So as you're doing your whip stitch, maybe every eight or so stitches, pull on it a little bit. So you can see now, this is where I did my join, right up here. And if you look at my other rows, it's pretty much well hidden, it's almost an invisible seam. When you flip it to the front, you can see that it blends in really well, but until you which row it was, then you probably wouldn't even know that I had done my seam here. And it's really flat, so there's no three-dimensional bump to the stitch. stitch. Trying to see if you can see that at all, but it's completely flat in line with the rest of the scarf, so when you put it on, you don't have to worry about moving, you know, the part that has the seam to the back, because it shouldn't really show up. I have all these tails that I need to weave in, but before I do that, I'm going to work on my border. So I'm going to flip my cowl scarf right side out. And then I'm going to go where my yarn is already joined up because I have one red on one side and I have another red on the other side so I have the perfect setup to do both sides of my border. So you can see all my tails that are running along the side I'm going to cover all those up while I do my border. Let me find the end of this ball here. And I'm real big at not having to weave in a whole lot of ends. So we're just going to start right from where we left off with this tail. So I'm going to grab my hook and we'll start making that border. Okay, so here is where I joined up my scarf, my tail, and this is my leftover red that I dropped and didn't fasten off at the end, and we're just going to pick up right from here. You can see that it's kind of joined to the bottom of this row. Now when I'm doing my border, it's just going to be a simple, single crochet border. There are two things that I want to do. One, I want to encase all of these tails that I have running down my edges. And you'll see they're a little bit slack, so that when I stretch my cowl, it has lots of room to stretch. It doesn't get stuck. And then the second thing I want to do is I want to put about, well, I want to put two single crochets for every row of double crochet. So to start this off all we're going to do is yarn over just wrap your hook or wrap your yarn around your hook from back to front and insert your hook into that next stitch and you'll see that there's kind of almost like a double looking v stitch even though it's the side of our double crochet. So I'm just going to insert it under the two loops that I see and then I'm going to yarn over and pull up a loop and look I already have What I can do for a single crochet, I just have to yarn over and pull through. And this is the single crochet that I'm going to join up once I go all the way around. So for my next one, I'm just going to go under this whole loop here. Make it nice and easy. This next one is my blue, so I'm going to put two in there, and you notice that I'm not even really paying attention to these loops, because they fall, or the tails, they fall right in line with my single crochets. I don't have to think too much about them, about crocheting them in, because they are right there on top. But make sure that you're joining them through. So here I have two rows of Vs, I'm going to have four single crochets all together. I like going into this little hole right here for the first one. So I go in, yarn over, and you see it catches that tail and covers it up. And I'm not crocheting really tight, I'm going to do kind of a loose crochet so that it can I can stretch as well so that I don't have a super tight border. So that's all I'm going to do all the way around my entire cowl. So I'm just going to keep going all the way around and then when we get over to the edge I'm going to stop and show you how to join it up. So just single crochet all the way around one side and I'll meet you at the end of it. Way around my border and I'm right where I did my joining of my scarf cowl so I want to pull that tight just so I I can make sure I'm getting the right spot when I am doing my next two. So I'm just going to single crochet, oops, I'm going to leave my tails out so I can weave those in better. I'm going to single crochet around those two, and then remember that first single crochet was down here, so we still have this row of red that we need to single crochet around. So we'll do two more around here. Then we're back at that very first single crochet we made. So we're going to go ahead and just go under both loops and slip stitch to join it. And you can go ahead and fasten off. And I was pretty close. That's how much yarn I had left on this side. I'm still going to cut it a little bit shorter because that's a little too long to weave in. So now I have one side done and I just have to do my other side. So I'm going to do the exact same thing. I have my tail still attached. So I'm just gonna flip my cowl around so that I'm working in the correct direction. And I'm gonna go ahead and do the same thing, go all the way around, and then we'll be finished with the cowl. I've finished doing the border on both sides of my scarf cowl, and I just have to weave in all of my ends now, so that's going to take a little bit of time, because there's quite a few, but not as many as if we would have had to cut each row, so that's a very nice plus. And you can see that the border has pretty well hidden all of our tails that we had running along. So I'm going to weave in the ends and then we are going to be done with the scarf cowl.