The projects I most admire in knitting are the delicate scarves and wraps worked in lace and fingering weight yarns. Sadly, there aren’t many comparable patterns in crochet. I’m not sure why that is but, hopefully, more crocheters will be inspired to experiment with designs in these lighter-weight yarns.
In the meantime, this is my first (humble) design attempt using lace weight yarn. Technically, the pattern would call for fingering weight as I used lace weight doubled. The yarn I used in my project is Knitpicks Shadow in Lost Lake Heather colorway. I have nothing but praise for the yarn….it’s a breeze to work with and the scarf is delicate and soft. I just might keep it for myself 
Be forewarned, the pattern hasn’t been tested, so if you run into a problem, let me know.
Ziggy Lace Scarf
Materials used: size H hook, approximately 440 yds. Knit Picks’ Shadow.
Finished size: approximately 4 1/2″ x 57″.
[ETA: I used the lace weight yarn doubled for this project. You could substitute with 220 yds. of fingering weight yarn instead.]
Ch. 25.
Row 1) 2 dc in 4th ch from the hook, ch 1, sk 2 ch, sc in next ch, (ch 2, sk 2 ch, 3 dc in next ch, ch 1, sk 2 chs, sc in next ch) 3 times, ending with sc in last ch. Ch 3, turn.
Row 2) 2 dc in same st as turning ch, ch 1, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, (ch 2, 3 dc in next sc, ch 2, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc) 3 times, ending with sc in top of turning ch. Ch 3, turn.
Row 3) 2 dc in same stitch as turning ch, ch 1, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc, (ch 2, 3 dc in next sc, ch 1, sk 2 dc, sc in next dc) 3 times, ending with sc in top of turning ch.
Repeat rows 2 and 3 to desired length.
13 responses so far ↓
smashley7 // January 14, 2008 at 5:12 pm |
Thanks for the pattern. I will try it out sometime. It looks very nice.
thekidneybean // January 14, 2008 at 7:02 pm |
Beautiful scarf! If I had some lace-weight yarn in my stash I would try it out right now. I love the lacy look and the color of your scarf is very pretty.
Heather // January 14, 2008 at 8:54 pm |
That is truly gorgeous! A dumb question – is the 440yds when it’s doubled (so I need 880 yds) or 440 and then doubled to make 220?
hookandyarn // January 15, 2008 at 5:57 am |
Heather, I used a total of 440 yds of the lace weight to make the scarf, so if you were using fingering, for example, you would only need 220 yds.
kellinator // January 27, 2008 at 9:13 pm |
This is really pretty. I’m looking forward to trying it!
Kate // March 11, 2008 at 11:39 pm |
I started this today with some hand dyed yarn I’ve been saving for something awesome enough to deserve it. I’m not too far yet, but I love the pattern! Thank you!
I will blog about it tomorrow, hopefully. If not, it’ll be soon, and I’ll put it up on my ravelry projects page as soon as the pics of what I have so far are up on flickr. 
kate mcalister // July 16, 2008 at 11:34 pm |
I recently began crocheting and, as you mention above, there are practically no patterrns in the lace- and finger-weight yarns for crocheting – only for knitting. I am especially trying to find sophisticated -looking men’s scarf pattern to be worked in mohair, alpaca or a blend. Any suggestions as to where to look??
hookandyarn // July 17, 2008 at 7:21 am |
Sadly, there aren’t many free crochet patterns for men’s items. I have learned that men prefer very simple designs done in subtle stitch patterns…maybe something like granite stitch, definitely nothing with openwork. If you’re adventurous, cables is a nice look for men….here’s a how-to link that you could use to make a scarf:
http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa042603.htm
Tria Marie // July 29, 2008 at 10:08 am |
Only note that I’d leave is that the end of Row 3 should end with a chain 3 before the turn, right?
Thanks for this pattern, it’s just lovely and so easy for the beautiful results!
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Kiri // March 27, 2009 at 8:15 am |
I just wanted to say “thank you” for this pattern! It was just what I was looking for for the Arauncania Ranco Multy I bought on a whim. And the pattern was really easy to follow and memorise. Lovely!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10679816@N02/3388925805/
I started it on tuesday evening and finished on thursday evening, after blocking it was about 6′ long! Many thanks again!
hookandyarn // March 27, 2009 at 9:38 am |
Kiri, thanks for sharing your pics. You did a great job, the scarf is
really
pretty.