Evan’s Dulaan Scarf
December 28th, 2006
The Yarn Harlot had Ken’s Dulaan Hat. I present Evan’s Dulaan Scarf.
For those of you who don’t know, the Dulaan project is an effort to bring warm clothing to the needy people of Mongolia. Without proper protection from the cold the adults can’t go out to look for work and the children can’t go to school. Rather than a hand out, this is a hand up, helping them build better lives for themselves.
Evan is kind and wonderful and under a lot of stress right now. I’m sending one hat (merino/angora/cashmere blend in pale blue sized for a small adult or a teenager) and a scarf to Dulaan in his name and posting the pattern below as a gift to cheer him.
This scarf is crochetted and ranks as super easy. It’s a fine first project. If you can do a chain stitch and a single crochet you can do this scarf. You don’t even need to know how to weave in ends. It’s a gaugeless project so no need to swatch.
For materials you will need 6 oz of any yarn–you can mix and match leftover scraps from your stash so long as it’s all the same weight (worsted, bulky, sport, etc.)–and a matching crochet hook.
Leave a six inch tail and chain a chain about 60 inches long. This will be shorter than the final length of the scarf, but it will put you in the right ballpark. End off and cut the yarn leaving a six inch tail.
Row 1: Leave a six inch tail at the beginning of the row and single crochet in every chain stitch across. End off and cut the yarn, leaving a six inch tail.
Row 2: Leave a six inch tail at the beginning of the row and single crochet in every single crochet across. End off and cut the yarn, leaving a six inch tail.
Repeat row 2 until the scarf is 6 inches wide. Trim the fringe just enough to make it even.
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1. Jane Lebak | December 29th, 2006 at 11:24 am
Thank you, Ivy.
2. Wendy Dinsmore | December 29th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
That is incredibly cool, Ivy!
3. crocheting for charity &l&hellip | May 17th, 2008 at 4:35 am
[...] bit of history. A while ago, Ivy taught me about coping with grief by crocheting, and she suggested the self-fringing scarf. I was not a crocheter before then, although my grandmother had taught me the basics, but I found [...]
4. knitting: too many decisi&hellip | December 15th, 2009 at 6:58 am
[...] into crocheting (hah) during a vulnerable time when I was grieving and Ivy posted instructions on how to make a self-fringing scarf. It was very easy. Stupidly easy, even an idiot could do it without a problem. I only had moderate [...]
5. Cricket | December 15th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Neat! Reminds me of a blanket pattern, think it’s “Traveller’s”, where you do the same thing — cut at the end, then start with a tail. Don’t remember how to fix the end stitches with knitting, though. Probably same way you steak.
6. Cricket | December 16th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Another thought: Those fringes might work well on a prayer shawl.
7. yarn mojo: recovered &laq&hellip | December 29th, 2009 at 3:52 am
[...] so there was. I was able to use Ivy’s pattern for a self-fringing scarf and with the leftovers of five different projects, I made a scarf for a child. Without intending to, [...]
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