CHOOSING CROCHET PATTERNS FOR MEN (i.e. MR WASHY)

Mr Washy is coming to visit and because Europe is getting ridiculously cold and also because Washy doesn't have proper scarves, we have found a couple of patterns to crochet some for him. We found a cable stitch scarf as pictured in green and knitted one for him in brick colour. We are not experts in crochet or knitting but all the instruction videos on youtube made it so easy! These videos are like the grandma or mother we never had. :-S

CABLE STITCH SCARF

Ch 20.

Foundation Row Hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch across - 18 hdc.

Row 1 (wrong side) and all odd rows Ch 2, turn, hdc in each st across.

Row 2 (right side) Ch 2, turn, hdc in first 2 hdc, FPdc around next hdc 2 rows below; hdc in next 4 hdc, sk 2 hdc, FPtr around next 2 hdc 2 rows below; working in front of previous 2 FPtr, FPtr around 2 skipped hdc 2 rows below, hdc in next 4 hdc; FPdc around next hdc 2 rows below, hdc in last 2 hdc.

Row 4 Ch 2, turn, hdc in first 2 hdc, FPdc around FPdc 2 rows below; hdc in next 3 hdc, FPtr around next 2 FPtr 2 rows below (slanted FPtr), hdc in next 2 hdc, FPtr around next 2 FPtr 2 rows below (slanted FPtr), hdc in next 3 hdc; FPdc around next FPdc 2 rows below, hdc in last 2 hdc.

Row 6 Ch 2, turn, hdc in first 2 hdc, FPdc around next FPdc 2 rows below; hdc in next 2 hdc, FPtr around next 2 FPtr 2 rows below, hdc in next 4 hdc, FPtr around next 2 FPtr 2 rows below, hdc in next 2 hdc; FPdc around next FPdc 2 rows below, hdc in last 2 hdc.

Row 8 Repeat Row 4.

Row 10 Ch 2, turn, hdc in first 2 hdc, FPdc around next FPdc 2 rows below; hdc in next 4 hdc, sk 2 FPtr 2 rows below, FPtr around next 2 FPtr 2 rows below; working in front of previous 2 FPtr, FPtr around 2 sked FPtr 2 rows below, hdc in next 4 hdc; FPdc around next FPdc 2 rows below, hdc in last 2 hdc.

Rows 11-146 Repeat Rows 3-10 seventeen times.

Row 147 Ch 2, turn, hdc in each st across.

Fasten off.

This is the other scarf is a camel-ish colour. We like this stitch. It makes the scarf looks very solid, it also makes the scarf thicker and thus warmer. Instead of starting with 19 ch as in the pattern below (which is for kids), we started with 29 ch instead.


BASKET WEAVE STITCH

Ch 19. Row 1 (Wrong Side): Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across; turn – 17 sts. 

Rows 2 and 3: Ch 2, skip first st; yo, insert hook from front to back to front around the post of the next st, yo and draw lp through, [yo and draw through 2 lps] twice – fpdc made; work 2 more fpdc; yo, insert hook from back to front to back around the post of the next st, yo and draw lp through, [yo and draw through 2 lps] twice – bpdc made; work 2 more bpdc, 3 fpdc, 3 bpdc, 3 fpdc, hdc in top of beg ch; turn. 

Rows 4 and 5: Ch 2, skip first st, 3 bpdc, [3 fpdc, 3 bpdc] twice, hdc in top of beg ch; turn. 

Rep Rows 2-5 until 50" from beg. Fasten off.