Free Ruffled Crochet Scarf – Easy Chunky Pattern and Video

Make this fun ruffle scarf using this written free pattern and helpful step-by-step video tutorial and some thick chunky yarn! This beautiful scarf works up quickly using thick bulky weight yarn making a perfect crochet project for gifting! If you are a beginner crocheter then you will love this ruffled scarf as it uses basic crochet stitches like single and double crochet stitches! So let’s get started, happy crocheting!

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Pattern Description 

This Ruffled Frilly Crochet Scarf is an Easy Skill Level Pattern that is will really add some flare to your handmade wardrobe!

Personally, I don’t like ruffle type yarns but I do love ruffles and combining them with bulky yarn made the coolest crochet scarf!

Making this ruffle scarf is easy. We start with a foundation single crochet for the base of the Ruffle of the Scarf. Then we do one repeat row of single crochet before moving to a double crochet row filled with increases to make the ruffled portion.

All of those increase stitches will be what makes all the extra material to create the folds for the ruffle! It is like magic!

Once we have the Ruffle we then will reattach in the foundation single crochet to create the flat portion of the scarf which will keep the ruffle from twisting. 

When we do this we will be working in the bottom of the foundation single crochet which will look just like the top row of holes of a regular single crochet. Don’t worry about the gaps created, we will fill that in with a surface slip stitch as a finishing detail!

You must be careful with the flat portion as we will be decreasing on either side to keep with the angle created by the increases for the ruffle. A stitch marker in your first and last loop will be helpful to keep track of you final stitch so you can decrease properly.

Yarn Substitutes

• Feels Like Cuddles (NEW Yarn)
• Mandala Impressions
• Scarfie
• Homespun

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Materials

• 8.00 mm Crochet Hook
• 4 Skeins of Lion Brand Hue + Me in Moss [617-176J]
• #5 Bulky Weight Yarn – 548 yards

Gauge

• 9 sts by 11 rows is 4 by 4 inches in sc.

Sizing 

• One Size: 8” wide by 90” long at center.

Stitch Descriptions and Abbreviations

• Chain Stitch – ch 
• Stitch(es) – st(s)
• Single Crochet – sc
• Double Crochet – dc 
• Single Crochet Two Together – sc2tog
• Foundation Single Crochet – Fsc – Chain 2, insert hook into 2nd chain from hook, yarn over and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through 1 loop, (2 loops on hook with 1 ch created), yarn over, draw through all loops (1 loop on hook, 1 foundation single crochet with chain at the bottom). *Insert hook to the bottom of the stitch you just made, it will look like the top or “V” of a stitch, yarn over, pull up 1 loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through 1 loop (2 loops on hook with 1 ch created), yarn over, draw through all loops;* repeat from * to * for desired amount of stitches.
• Surface Slip Stitch – Surface Sl St – Pull up a loop in the designated stitch with working yarn on backside of piece (one loop on hook), *insert your hook into the next stitch or space, pull up a loop through stitch or space and through loop on hook (one loop on hook), repeat from * to end creating your sl st on the surface of your previously created stitches.    

Pattern Notes

• One Size: 8” wide by 90” long at center.
• * Designates a repeat.
• Ch 3 at beginning of rows does not count as a dc.
• “sc 1” means to single crochet in the next stitch.
• “sc 2” means to single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches.
• “2 sc” means to single crochet twice in the next stitch to create an increase.

Easy Ruffle Scarf Free Crochet Pattern 

Scarf Ruffle

Row 1 – Fsc 190 sts.
Row 2 – Turn, ch 1, sc across. [190 sts]
Row 3 – Turn, ch 3, dc in first st, *2 dc in next, dc in next, repeat from * until 1 st remains, 2 dc in last st. [285 sts]
Row 4 – Turn, ch 3, dc in first st, *2 dc in next, dc in next, repeat from * to end. [427 sts]
Row 5 and 6 – Turn, ch 3, dc in each st to end, finish off. [427 sts]

Scarf Flat Side

Reattach your yarn in the bottom of the Fsc of Row 1 on the Scarf Ruffle.
Row 1 – Ch 1, sc across in each Fsc bottom st. [190 sts]
Rows 2 – 11 – Turn, ch 1, sc2tog, sc until 2 sts remain, sc2tog, finish off [Each Row will decrease by 2 sts]

Create a Surface Slip Stitch in the spaces created from working the sc sts in the bottom of the Fsc sts.

Be sure to watch the YouTube Video for clarity.