Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues

This Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues is a totally free crochet pattern for you to enjoy here on my blog & it only takes 24 granny squares of your time. The inspiration for this scarf came from my LAST PROJECT where I incorporated the puff stitch into my granny squares. And of course this yarn I am using is pretty inspiring too – I love a bit of sparkle!

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Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

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For a spring color theme, take a look at my crocus flower inspired granny square scarf below.

This is an easy granny square scarf crochet pattern with a tassel fringe how to. It's quite long and uses spring crocus flower inspired color combinations in Stylecraft Special DK.

Blue Granny Squares

These are the squares that form the base for this Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues. As you can see, I created them by playing around with blue colours as well as white for an eye-catching contrast.

Blue granny square scarf Icy Blues puff stitch
Starting at the top left square and counting left to right, these squares are referred to as Granny Squares I- VIII respectively in the pattern below.

Granny Squares & Puff Stitch

In my granny square top I used the puff stitch as my joining-as-you-go method. This then gave me an idea of extending my grannies by adding yet another row of a cute blue colour and incorporating the puff stitch rounds between granny stitch rounds so that the puff stitch was sitting in the middle of the squares, forming “squares within squares”. Which I thought was pretty cool!

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Pattern Information

Project level: easy

This Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues is simple to make, yet so eye-catching, with blue granny stitch rounds contrasted with white puff stitch, forming “squares within squares”. The granny squares are joined-as-you-go with the puff stitch.

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Overview

  1. Make 3 granny squares for each of the 8 colour schemes in 2 types of crochet patterns (the only difference is the position of the puff stitch) – a total of 24 granny squares, Rnds 1-6.
  2. Join them together with the puff stitch, Rnd 7.
Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Gauge

My granny squares measure about 13.5 cm/ 5.3 in (Rnds 1-6) and about 14.5 cm/ 5.7 in including the last puff stitch joining round.

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Finished Measurements

My Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues is about 29 cm/ 11.4 in wide and about 186 cm/ 73.2 in length.

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Notes

For fast results, if you weave in the ends as-you-go (as My Poppet Blog describes it, tuck the yarn tail along the top of the row you’re crocheting over, and crochet right over it), you’ll only have one or two ends to weave in for each granny square. And to weave in those ends, you can do so when you make your puff stitch. The puff stitch can also be where the last ends can be hidden, by looping the tails around the puffs on the wrong side of your scarf.

When you start following the pattern remember if you struggle with joining new yarn/ changing yarn colour using the slip stitch method after fastening off in the previous round, there is a helpful photo tutorial beneath the written pattern, that also shows you how to connect your granny squares. It also talks about crocheting the puff stitch from the wrong side.

This is your basic granny square pattern with ch-1 in the corners and a puff stitch for added interest.

One round = one colour. To change colour between rounds, instead of fastening off, I like to just draw up a loop of new colour after I’ve joined the last round with the slip stitch and then pull the old colour yarn loop in by the tail until it’s level with the last round and disappears out of sight, and only the new colour yarn loop is sitting on top where my new round begins.

[UPDATE: Here’s how I change yarn color now, so that there are no tails to weave in between rounds. If you use this method, you might not need to use the slip stitch join. Check out my tutorial How To Change Yarn Color In Crochet!]

The Yarn

I used two weights of yarn, just because the sparkly aran weight one looked so pretty next to the others in DK that I couldn’t help but combining them all together. So use the larger hook for thicker yarn and smaller hook for thinner yarn.

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern

Materials

Abbreviations

  • ch: chain
  • dc: double crochet
  • hdc: half double crochet
  • hdc5tog (puff stitch): half double crochet 5 together. [Yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch/ space, draw up a loop (stretch it to at least hdc height)] five times, yarn over, draw yarn through all 11 loops on hook
  • rep: repeat
  • rnd: round
  • sc: single crochet
  • sl: slip
  • st: stitch
  • yo: yarn over

Granny Square I (Make 3)

With Lobelia, ch 5, sl st to ch-1 to form a ring.

Rnd1 (Lobelia) Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in ring, *ch 1, 3 dc in ring; rep from * two more times, join with sc to top of ch-3.

Rnd2 (Turquoise) Ch 3 (counts as dc), (2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in same space, *(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space; rep from * two more times, join with sl st to top of ch-3.

Rnd3 (Aster) Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in same space, *(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, **3 dc in next space; rep from * around, ending your last rep at **, join with sl st to top of ch-3.

Rnd4 (Lapis) Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in same space, *3 dc in next space, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next space, **3 dc in next space; rep from * around, ending your last rep at **, join with sl st to top of ch-3. Fasten off.

Join White with a slip stitch (as detailed in the tutorial below) in any space.

Rnd5 (White) Work ch 2 the first time, and hdc thereafter (counts as hdc), hdc5tog, hdc in every non-corner space and (hdc, hdc5tog, hdc, ch 3, hdc, hdc5tog, hdc) in every corner space around, join with sl st to top of ch-2. Fasten off.

Join Bergman Blue with a slip stitch (tutorial below) in any space.

Rnd6 (Bergman Blue) Work ch 3 the first time, and dc thereafter (counts as dc), 2 dc in every non-corner space and (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in every corner space around, join with sl st to top of ch-3. Fasten off.

Granny Square II (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Aster for Rnd1, Lapis for Rnd2, Royal for Rnd3. Rnd4 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd5 (so puff stitch in White), Rnd5 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd6 (so granny stitch in Bergman Blue). Make same as Granny Square I using Lobelia for Rnd6.

Granny Square III (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Royal for Rnd1, Lobelia for Rnd2, Turquoise for Rnd3. Rnd4 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd5 (so puff stitch in White), Rnd5 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd6 (so granny stitch in Bergman Blue). Make same as Granny Square I using Aster for Rnd6.

Granny Square IV (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Turquoise for Rnd1, Aster for Rnd2, Lapis for Rnd3, Royal for Rnd4, White for Rnd5 & Bergman Blue for Rnd6.

Granny Square V (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Aster for Rnd1, Lapis for Rnd2, Royal for Rnd3, Lobelia for Rnd4, White for Rnd5 & Bergman Blue for Rnd6.

Granny Square VI (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Lobelia for Rnd1, Turquoise for Rnd2, Aster for Rnd3. Rnd4 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd5 (so puff stitch in White), Rnd5 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd6 (so granny stitch in Bergman Blue). Make same as Granny Square I using Lapis for Rnd6.

Granny Square VII (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Turquoise for Rnd1, Aster for Rnd2, Lapis for Rnd3. Rnd4 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd5 (so puff stitch in White), Rnd5 is the same as Granny Square I Rnd6 (so granny stitch in Bergman Blue). Make same as Granny Square I using Royal for Rnd6.

Granny Square VIII (Make 3)

Make same as Granny Square I using Royal for Rnd1, Lobelia for Rnd2, Turquoise for Rnd3, Aster for Rnd4, White for Rnd5 & Bergman Blue for Rnd6.

Joining New Yarn With A Slip Stitch & Joining Granny Squares With The Puff Stitch

Below is my photo tutorial for the methods I use to join new yarn and joining granny squares. For my puff stitch, I like to surround it with half double crochet stitches on either side in my granny stitch projects. So I make hdc, hdc5tog (puff stitch), hdc into every space around, and no chain 1.

Joining New Yarn With A Slip Stitch In Two Easy Steps

Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
1. We’re going to join this granny square into the scarf. I’m working from the reverse side, because my puff stitch looks nicer from the back as I’ll show you in a minute. 2. To join new yarn with a slip stitch or change yarn colour, first make a slip knot on your hook. 3. Insert the hook with your slip knot on through the gap where you want to start your round. Yarn over, pull up a loop and pull it through your slip knot. That’s it, joining new yarn is complete!

The Puff Stitch

Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
4. To make a “puff”, start with ch 2. 5. Then yarn over, insert hook into the same space and pull up a loop, (yarn over, insert hook into same space and pull up a loop) five times. 6. Yarn over and pull through all 11 loops on hook. (I don’t like making a chain 1 here.)
Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
7. Yarn over again. 8. And make a hdc in the same space. Your first “puff” is complete! It’s rather sturdy and can stand alone like this, and it’s satisfactorily “puffy” – what more does a girl want? 😀 9, 10, 11, 12. Here is the difference between my puff stitch from the front and from the back side. The little “puff bums” stick out much more and look much prettier to me on the reverse (or wrong) side. On the contrary, the puff stitch looks rather flat at the front, from the side that I make it. It would be a shame to hide such a gorgeous bum lol.

Joining Granny Squares With The Puff Stitch

Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
13. Now we’re ready to join the granny square into our Icy Blues Granny Square Scarf. 14. When you made your first corner “puff” and a ch 1, remove the hook from the loop and insert it through the corner space of the granny square you want to join with, front to back, and pick up the loose loop. 15. Pull the loose loop through the corner space.
Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
16. Chain 2. 17. Make a hdc in the same corner space as the first “puff”. 18. Complete the “puff”, and after you’ve made the hdc, remove the hook from the loop and insert the hook through the next space (where the hook in the picture is pointing).
Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch
19. Pull up the loose loop and make a ch 1 (the join looks much nicer and tidier, more “gathered” with a chain 1). And that’s how I join-as-I-go my granny squares together with the puff stitch. 20. When it comes to joining your granny square to a 2-square or 3-square “junction”, I choose to join with the corner space diagonal to the one I’m working on. 21. Which produces results like this. 22. And like this.
Joining new yarn with a slip stitch & joining granny squares with the puff stitch

And that’s it!

Well Done!

Hopefully you’re >>> en-joining <<< (see what I did there? ;D) your Granny Square Scarf Icy Blues & I’l see you next time.

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Justina

Granny square scarf icy blues free crochet pattern