Hi pals, welcome back to the blog! Today I am sharing my newest free crochet pattern, the Patchwork Scarf! This one is a super quick make, with simple stitches, color changes to keep it interesting, and if you play your cards right you’ll have minimal ends to weave in at the end!

If you’ve been here for a bit, you know I work with Hobbii.com a lot in collaborations for some of my designs. This one was not that. Yes, I do get free yarn from them, but I also buy a lot of yarn from them, so I rack up points like it’s my job. I hadn’t checked the balance in a bit and when I did I saw I had over 20,000 points, so I went shopping. :)

Hobbii has a really great points store (no I am not getting paid to say any of this) and when I saw their mini packs of their Friends Cotton 8/8 I KNEW I needed to make something patchwork with it. I grabbed 3 packs and waited for them to arrive patiently. About a week later they were here and off I went with designing.

Anyway, the scarf is made in 3 strips, seamed together, and the color changes are totally random. I just stuck the minis into a bag and pulled them out one at a time. After I used it for one section it went right into another bag and I just went back and forth between the two bags until one was empty. I still had a little yarn left over, but not quite enough for a 4th strip, although that would look super cute too.

Patchwork Scarf Pattern

Notes

• Please read the pattern before starting. I write these a little differently than some people and include notes and tidbits I wrote down to try and make things as clear as possible. 
• Crocheted in 3 strips, seamed together at the end. 
• Each mini skein should give you 3 rectangles, one for each strip. 
• Colors were chosen at random from a bag, I just reached inside and grabbed one and used it regardless of the layout. You can adjust to your liking of course. 
• When changing colors and starting a new row I recommend holding your tails in the back of your work and crocheting over them when starting the next rows stitches. This way you just have to trim your ends, vs weaving them in manually.

& if you’re more of a “give me checkboxes Sam!” kind of maker, I do have a PDF in my Ravelry shop that comes with check boxes for each color section. These PDF’s are also compatible with iPads and Kindle Scribes (for writing) and Kindles/Phones for crocheting on the go. With all of my 2025 patterns forward, you also get two versions. A simplified version for printing, and one with a ton of photos for you to reference if needed. Anyway, back to the pattern.

Items Needed

• (30) 10g mini skeins, or 300g of a light worsted/dk cotton yarn in various colors.
  • Sam used 3 packs of “Friends Cotton 8/8 Mini Color Pack” in the colors “Basic Shades 01” “Pastel Shades 02” and “Bright Rainbow 03”.  
• 4.0 mm Hook/Needles
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Size / Measurements

Approx. 52.5 inches long by 5.25 inches wide 

Abbreviations

Ch	Chain
Fsc	Foundation single crochet
Sc	Single Crochet
St	Stitch

Pattern

Strips (make 3) 

Starting with your first color: 

• Row 1: Foundation Single Crochet (fsc) 7. Chain (ch) 1 and turn. 
• Row 2-6: Single crochet (sc) in each stitch across. Ch 1 and turn. 
• Row 7: Sc in each stitch across, but before finishing your 7th sc, change colors to your next color.  
• Row 8 – 12: Sc in each st across, ch1 and turn. (7) 
• Row 13: Sc in each stitch across, but before finishing your 7th sc, change colors to your next color.  
• Repeat Rows 8-13 for a total of 210 rows, or 30 sections of 7 rows per color. 

Seaming

Lay out strips out in the layout you want. Starting from the top or bottom, seam the 2 outside strips to the middle strip using your favorite seaming method. I just used a mattress stitch for mine. 

Blocking

I recommend steam blocking this one, pinning the corners down to help prevent curling, but it will inevitably curl so keep that in mind.