Honey Buzzzz Scarf: Free Crochet Pattern

This is the Honey Buzzzz Scarf, a free crochet pattern I designed for the launch of Trainee Hero Crafting.

I wanted to make a scarf with some open work and a bit of texture. After brainstorming and perusing stitch dictionaries, I decided to alter and combine a honeycomb stitch and a honeycomb trellis stitch, as named in one of my stitch dictionaries. Hence the name “Honey Buzzzz Scarf.”

I crocheted this with Lily’s cotton Sugar ‘n Cream using a size H hook. The result is this gently textured and somewhat open fabric. After doing some swatching with a variegated yarn, I discovered that bobbles work better with a solid yarn. The front of the bobbled fabric looks fine either way, but with variegated yarn, the back of the bobbles look like jumbled colors.

This is one of my first experiences with cotton yarn. I typically use silk, wool, or acrylic. Cotton seems less forgiving than other fibers when you’re working with it, but it turns out it has water-activated mercy. After washing, the stitches tighten up, line up, and generally behave like you imagined they should. And it softens quite nicely. Weave in your ends carefully and securely and then pop it into the washing machine and dryer. You will be pleased with the results.

 

I also recommend blocking it after you wash it. You can line up the bobbles and openwork more precisely. It will probably be fine if you don’t block it, but you can get the bobbles to behave better with blocking.

The scarf measures 5” wide and 75″ long. The pattern notes to repeat rows 6-25 until the scarf reaches the desired length. After row 45, I repeated rows 6-25 eight more times.

If you’re looking to use a worsted weight acrylic yarn, it will yield a slightly wider scarf. A swatch done in Red Heart Super Saver with an I hook measured 5.5″ wide.

Honey Buzzzz Scarf Pattern

Pattern Notes:

Pattern stitch instruction: dc4tog=*Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through two loops, repeat from * three more times. Yarn over, pull through all loops on hook.

Chain 1 at start of row does not count as a single crochet in that row. This is noted in row 2 and is true throughout the pattern.

Row 2 (and row 22) results in increasing the number of stitches across from 15 to 16. This is deliberate. It helps balance the row above a dc4tog on the edge of the row and makes it so there are the right number of stitches for completing row 6.

Pattern Instructions:

Chain 16

Row 1- 1 sc in 2^nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch to end. (15 sc)

Row 2- ch 1 (does not count as sc) and turn. 1 sc in each of first 2 sc. *dc4tog in next sc, 1 sc in each of next 2 sc. Repeat from * 3x. dc4tog in last sc. (5 dc4tog, each separated by 2 sc)

Row 3- ch 1 and turn. 2 sc in the dc4tog stitch, 1 sc in each sc and dc4tog across. (16 sc)

Row 4- ch 1 and turn. dc4tog in first sc, *1 sc in each of next 2 sc, 4 dctog. Repeat from * 3 more times, 1 sc in last sc.

Row 5- ch 1 and turn. 1 sc in the first 3 sc. 1 sc in the dc4tog and in each sc and dc4tog across. (16 sc)

Row 6- ch 1 and turn. 1 sc in each of the first 2 sc. *ch 5, skip to sc, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc. Repeat from * one more time, ch 5, skip to sc, one sc in each of the last two sc. (3 ch-5 spaces separated by 3 sc)

Row 7- ch 1 and turn. 1 sc in first sc, skip 1 sc, 5 sc in ch-5 space, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip next sc, 5 sc in ch-5 space, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip next sc, 5 sc in ch-5 space, skip next sc, 1 sc in last sc. (19 sc)

Row 8- ch 6 and turn, skip first two sc, 1 sc in each of next three sc, ch 5, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in each of next three sc, ch 5, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in each of next three sc, ch 2, skip 1 sc, tr in last sc.

Row 9- ch 1 and turn, 1 sc in tr, 2 sc in ch-2 space, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip 1 sc, 5 sc in ch-5 space, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip next sc, 5 sc in ch-5 space, skip next sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip 1 sc, 2 sc in ch-2 space, 1 sc in 4^th ch of ch-6 chain.

Rows 10-17- repeat rows 6-9 twice more.

Row 18-19- repeat rows 6 and 7.

Row 20- ch1 and turn. 1 sc in first sc, 1 sc in each of next 4 sc, skip next sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip next sc, 1 sc in each of next 3 sc, skip next sc, 1 sc in next sc, skip next sc, 1 sc in each of last 5 sc. (15 sc)

Row 21- ch1 and turn. 1 sc in each sc. (15 sc)

Row 22-25- repeat rows 2-5.

Rows 26-45- Repeat Rows 6-25.

Repeat Rows 6-25 until scarf reaches desired length. (For a 75″ long scarf, I repeated rows 6-25 8 more times.)

Questions, comments, problems, and discussions are welcome in the comments.