My First Wearable Crochet

Look what I did!

It's a crocheted cowl infinity scarf. Did you get all that? Basically it's a big, bulky loop scarf. It's incredibly soft and incredibly warm, and I made it! Can you believe that? I can't.

I know what you're thinking: "Crochet? Who in the world crochets other than 70-year-old women."

Well, I do. And it's making a comeback.

After seeing all of the amazing things that my grandmother had crocheted over the years, I decided to teach myself few years ago using online tutorials. Crocheting definitely hasn't been as trendy as knitting in recent years, but there are a lot of really cute patterns out there. Until now I've mostly stuck to small projects. This is the first actual wearable piece that I've tackled, and I'm really happy with it.

I found the pattern here through Pinterest. (More about my love for/obsession with Pinterest later.) Even though it's a "big" project, it's actually a great beginner's piece to tackle. It just uses basic stitches and is worked in the round, so there's so sewing together. It is really bulky, though. I left off two rows, so you might want to alter the pattern a little if you feel like it's getting too wide.

It alternates rows of single and double crochet. I found the yarn at JoAnn fabrics for just $6 a skein. So it was only about a $13 project. Not too shabby.

Thinking about trying your hand at crochet? It's so simple. You can basically teach yourself through the use of Google and YouTube. Some of my favorite tutorials are here, here and here.

It's not a perfect project. I dropped a stitch in the middle somewhere and my stitches aren't completely even, but I was pretty impressed with myself. It's given me the guts to try my hand at more wearable pieces. And maybe one day I'll even learn to knit.

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