This great thing about this scarf is the different looks you can create simply by changing up your contrasting color of yarn. I used a self-striping yarn to create multicolored dots, but I’ve seen this made with solid colored and variegated dots as well and they all looked super cool. So don’t be afraid to let your creative juices flow with this one.

Of course, upon showing this finished beauty to my husband, he proclaimed, “Those aren’t actually polka dots. They’re just regular ol’ circles.”

He slept on the couch that night. Hrmph.

Yarn

200-225 yards of worsted weight yarn in a main color. (MC) I used Knit Picks Chroma in Grey

150-175 yards of worsted weight yarn in a contrasting color. (CC) I used Knit Picks Chroma in Pegasus

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this scarf

Hook

5.5 mm hook or size needed for your yarn

Size

45″ length x 5″ width

Notions

Measuring and sewing notions

Special Stitch Key

Shell (Sh): 7 dc in 1 st.

Double Crochet 7 together (dc7tog): *YO, pick up a loop in the next st. YO pull through 2 loops. Rep from * 6 more times. 8 loops on hook. YO and pull through all 8 loops.

Scarf Instructions

With MC, ch 140

Note that this is where you’ll increase the chain count by multiples of 6 if you want to lengthen the scarf (e.g. 146 or 152 chains)

Row 1:  Starting in 2^nd ch from hook, sc across. Ch1, turn; 139 sts

Row 2:  Sc in first st. *sk 2, sh, sk 2, sc. Rep from * until 3 sts rem. Sk 2, sc in last st. Turn.

Row 3: Ch3 (counts as 1^st dc here and throughout).

Step 1: YO and insert hook into next st. Pull through a loop. YO and pull through just 2 loops as if you are working a dc halfway. Instead of completing a dc, *YO and insert hook into the next st and work another ½ of a dc. Repeat from * one more time. You should have a total of 4 loops on your hook and your work should look like this:

Step 2: Now, YO with CC and pull through all 4 loops creating ¼ of a Catherine’s Wheel and switching colors. Ch1 to create the “eye” of the wheel. Ch2 more and sc into the next st. (This should be the middle dc of sh from the previous round.

Step 3: Ch3, *yo, insert hook, yo, draw loop through, yo, draw through 2 loops*, rep from * 6 more times. You should have 8 loops on your hook and your work should look like this:

Step 4: Now, YO and pull through all 8 loops creating ½ of a Catherine’s wheel. Ch1 to create the “eye” of the wheel. Ch2 more and SC into the next st. (This should be the middle DC of the shell from the previous round.)

Step 5: Repeat Steps 3 and 4 all the way across until there are 4 sts remaining. Ch3 and switch to MC. In these 4 sts, work ½ dc as you did to start the row creating the ¼ Catherine’s wheel. YO and pull through 5 loops. Turn.

Row 4: Ch3. In the same “eye,” dc 3 times switching to CC in the last one. *sc in the sc from the previous round. Sk your chains and sh into the “eye” of the next ½ Catherine’s Wheel creating a full wheel. Repeat from * all the way around until you have reached your last sc. Switch to MC and end row with 4 dc in the last eye. Turn

Row 5: Ch1, sc in 1^st dc, ch3, sk3. *Dc7tog, ch2, sc. (sc should land in middle dc of the sh in previous row). Rep from * across until you’ve made your last dc7tog. Ch2, sc in last st.

Row 6: Ch1 and sc evenly across 139 times. Turn. (If you added to your starting chain, you’ll add the same amount here too.) For example, if you had chained 152 times (an additional 12 sts), you’ll sc 151 times (12 additional sts from 139).

Row 7: Ch1 and sc 40. Ch15, sk 15. Sc to the end. Turn. (This will create the hole for the keyhole. If you would like to eliminate the hole and just have a traditional scarf, just work Row 6 a second time instead)

Row 8: Ch1 and sc across including 15 sc in your ch15 space. Turn.

Rows 9-13: Rep Rows 2-6. FO.

Edging

With RS facing and the scarf held this way, reattach MC to bottom right hand corner of the scarf and ch1.

Rnd 1: Ss in corner 3 times. Then, sc 16 evenly up the short (width) side of the scarf. Ss 3 times in top right corner, ss across the long (length side), ss 3 times in the top left corner. Sc 16 evenly down the opposite short side, ss3 times in the bottom left corner, ss across the oppose long side. Join with a ss to first ss. Do not turn.

Rnd 2: Ss 3 in corner. [Sc, ch3, sk2, sc] four times up the short side. Ss across long side. Ss 3 in corner. [Sc, ch2, sk2, sc] four times down opposite short side. Ss across opposite long side. Join with a ss. FO.

Finishing

1. Create tassels of desired length and thickness and attach them to each of the four ch3 spaces.
2. Weave in any loose ends.