Please excuse the myspace-esque photo, unfortunately no one else was around at the time to take my picture.

Here is my very first crochet project! A beautiful flower scarf using the Garden Scarf pattern from The Happy Hooker. The pattern was written by Michelle Ameron and is great for a beginner, I think. The pattern requires chain stitch, single, double and triple crochet stitches as well as teaching you to join pieces together with crochet stitches. I had never crocheted before and just followed the tutorials as to what to do for each stitch.

It is a very repetitive pattern so you can practice each stitch to perfection and carry on creating flowers until your scarf hits the floor, if you wish!

The pattern actually suggests using three colours, but I only used two, as you can see. And, by the time I got to the end, I had got my tension just right so I undid the first two flowers I had done (from the opposite end of the scarf) and re-did them to fit with my improved tension.

To block the scarf, I hovered a steam iron over each flower and pressed each one with my hand to flatten out any lumps and bumps, then left it cool down. This also gave it less of a ‘look what my granny made me’ look and more of ‘look what I found in a boutique’ look.

Here are some more people who have made the Garden Scarf: