Welcome to today’s cozy project: a Sophie-style crochet scarf that’s as elegant as it is practical. I first discovered the Sophie scarf last year when it went viral, and immediately started looking for crochet versions. That’s when I came across a video by Marina, which inspired me to make my very first Sophie-style scarf — and I absolutely loved it. This year, I decided to create my own crochet version, inspired by the original knit design, and I’ve simplified it even further so it uses only double crochet stitches.

Materials

For this pattern I used 50 g skein of Isager Alpaca 2. Really liked the yarn as it was a blend of Alpaca and wool.

You’re welcome to choose any yarn, because this pattern doesn’t depend on strict stitch or row counts. Just measure the scarf in inches as you crochet and adjust until it reaches your desired size.

Also used a 2.5 mm crochet hook

Tapestry needles and scissors.

Pattern

Pattern uses U.S Stitch terms

The pattern uses double crochet increases and decreases

abbreviations

ch – chain

dc – double crochet

Pattern Begins

Increase

Row 1: make a magic ring, ch 3 and in the same ring make a dc

then pull the thread out of the ring and pull it to close the ring

Row 2: ch 3 and turn your work, skip the ch 3 and make a dc in the next stitch. in the ch 3 from the bottom row make a dc in the 2nd ch of the ch 3.

Row 3: Row 3 is similar to row 2 so ch 3 and turn your work. skip the ch 3 and make a dc in the next two stitches.

in the ch 3 from the bottom row make a dc in the 2nd ch of the ch 3.

repeat row 3, for 15 more rows or until your scarf reaches a width of 3 inches.

Building the scarf

My scarf reached 3 inches width after 13 rows here so after you are done with increasing, finish your row and turn your work. Now we will build the scarf and stop increasing and to do that eseentially we will stop chaining 3 for the next row and all the upcoming rows.

Row 16: Make a dc in the very next ch.

complete the row by making dcs in all the stitches

Row 17 – Row 97: repeat the above steps until your scarf reaches 34 inches or roughly 80 rows

Then we can start decreasing.

Decrease

With the method I am suggesting here you wont need to count rows when decreasing the scarf and if you follow this your scarf will automatically be symetrical.

Row 98: After you are done with ur rows of dc turn your work. Then work a dc decrease also known as dc2tog.

and to do that

Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through two loops (you now have 2 loops left on your hook).

Yarn over, insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through two loops (you now have 3 loops left on your hook).

Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on the hook.
You’ve turned two stitches into one.

Continue making dc’s in the row like you were normally doing for the previous rows.

Row 99 : Turn your work and repeat dc decrease and then continue make dc’s through out the row

As you keep working the pattern, you’ll see the scarf slowly narrow, mirroring the increase section you worked earlier.

Now to give a scarf a finished look yo ucan also make a slipstitch border but I feel this technique keeps the edges of the scarf as straight as possible.

And voilaa! your sophie style scarf is ready to wear and would also be a nice gift for christmas.

If you like this pattern, you might also love my Gradient Yarn Suzette Scarf — it’s another beautiful and beginner-friendly project.