bigideasjust4u: New Hobby-Crochet

Winter is around the corner, while doing my winter shopping at Lynn Mall I saw a round scarf at Glassons;I like it alot but did not to buy it that day as I have been trying to control myself from impulsive. I wanted to give myself some time to think about it, although it was not an expensive stuff. I need to learn not to spend unnecessarily and try to live frugally. A few weeks later, I dropped by Lynn Mall's Glassons again realised they have ran out of the scarf that I like. I really like that scarf, though I was disappointed. That night, I went online to check if there is any online shop that sells round scarf in New Zealand, by chance and saw this video posted by Love4Nails on how to crochet a round scarf. This tutorial is simple to understand for someone like me who is NEW into crochet though I do know how to knit. I have just completed my 3rd scarf, I still made some mistake since I am not perfect yet. I would like to share some of my mistakes with you so that you can learn from my mistakes. Please refer to my comments in TURQUOISE. My 1st scarf turned out to be twisted. I realised that after I completed it. Since it did not looked twisted when you put it on, I decided not to unpick it leave it as it is. The pattern of this scarf was very pretty and trendy and can't wait to start on my 2nd piece. The following day, I went to buy the yarns and started my 2nd piece which was a gift for my Thai sister, I knew that I have to be careful not to commit the same mistake I had on the 1st scarf which may have gone wrong when joining the 180 chain together. I was extra careful not to have the chain twisted before joining somehow I did not get it right too. It was apparent only after the 3rd row, as a result I have to unpick 2 rows to the step where I have to join the chain together again. In fact, I have to unpick not just once but twice to get it right. This was the critical step so once you got it right nothing will go wrong from there onwards once it has been aligned.

Check out the video here if you wanted to crochet one too!

Below are uploader's comments:
Hello You Guys!!!

Happy Monday ~

Today we'll be working on how to make your very own crochet round scarf.

I purchased a 364 yds skein and for the 10 row scarf I used half which would be 182 yds. For the 20 row scarf I used the 364 yds.The crochet hook I used is a K101/2-6.50MM.

One thing I forgot to mention in my video is that once your done with the 180 stitch chain you'll bring the two ends together and; unite them turning them into one cirlcle. From here you'll begin the pattern, once you come all the way around with your patern, you'll have to bring the first row together. During this time before joining the first row you'll have to make sure that the first row is aligned perfectly all around before connecting the first row. (My experience : My first scarf was twisted because I did not aligned them properly before connecting but my second one was PERFECT after 2 attempts to connect it without being twisted. You have to make sure that the 180 chains is not twisted, lay them on a flat surface. I learnt from my mistake and would like to share) You'll only have to do this one time after finishing your first row, the following row's will automatically be aligned.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and try these trendy scarf's out.