Crocheting a Curly Scarf versus Knitting one

 I had a friend offer to help me make some curly scarfs. I didn't ask if she was going to knit or crochet them. It didn't occur to me. 

She brought back three scarfs in no time and I asked her how she made them so quickly. She told me she crocheted them. Crocheting takes only half the time that knitting does. I thought that was a great idea. I hadn't however, looked at the scarves she made yet. 


She showed me how to crochet them. I crochet but even if I didn't, it is so easy that anyone can do it. 

But, as I looked at the finished product, I noticed something. The crochet scarf is thinner, less curly and has a line going down it. When it is worn, the hangs flatter and not as curly as the knitted ones. They are also a bit longer than the knit scarves. 

As you can see from the picture at the top, the blue scarf has a line you can follow all the way through it because it hangs down from that line whereas the knit one, you can't find a line. It is curly all the way around and  very full looking.

To crochet a scarf, open the yarn, the same sashay red heart brand you use for knitting the scarves. Fold it back on itself a little once you open it up as you can see in the top photo. Then, weave the crochet needle through it starting from the decorative edge toward the working edge.  Three or four weaves is ok. Then, pull the last weave, through all the other weaves so you only have one stitch on the needle. You will have two together since you were folding it over on itself but it will go when you start down to just the one thickness.

 
You can see in this picture how you capture the stitch under the hook and then pull it all the way through. Look at the picture below that as well and you can see that now you are down to that one.

Look closely at the next picture where you start picking up the little threads. Once you open the yarn, you see two little lines followed by a bit of open, then two more little lines. You weave the needle in and out of those two lines. You DON'T go in-between those two little lines.
You only go in and out the larger spaced holes. Never between the two little lines or they will tear. Once you have picked up four or five of the little double lines on the crochet needle, you pick up one more and pull that one through all the others that you picked up and then you will just have the one stitch on the needle. You continue weaving the needle in and out of the double lined larger holes until you have finished crocheting the entire skein of yarn. 
 
To end it, you just pull the entire end piece of yarn, not just the little two strings, but the entire end of the yarn through and out. Then, tie the end into a knot. 

As you can see by the last two pictures, the scarf is thinner and longer than the knitted but you can't beat how quickly it works up. 
 
I didn't like the look as much of the crochet ones so I continue to knit ours as we are selling them, we want them to look as good as possible. 

So, if you like the thinner look with a line, that hangs flatter, go with crochet. If not, go with the knitting. It is all preference.