Scarf With Pom-Pom Ends!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog!
Right now it's finals week and I don't know about you but I'm a little bit stressed out. When I needed a little break from the countless hours of studying this last weekend, I decided I would still be productive and do a little more crocheting. It gave me some time to relax both mentally and physically, as well as get some necessary work done.
In honor of finals week, I thought I could bring you one last project that really sums everything up. And what better way to do that than making a nice scarf that utilizes most of the skills I have gone over, as well as keeps you cozy while you are dealing with the discomfort of test-taking.
But as anyone thinking logically would know, you can't just jump straight to the fuzzy pom-pom at the end of the scarf, you have to work your way down to it. This means that you have to make the triangle that leads to it at the end. to do this you must "Chain 3, turn; double crochet in next double crochet and in each double crochet across; do not finish off" (Hardy 38). You have to make sure not to finish off the row or it won't be a triangle, it will just continue on its rectangular life with straight sides. If this is done correctly, after a few rows it will end in a point where you can tie the pom-pom on.

The ending of my scarf. Sorry that the pic doesn't show it that well!

My first attempt at this did not come out the cleanest, but it serves the purpose it is intended to. And now for the part we have all been waiting for, THE POM-POMS!!! I know what you are thinking, "how can I, a simple beginner in the crochet world, make something as beautiful and stylish as a little fuzzy ball for the end of my scarf," either that or "isn't a pom-pom one of those things a cheerleader uses? What do they have to do with crochet?"
Well assuming you are part of the first group, let's jump right in! To make a pom-pom you are going to want to cut a square of cardboard about 3 inches thick (or just wrap around 3 fingers, that's what I did), and wrap your yarn around it until it is about 1/2 inch thick in the middle. Cut the yarn and then cut another section a little over a foot long. Carefully slide off the yarn you wrapped making sure to keep it in a circle. Wrap the yarn you cut separately tight around the middle a couple times and pull tight. It should look something like this:


Here comes the fun and magical part. You have to cut all of the loops (as far away from the ones you wrapped around the center as possible to keep it even). When you are done with this, fluff the yarn up into a ball shape and there you go!


It's so satisfying to go from my last picture to this one in 10 seconds.

This projects was very fun and I could see wearing the scarf out for a night on the town (but I would prefer a more casual color). Keep up the crochet and keep me updated on an new ideas or how this scarf worked out for you!

And one last question, pom-poms or infinity scarf?


Hardy, Cathy. Learn to Crochet. Maumelle: Leisure Arts, 2014. Print.