Crochet Pencil Scarf- National Teacher Appreciation Week
This upcoming week is National Teacher Appreciation Week! Do you have a teacher that you remember? I remember a few of mine. I had a great 6th Grade Teacher that helped spark my interest in teaching for a career. She would let me stay after school and help her grade papers. I loved to do this. I also had other great teachers. I had a great History Teacher my Junior year. He encouraged me to take an AP Class that year. Even though it was hard for me, it helped prepare me for college. Some teachers are so memorable. My kids have had some great teachers as well. I try to give a small gift to them and have my children write them a card. When I was teaching, this meant so much.
Anyways, I wanted to come up with a crochet pattern for people who may want to make a gift for their teacher or children’s teacher. This scarf is not hard or expensive to make. It really just uses half double crochets and single crochet. I wanted to pick bright colors for the pencil. So, I used yellow. I hope you enjoy and make this or something else fun to celebrate your teacher.
National Teacher Appreciation Week is this Week: May 6th- 10, 2019
Here is the pattern:
Materials
Yarn: Yellow, Grey, Black, Tan and Red
Crochet Hook H
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Abbreviations
Sc: single crochet
Hdc: Half Double Crochet
Ch: Chain
With Red Yarn (Eraser)
Ch 23.
Row 1: In third ch from hook, hdc. Hdc across. Chain two, turn. (20)
Row 2: Hdc across. Ch 2, turn. (20)
Row 3- 14: Hdc across. Ch 2 at the end, turn. (You will always have 20 stitches.)
Switch to Grey Yarn (For Grey Cap on Eraser)
Row 15- 20: Hdc across. Ch 2 at the end, turn.
Switch to Yellow Yarn (For the Pencil Body)
Row 21-128: Hdc across. Ch 2 at the end, turn.
Switch to Tan (For the Pencil Wood Tip)
Row 129-130: Hdc across. Ch 2 at the end, turn.
Row 131: (Begin decrease for the pencil tip) Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. ch 2 turn. (18 Stitches)
Row 132: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (16 Stitches)
Row 133: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (14 Stitches)
Row 134: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (12 Stitches)
Row 135: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (10 Stitches)
Row 136: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (8 Stitches)
Row 137: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (6 Stitches)
Switch to Black (For the Tip of the Pencil)
Row 138: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (4 Stitches)
Row 139: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. Ch 2 turn. (2 Stitches)
Row 140: Hdc first two stitches tog. Hdc across to last two stitches. Hdc these two tog. (1 Stitch) End off.
Border
For the border, I sc around the entire project. I changed colors to match the color of the pencil parts.
That’s it!
What do you think? Would you try this project? Do you try to celebrate the teachers in your children’s lives?
Happy Crochet!
Elizabeth
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