My granny wants me to make this scarf for her and I have no clue how to do this. Everything is pretty simple but in this turquoise color, there’s this weird stitch.
Hmm I dont think I’ve ever seen that stitch, nor do I know how to make it 
I haven’t and I’m so confused
This stitch looks kind of similar?
Yes!! Tysm!!
That looks a bit like an alternating cable-type of stitch. I would imagine it’s created by doing something like this: sk 2 sts, dc in the 3rd, then go back & dc through the first 2 sts, repeat along each row. I think that should work, but lemme try to test it and figure it out for ya
Edit: okay, I think I got it. It’s kind of hard to explain, but I’ll try. it’ll be a 4 row repeat, and you need to start with a foundation chain of a multiple of 3.
R1: Ch 2 skip first 2 sts, tc in third st, then push your hook behind the treble crochet and dc in each of the two skipped sts. Repeat along the row.
R2-3: Ch 1 and turn, sl st in each st across the row
R4: Ch 2 and turn, sk 2 sts, treble crochet in the third ch, then push your hook in front of the treble crochet and dc through the first two skipped sts. Don’t dc around the treble crochet, keep it behind your hook as you dc in front of it. Repeat along the row.
This would be enough to make the braided-looking section of the scarf, so you can continue with the rest of the scarf as normal until you want to add another section like this, or if you want to extend it you can continue by ch 1 and sl st in each st across the row for another 2 rows, then repeat steps 1-4
Okay, I’ve edited the instructions once more to refine it and make it look more similar to the picture! Lemme know if it works for you :)
Thank you so so much!!
You’re welcome!! I forgot to mention you’d need to sl st for 2 rows between each ‘cable’ row, so I’ll just add that in there lol
I hope the scarf turns out wonderful!
Woohoo! I’m super glad I could help! :)
From ChatGPT: Looking specifically at the circled areas, the fabric appears to have short, elongated puff/cluster stitches worked in horizontal bands, with the raised stitches slightly overlapping the row beneath them. The result is that distinctive soft, chunky, almost braided-looking texture.
Here is the version I would try first to reproduce the photograph.
Raised Rib / Overlapping Puff Stitch
US crochet terminology
You’ll need
Special stitch — Long Puff (LP)
That extra chain is important—it gives the puff the little horizontal separation visible in your photograph.
Row 1
Sc in 2nd chain from hook and in every chain across.
Chain 1, turn.
Row 2 — First raised band
Sc in first stitch.
Long Puff in next stitch, sc in next 2 stitches.
Repeat from * across.
Sc in the final stitch.
Chain 1, turn.
Row 3 — Recessed row
Sc across, but when you reach a puff, work your sc into the chain-1 space immediately above/between the puff and the next stitch, rather than into the top of the puff itself.
This is what helps push the puff forward.
Chain 1, turn.
Row 4 — Second raised band
Sc in first 2 stitches.
Long Puff in next stitch, sc in next 2 stitches.
Repeat across.
Sc in the last stitch.
Chain 1, turn.
Row 5
Sc across, again working into the spaces between the raised stitches where possible.
Chain 1, turn.
Row 6
Repeat Row 2.
Row 7
Repeat Row 3.
Row 8
Repeat Row 4.
Continue alternating the raised bands this way.
The key to getting the photograph’s look
The height of the puff is actually more important than the exact stitch count.
For the pictured texture, don’t make little round puffs. Make them long and loose:
Too short:
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What we’re trying to achieve:
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The loops should be pulled up enough that each puff becomes an elongated horizontal/diagonal bundle, rather than a ball.
I’d also use a slightly smaller hook than you normally would for the yarn. That makes the surrounding fabric compact while allowing the puff stitches to stand prominently on the surface.
One adjustment I think will make it even closer
In your photograph, the raised sections appear to lean/overlap, rather than sitting in perfectly straight columns. So after making the first 2–3 rows, I’d shift the puff placement by one stitch:
Rows 2, 6, 10:
P . . P . . P . .
Rows 4, 8, 12:
. P . . P . . P .
That staggered placement should produce the irregular, interlocking texture seen in your circled section.
I would start with a 15–20 stitch swatch before making the whole project. The photograph is somewhat out of focus, so I wouldn’t claim this is the original designer’s exact stitch, but this is the construction I’d use to get visually very close to the circled fabric.
@Leaders pls close this. Tysm!
