Grinch Scarf

Finished size 68"x6"

Materials:

170 g Red Heart Supersaver - Cherry Red

37 g Red Heart Supersaver - Spring Green

Red Heart Supersaver - White for stripe

Red Heart Supersaver - Bright Yellow, and Black for face

White Bernat Baby Blanket for pompom

Crochet hook US H (5.0mm)

Instructions:

Lots of Youtube videos for how to do corner-to-corner crochet (search "c2c crochet") using this stitch. For example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5G9IM24LFU

Part 1: Using green, make a triangle 9 squares x 9 squares as follows:

1. Ch 6.  In the 4th ch from hook, make 1 dc; 1 dc in each of next 2 ch; turn. One row of squares completed.

2. Ch 6.  In the 4th ch from hook, make 1 dc; 1 dc in each of next 2 ch;  Look beyond the next 3 dc's and note the loop formed by the chain at the end of the row (make sure your work is still turned. See Fig 1).  Sl st in this loop, ch 3, work 3 dc's in the loop. It should look like Fig 2 now. Two rows of squares completed (2 squares in this last row). Turn.

Fig 1

Fig 2

 

3.  Ch 6.  In the 4th ch from hook, make 1 dc; 1 dc in each of next 2 ch;  Look beyond the next 3 dc's and note the loops formed by the chain at the end of the row in each of the TWO squares (make sure your work is still turned) making up the previous row.  See Fig 3.  In the loop indicated by arrow 1, sl st in this loop, ch 3, work 3 dc's in the same loop. In the loop indicated by arrow 2, sl st in this loop, ch 3, work 3 dc's in the same loop. It should look like Fig 4 now. Three rows of squares completed (3 squares in this last row). Turn.

Fig 3

Fig 4

 

Repeat Row 3, increasing one square in each successive row until 9 rows are completed in total and the last row has 9 squares.  It should look like Fig 5 now.

Fig 5

Part 2: We'll now continue even with 9 squares along the diagonal as follows:

1. Turn the work.  Skip 1 dc and sl st in the top of next 2 dc's as indicated in Fig 6.  When completed, it will look as in Fig 7.   In the loop indicated by the arrow in Fig 7, sl st in this loop, ch 3, work 3 dc's in the loop.  Continue as usual, repeating (sl st, ch3, 3 dc's) in each loop across the row.  9 squares made.

Fig 6

Fig 7

2. Ch 6.  In the 4th ch from hook, make 1 dc; 1 dc in each of next 2 ch;  Look beyond the next 3 dc's and as before (skip 3 dc's, in the chain-loop work 1 sl st, ch 3, then 3 dc in the loop).  Repeat across the row as usual.  When you get to the last square, sl st in the ch-3 loop, turn.  9 squares made.  This edge will remain straight and will be the longer of the two straight edges of the scarf (68", or as you wish).

Repeat 1 and 2 until 15 rows of squares on the long side (7 rows of squares on the shorter side).

Join white and work 4 rows even with 9 squares on the diagonal.

Join red and work until scarf measures 68" along the longest side (or desired length).  End on a row which leaves the yarn tail at the very tip of the point.

Weave in all ends.

Make face as described below.

Eyes:

Yellow part (make two) (Note: illlustrations are in white, but you will make the eyes with yellow yarn.)

1. With yellow, make a slip knot and put loop on hook.  Ch 2

2. 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, ch 1, (Fig8) turn.

Fig 8 (end of row 2, before turning)

3. 2 sc in each of 3 sc's, ch 1 (Fig 9), turn.

Fig 9 (end of row 3, before turning)

 

4. 1 sc in first sc, 2 sc in each of 5 sc's, ch 1 (Fig 10), turn.

Fig 10 (end of row 4, before turning)

 

5.  Skip first sc, (2 sc, 1 sc) 5 times, ch 1 (Fig 11), turn.

Fig 11 (end of row 5, before turning)

 

6.  Do not skip the first sc, 1 sc , then (2 sc, 1 sc) 10 times (Fig 12). Ch 1,  clip yarn and draw through the final loop and tighten.  Weave in ends.

Fig 12 (end of row 6, before finishing off)

 

Pupil (make two):

With black, using a tail about 10" long, make a magic ring (magic circle). (Magic circle on Youtube.) Ch 2, then work 14 dc in the magic ring. Draw ring up to make a tight circle. Clip yarn with another 6" tail. Draw the yarn through the last loop (top of last stitch).  Thread a yarn darning needle with this tail and weave it through the top of the first dc of the ring and then back through the loop at the top of the last stitch.  Weave in ends. 

Brows:

With black, make a slip knot, put on hook, ch 3, sl st to the first chain. Sc along the upper edge of one yellow eye, ch3, sl st along the upper edge of the second eye.  Ch 3, sl st through 3 ch from hook. Clip yarn and draw through last loop.  Weave in ends.

Arrange pupils on eyes and sew with black sewing thread. Set aside.

Nose:

1.With green,  ch 2; in 2nd ch from hook work 4 sc. One nostril made.

2. Ch 3; join with sl st to 3rd ch from hook; turn.  In the ch-3 loop just formed, work 5 sc; turn.  In the SAME ch-3 loop, work 7 sc, covering the sc from the previous row (this makes the middle part of the nose a bit puffier).  Pull the last sc just made tight.  Main pug of nose made.

3. Ch 2; in 2nd ch from hook work 4sc. Second nostril made.

4. Work 1 sc in the ch-3 loop from step 2.  Draw tightly. Ch 1, clip yarn and draw through the loop of this stitch and pull up to fasten off.

5. Join black yarn and work sl st loosely in all the stitches around the nose parts, making an outline. Clip yarn leaving a tail; draw through the last loop made.  Using a yarn darning needle work the yarn around the first black sl st and then back to the last to make a continuous chain.

Weave in ends.

Pompom:

With boucle blanket yarn, wind the desired number of loops around a piece of cardboard with the desired width.  I used 2.5" and 45 turns. You will not cut the loops.  Use a long piece of cardboard for wrapping, so you can keep it to one layer of loops.  This makes sure all the loops are the same size.  Use a doubled length of yarn drawn through all the loops to tie a knot around the loops.  Remove the cardboard and shake the pompom and separate the loops to make it a random tassel of loops.  Do not attach to the scarf yet.

Finishing:

 Arrange the eyes and nose on the green end of the scarf, as shown.  Plan the shape of the mouth.  Sew down the eyes and nose with blind stitches.  Using embroidery chain stitch, outline the mouth in black.

 For acrylic yarn, wash the scarf and dry in the dryer with fabric softener to fluff and bloom the yarn.  Attach the pompom after this. Tie the pompom to the end of the scarf, using a shoelace knot, with an extra overhand knot, just like you would secure your shoelaces.  Remove the pompom to wash the scarf.