Like my model? Anyway, obviously I ran out of purple yarn before I finished the scarf. I was already aware of that when I chose that color and so I simply finished that last row with the blue and then continued on with it for the edging. It doesn't bother me and it gives the scoodie character. It's very warm and soft too. If we get any more bitterly cold weather I'll even get to try it out before spring.
I call it the Ribby Scoodie, for obvious reasons. Basically I chained 70 (should have chained 71 to get an even number of sts, but oh well) Then I hdc in the 2nd chain and each chain across. Then I chained one to turn all rows (did not count as a stitch) and would hdc in the horizontal strand just under the top of the stitch. This would push the top of the stitch over so I got a line of chains across my piece. After about thirty rows of this I crocheted the hoodie together at the top, only using the inside loops of the last row of hdcs (Also did this from the right side). Fastened off, then I chose another color of yarn and chained 71. Then I hdc across like with the hoodie, then I hdc across the bottom, free loops of the hoodie beginning chain. Then I did a 70-chain hdc beg chain on the other side. Basically this means that you YO, insert hook in the bottom st and pull up a lp. You have three lps on hook. YO and pull through ONE lp. You still have three lps on hook. YO and complete the hdc. Repeat for as many hdc as you need. Then I completed the scarf in the same way as I did the hoodie (you will decide how wide you want your scarf). For edging, I simply sc evenly all the way around (3 sc in corners) and then did V-sts for the final rnd. In corners I would dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1 and dc. I would sk 2 sc between V-sts to keep my work flat. Also, you need to use the tail of the scarf ch to fasten that part of it to the hoodie before you hide it. You'll see what I mean if you try this, so leave yourself a generous end when you begin your scarf.
So, I used WW acrylic yarn. The pink is RHSS and I have no idea what brand the purple is. The blue is also RHSS. The purple is also a bit thicker than the pink/blue, but it was still classed as WW, if I remember from the wrapper it used to have. Same difference if you look at RHSS and Simply Soft. Both are classed as 4 weight, but RHSS is slightly thicker than Simply Soft.
I also used a 7mm hook to crochet it. 7mm is between a K and L hooks, so either of those would work as well. I don't have a gauge, but it's pretty unnecessary. Just make the hoodie and scarf whatever size you want by varying the number of chains.
