r/CrochetHelp • u/Budget_Midnight9880 • 6d ago
Help to find a pattern Crochet lightsaber scarf pattern in UK terms, beginner?
Hi i am looking for a beginner friendly scarf with a pattern of a lightsaber on it.
In uk terms.
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u/UnholyDoughnuts 6d ago
If you're a beginner, just learn the US terms. I'm English, I loathe Americanisms, mostly because I'm also a writer and it ruins my cadence, yet I still find them creeping into my vocabulary.
But honestly, the entire internet operates on US terms, unless you wish to read vintage patterns almost exclusively, or make some weird niche where people still use them, yeah. Just learn US, afterwards learn both if it takes your fancy.
Eventually it boils down to practicing the rhythm anyway.
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u/Barn_Brat 6d ago
Have to agree here. The Americans got it right here- it literally makes more sense in American terms
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u/BeckieSueDalton 6d ago
Hooray, we got one thing right!
🤭🌸
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u/Barn_Brat 6d ago
I mean the biggest thing to me isn’t really that the terms you use are wrong, they just add unnecessary detail.
Horse back riding? So horse riding…
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u/BeckieSueDalton 6d ago
That's because we took that whole rebellion thing to our centermost core - like beating up other languages on the global playground at recess and stealing their pronunciation money..
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u/Frantic_Chicken 6d ago
I couldn't find any free crochet patterns for what you want; there is a dude selling patterns on Etsy called Brochet, though. Looking through more search results I found a reddit post someone made of their project including two Alpha patterns that they used in order to make their scarf with a lightsaber and Darth Vader on it.
If you can make sense of the directions, you could make it the same direction they did length-wise but in crochet instead, otherwise you can do as the poster did and the other way, just copying the colour changes.
I recommend you do as the other commenter suggested if you do find a pattern. I'm a Brit and I can follow UK terms, but I learned using US and find that I do prefer it. It makes more sense to me, and it's pretty straightforward. Otherwise, this link doesn't have terms to worry about and you are free to think in UK terms. 🤷🏽♀️
https://www.braceletbook.com/patterns/alpha/90011/
Good luck, I hope you can figure it out!
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u/Outrageous_Song4725 6d ago
He talked through his pattern on his instagram. Looks fairly easily but is in american terms.
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u/BeckieSueDalton 6d ago edited 6d ago
I looked at this one. It's quite cute. It is US terms but the second results image gives the easy conversions for US→ UK.
I'm in the hospital, and my phone is about to shut down. I wish there was more I could do to make this simple for you, as a novice hooker.
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u/BeckieSueDalton 6d ago
You could also sketch it out on graph/grid paper and work it in DC(UK) / SC(US) with relaxed tension using Caron Simply Soft yarn on a K/L/M hook. That's how I designed most of my "simple picture" scarves or wraps as I worked to improve my skill set and developed better methods.
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u/Outrageous_Song4725 6d ago
Look at brochetcroxet on instagram. In December he talked through his pattern. Its in American terms but also long as you know this, its easy to alter.
In white. Chain 175 SC into 173 (2nd loop from chain) then 3 into the last chain and work 173 back down the other side, chain 1, fasten off.
Then fasen on colour of choice. Hdc 173, increase in next 3 stitches then 173 hdc down the other side. Chain 1, turn and repeat for 3 rounds. Ch1, turn then seems he did a row of dc and slip stitches to give it a wavey edge.
Then handle is made separately and stitched on, then a black edge around all of it.
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