A Quick and Easy Crochet Project

I found the pattern for this cute curlicue scarf on Ravelry.com. The instructions said it was "quick and easy," words that lead to me to be very suspicious these days. I'll tell you why in a minute.  First, let me tell you about the scarf.

Here's a link to the free pattern, but you don't need any more than this, really:

Work a row of loose chain as long as you want the scarf to be.
row 1 - work 3 dc into each chain
row 2 - work 2 dc into each stitch
row 3 - work 1 sc into each stitch

That's it.  Easy, huh? The pattern creator recommends using a novelty yarn for that third row to give it some personality (as if the corkscrew design doesn't give it enough personality).  As you can see from my picture, I chose to simply go with two alternating shades of blue. And I used plain old worsted weight Red Heart yarn.  Nothing expensive or fancy.

So, why am I suspicious of "quick and easy" patterns?  Because what is quick and easy for someone experienced with a crochet hook may not be quite so quick and easy for me.

But this pattern was telling the truth. You can't really go wrong when you stick to single crochet and double crochet in rows, can you? It took me a total of about 3 hours, but I made it way too long.  If I had made it a bit shorter, it would have taken about two hours.

Quick, easy....and cute. :-)