Crochet Pattern: Infinity and Beyond Broomstick Lace Scarf
When I was making this cowl, Nicky asked me what I was doing. And he thought I said “making a cow hole.” So now every time I pick up my hook, he inevitably asks me if I’m making another cow hole. Now I just nod and say “Yes, yes. I’m making a cow hole.”
Anyway, I really wanted a broomstick lace project with some meat on it – one I could really start to hone my skills on and get a lot of practice. And I didn’t want to make another cow hole. Since Tracy keeps talking about infinity scarves on the Joy the Baker podcast, I guess I have infinity scarves on the brain . . . so the Infinity and Beyond Scarf was born!
Are you ready for a challenge? Are you prepared to become a broomstick lace expert? Are you pumped for some drapey-lacey-goodness? Then join me . . . to infinity aaand beyooond . . .
Firstly, you will need to know how to make broomstick lace. I have a tutorial for that here. Also, I used this pin for my lace loops:
Materials needed: one skein of Caron Simply Soft yarn, a 4mm hook, something to make your lace loops with, a large blunt tapestry needle, and scissors.
With a 4mm hook, chain 31.
- Sc in second ch from hook and each remaining chain. (30 sc)
- Pull up a broomstick lace loop (BL loop) in each sc. (30 BL loops)
- Work in groups of 6 BL loops. Make 6 sc in each group of 6 BL loops. (30 sc)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in first st, ch 5, sk next 4 sts. *Sc next 2 sts together, ch 5, sk next 4 sts. Repeat from * 2 more times (5 sts remain). Sc in last st. (5 ch5 spaces, 2 sc, 4 sc 2 tog)
- Turn (do not ch 1 first). Sl st in first ch5 space, ch 1. make 6 sc in ch5 space. Make 6 sc in each remaining ch5 space to end, skipping over scs. (30 sc)
- Pull up a broomstick lace loop (BL loop) in each sc. (30 BL loops)
- Work in groups of 3 BL loops. Make 3 sc in each group of 3 BL loops. (30 sc)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in first st, ch 5, sk next 4 sts. *Sc next 2 sts together, ch 5, sk next 4 sts. Repeat from * 2 more times (5 sts remain). Sc in last st. (5 ch5 spaces, 2 sc, 4 sc 2 tog)
- Turn (do not ch 1 first). Sl st in first ch5 space, ch 1. make 6 sc in ch5 space. Make 6 sc in each remaining ch5 space to end, skipping over scs. (30 sc)
Repeat rows 2 – 9 twelve more times (or as many as you’d like to get your desired length)
When you are at your desired length, cut yarn, leaving a long length for sewing (about 16 inches). Finish off. Weave in the yarn tail from the first row. Without twisting the scarf, bring the two ends together. Using the long yarn tail, whip stitch the two ends together evenly, working under both loops of the “v” in the scs. When you reach the end, secure yarn with a small knot and weave in the excess.
And there you have it, just in time for holiday gifting! As per usual, I would lee-ove to see photos – post ‘em here! Finally, here is a very rudimentary chart for the pattern repeat (you can download a PDF by clicking the link below the photo):
InfinityAndBeyondLaceScarfChart
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I have never tried this stitch, but now I have a reason! Love this. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah! Let me know if you try it, and how it goes! After a bit of practice, it gets better, of course
I want to try this stitch too!! I love your scarf it’s very delicate and feminine looking..
I was going to gift this, since I have so many scarves . . . but I think I like it too much!
Your broomstick lace cowl is perfect. Nice work.
love your lace cowl this pin is truly amazing this will be so much better for my hands thank you love to keep you posted on my progress as i go along
Sweet! Thanks, Diane — I really appreciate it!
Such a lovely cow hole
the pattern is lovely and your tutorials are convincing me to try this stitch! thanks for sharing, Maggie.
haHA! Thanks, Maggie!
You have mad skills lady! Thank you for the pattern. Love this cowl and you have inspired me to try my hand at this lace. Wish me luck!
Luck! It’s really pretty easy once you get the hang of it!
This is such a gorgeous scarf! I want to make one someday! Thank you for the tutorial
I hope you have a good Christmas 
I have always wanted to try broomstick lace. Thanks for the pattern. If I succeed, I’ll definitely post pictures.
When I saw this pattern, I knew I had to try it. I’m really new to crochet, but with your tutorials, I thought that *maybe* I could do it. Well, I’m about a quarter of the way finished, and it actually looks like it should!! Thank you so SO much for this pattern!!
Wahah! This made my day — thank you!
Really like this scarf! Could you give an approximate of how many inches long the scarf is before stitching the ends together? Thanks!
It’s *about* 55 inches. Of course, it depends on what size pin you use. I use this one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/96307237/broomstick-lace-pin
Yay for this scarf! This is a new stitch for me and I really didn’t have high hopes for the result when I started… but I have done a few rows of the broomstick loops and it’s going really well! Mine doesn’t look as dainty (it’s kind of chunky so far), but I LOVE it! I will keep trying using different things to loop it around and see if that gives different effects.
Thanks so much for the pattern! =)
I see why mine looks chunky! After completing the 6 broomstick loops, I did the single crochets across, then I started the next broomstick loops and *assumed* (this is my biggest fault when crocheting…lol…I need to pay more attention!) that it was 6 loops together again instead of 3. I will resume FOLLOWING the pattern now… and post pics when I’m done with this gorgeous dainty scarf. =P
I think it will look great either way! I think the best part is practicing the lace — once you get the hang of that part, there’s really no end to how you can use it. BTW, I assume a lot too — with varying results, HA!
This is gorgeous! I’m not really fashionable and I just learned to crochet but this looks worth the effort. Where did you get the wooden thingies to use?
I make pins and sell them here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/92821765/broomstick-lace-pin
Or, you can find something similar-sized to use!
Love broomstick lace thanks. I bought a few long dowels at the hardware store and cut some to smaller lengths after using mini wax on them and fine sand paper. Not difficult at all.
I love this pattern! Dumb question, but I couldn’t find it on your etsy posting. What is the diameter of the pin you used? I’m just wondering if it’s close to the size of a size 50 knitting needle.Thanks.
No problem! Here’s the listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/92821765/broomstick-lace-pin
This pin measures about 3.5 inches around (I don’t know what the diameter of a 50 needle is).
The size 50 knitting needles are 25mm wide. (I’m not sure what the circumference, distance around, is.) I just wanted to compare the two.
I seem to get everything about this except for the end parts of #4 and #8. I’m new to trying something new with crocheting, I’ve stuck to the easier things, but I saw this scarf and I had to try to make it.So, the question is…. where exactly do I put the 2sc, 4sc together?
The end parts — in the parenthesis — are the final stitch counts for each row, they are not stitches to be made. If you look at the pattern diagram, you’ll see that in rows 4 and 8, you will end up with 4 sc 2 together (you will have single crocheted 2 together 4 times in the row), 2 single crochets (you make one sc at the beginning and one at the end), and 5 spaces that are made up of 5 chains.
That explains a lot! Thanks for the info! Keep up the great work!
Nicky sounds like my Paul. I said I was taking an Italian Cooking Class to learn how to make tiramisu. He said, “Why do you want to make TERRIBLE SOUP?”
BWAH-haHA! Tiramisu is my favorite dessert, BTW!
I have a “broomstick” needle – it’s been in my needle box about 20 years. This is the first time I have been tempted to get it out, dust it off and get busy. Thanks for the inspiration!
Yeea! Do it — you’ll be so glad you did!
Just printed this pattern. Is there any way you can control how many pages it takes? I just
wasted 10 pages to get a pattern that would fit on 1 page, 2 at the most.
Elaine, I’m sorry, but I don’t have control over that. When I print patterns, I usually copy and paste the text to a word type application — like Text Edit — and alter the font size and spacing so I can fit it on one or two pages.
This is beautiful but looks way too hard to make
I’ve had several beginners try this out with success! The broomstick lace tutorial is pretty thorough!
I love this pattern. Being left handed its hard to find things to do. I was taught this many years ago and I use a 3 foot wooden broom handle. I have made many afghans for different size beds. Great Christmas presents…
Just finished the pattern and it came out beautiful.
Yea! So happy to hear that!
This is such a great pattern. I started crocheting about 6 weeks ago and saw this pattern early on. At first the pattern confused the heck out of me, but now after doing a few tutorials and making other things. I’m getting the hang of reading patterns and making sense out of them. Plus it helps tremendously when you couple it with a pattern diagram. Thank you for being so thorough and sharing your creation.
Linda, that is spectacular — and thank you so much!
Would love to copy your pattern of the broom stick lace,but where is it?????? I don`t want all the blogs. {earthangel1054@WildBlue.net} Naoma
Are you referring to the instructions for broomstick lace? If so, that is here: http://speckless.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/broomstick-lace-tutorial/
Thank you so much for the inspiration! I haven’t crocheted in 20 years and got re-infected with the bug about a month ago. I decided to jump right in with your broom stick lace infinity scarf. Your tutorial is great. So non-threatening! I ended up doing it a little differently, so it works for me. Now that I’ve made 3 of these scarves, I wanted to do a hat to match. Any ideas/suggestions? The broomstick lace hat pattern I managed to find looked over my head. (Forgive the pun) And thanks again for the jump-start!
I will definitely look into this next week – I’ll be on vacation here soon (at least, away from the computer)!
Enjoy your computer-less vacation! And, thanks for your time.
My grandmother made a shawl for my son (now 30!), using this stitch. It was beautiful and much admired. First time I’ve seen how to do it, so will be trying to make my own ‘cow hole’!
Oh my — that is great! Thank you so much!
Question: Only the first row of broomstick lace is 5 groups of 6 loops? (From the diagram.)
The diagram is for the repeat, so it is alternating: 5 groups, 10 groups, 5 groups, 10 groups . . . As you repeat the diagram.
The diagram is for the repeat, so it is alternating: 5 groups, 10 groups, 5 groups, 10 groups . . . As you repeat the diagram.
Ahhh! Okay! Thank you! I never really understood the diagrams but now it make sense thank you again!
Can’t wait to make this. 
No problem! Let me know what else you might need as it comes up!
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How long is the one in your diagrams? I want to make my long enough to at least wrap twice.
I don’t know exactly how long, but that’s because I just kept going with the repeat until it was long enough to wrap twice! It’s packed away with the winter clothes right now!
It’s beautiful. Greetings from Chile, a country of South America. The end of the world. Here we are in autumn.
Hello, Jessica! It’s supposed to be spring time here . . . but it definitely feels like autumn!
Thanks so much for sharing this pattern and the tutorial. I am using an antique (1880′s) wood Bissell carpet sweeper for my “broomstick” which is nice because the handle has had so much use it is “polished”, and it holds its handle where it’s convenient for me. I had never heard of broomstick lace before I stumbled across your pattern, and the pattern is coming out beautifully!
That is awesome — I love hearing about how everyone is working! I’m glad everything is turning out for you!
Is row 7 a typo? Why groups of 3 instead of 6? All the rows look the same. I did two patterns using 6 and it looks like the pic.??? Thanks.
They alternate: The diagram is for the repeat, so it is alternating: 5 groups of 6 loops, 10 groups of 3 loops, 5 groups of 6 loops, 10 groups of 3 loops . . . As you repeat the diagram.
What’s up, I read your new stuff like every week. Your writing style is awesome, keep it up!
Gorgeous! I featured a link to this on my blog this morning: http://www.mooglyblog.com/beautiful-broomstick-lace-10-free-patterns/
Thank you so much for sharing your pattern!
Awesome — thanks so much!