crochet scarf

step 1: make a loop with the end of the yarn and knot it at the end. for some reason, this is the hardest part for me. step 2: with your needle through the loop, wrap the yarn around it and pull through. this wrap-around-pull-through step is repeated many times the rest of the time. step 3: this shows pulling the yarn through the loop. step 4: continue doing this and you'll make a chain. 

step 5: continue the "chain" from step 4 until it's reached a length that when connected (as in a circle) it's the length you want for an infinity scarf. you want it long though, it's easy to underestimate how long this should be, but the longer the better. step 6: hold the two ends together. with your needle through the loop (as if you were still continuing the chain), then put the needle through a loop of the other end. this process makes the two threads ontop of the needle, as seen in the picture. then do the wrap-over-pull-through. step 7 and step 8: these show the wrap-over-pull-through method making a chain vertically

step 9: it seems like there's a big jump from step 8 to step 9, but its just a continued process. once you start the process of putting the needle through the loop and then wrapping the yarn around/pulling through, you got it! step 10: with the needle through the loop, wrap the yarn over the top. step 11: put the needle through the loop on the lower layer/last round of "chain". step 12: once through, wrap the yarn around the top. at this point there is the free yarn ontop of the needle, as well as 3 other wraps of yarn. 

step 13: between step 12 and 13, the "free yarn" is pulled through TWO of the wrapped yarn parts. therefore leaving two wraps of yarn ontop of the needle (as seen in step 13). step 14: wrap yarn around the needle once more and pull through the remaining 2 wraps of yarn. step 15: this shows the 1 loop that the needle is through. step 16: wrap around the needle again and start over!

once you understand those steps, it's just a repetition of that over and over and over again, round and round until you have the desired width of the scarf (i say 8-10 rows). once you're done, just tie a knot with the end of the yarn to complete it all. it gets confusing and not always perfect, but the key is to keep "tying knots" by wrapping the yarn and pulling the needle through the loops, and thats all!

the best part is, for the whole thing of yarn I used, it cost $2. that's a TWO DOLLAR SCARF!