There is one scarf style I never have to think about once it is on, and it is the humble crochet infinity scarf. No dangling ends to tuck into my coat, no knot that slowly works itself loose on the school run — just one endless loop that twists twice around my neck and stays exactly where I put it. It frames a plain jumper beautifully, it never blows off in the wind, and it is the one handmade gift I can give absolutely anyone and know it will fit.
So here are twenty of my favourite infinity designs for you, all genuinely free and all proper joined loops — worked in the round, sewn into a circle, or twisted into a clever Möbius. You will find one-skein wonders, giant-hook chunky loops, knit-look ribbing, lacy alpaca and even a faux-fur showstopper in here. I have noted the yarn, the hook and the honest little details for each one as we go. Pick your favourite, raid the stash, and let's get you looped.
1. The Beginner Loop in Plain Double Crochet
If you have never made a scarf before, Melissa Hassler's Easy Infinity Scarf at Lovable Loops is exactly where I would send you. It is worked flat in the simplest rows imaginable — nothing but double crochet — using two strands of worsted weight yarn held together with a big 8 mm hook, so the fabric grows quickly and feels wonderfully thick. After about eighty rows you simply sew the two short ends together and the rectangle becomes a loop with a cosy 55-inch circumference. The complete pattern is free on her blog, and because there is no stitch pattern to memorise, it is perfect television crochet. Make it in a soft cream like her sample and it will go with every coat you own.
Pattern: Easy Infinity Scarf by Melissa Hassler at Lovable Loops — Get the free pattern
2. The Giant-Hook Loop You Finish Before Dinner
Delia's Chunky Crochet Infinity Scarf is the fastest make on this whole list, and it might be the most fun. It is crocheted directly in the round — you chain 65, join into a ring so there is no seaming at all, and work loose rounds of double crochet with a giant 15.75 mm hook and about 150 yards of super bulky yarn. Her sample uses a gold-flecked yarn and the open, relaxed stitches let those metallic flecks shine instead of burying them. Experienced crocheters finish this in an hour or two, and beginners are very welcome because there is barely a pattern to follow. The full instructions are free on Delia Creates. This is my emergency-gift scarf, every single year.
Pattern: Chunky Crochet Infinity Scarf by Delia at Delia Creates — Get the free pattern
3. V-Stitch Lace in Whatever Yarn You Fancy
Sarah-Jayne Fragola's Infinity Scarf at Bella Coco Crochet is the adaptable friend of this collection: the pattern is written so you can use any yarn weight with the matching hook, from a light DK loop for spring to a chunky one for deep winter. The whole scarf is one repeated V stitch — two trebles and a chain worked into the same space — which builds a pretty, open fabric with lovely drape. You work in rows until the scarf reaches the length you like (she made 65 rows), then slip stitch or sew the ends together to close the loop. The pattern is free on her blog in both UK and US terms, with a video tutorial if you like to crochet along. Her pink sample is pure joy, but an indie-dyed skein would make this look genuinely boutique.
Pattern: Infinity Scarf by Sarah-Jayne Fragola at Bella Coco Crochet — Get the free pattern
4. Simple Stitches, Worked in Joined Rounds
Rhondda Mol's Simple Stitches Infinity Scarf at Oombawka Design Crochet lives up to its name in the best way. It is crocheted lengthwise in joined rounds — you start with a long chain, join it into a ring, and alternate rounds of single crochet and double crochet worked into the back loop, which gives the plain stitches a subtle ribbed texture. One skein of Red Heart With Love worsted and a 5.5 mm hook make a loop about 60 inches around and 6 inches wide, and Rhondda explains exactly how to resize it with any yarn and hook you already have. The full pattern is free on her blog, and it was designed for total beginners, so the instructions are wonderfully clear. Her papaya sample shows how much a cheerful colour can do for a simple stitch.
Pattern: Simple Stitches Infinity Scarf by Rhondda Mol at Oombawka Design Crochet — Get the free pattern
5. One Skein of Ombré, Zero Colour Changes
Pam Carr's Cozy Infinity Scarf at Carroway Crochet is built around one clever yarn choice: a single skein of Lion Brand Scarfie, the bulky wool blend that shades from one colour to the next all by itself. The stitch pattern could not be simpler — alternating rows of half double crochet and double crochet — so the ombré does all the visual work while you relax. You crochet a flat piece with a 6.5 mm hook until the skein is nearly gone, then sew the short ends together into a generous circle scarf with a 64-inch circumference. The complete pattern is free on her blog, with video tutorials if you want company. Her cream-to-mustard sample looks like something from a Scandinavian boutique, and it cost her one skein.
Pattern: Cozy Infinity Scarf by Pam Carr at Carroway Crochet — Get the free pattern
6. Cake-Yarn Colour Blocks in Treble Crochet
Maria's Chloe Infinity Scarf at Maria's Blue Crayon proves that one skein really can be a whole scarf. She works short rows of tall, speedy treble crochet in a single Caron Tea Cake with an 11.5 mm hook — just fifteen stitches across — and because the scarf is built width-first, the cake's colour blocks stack horizontally around your neck like watercolour stripes when it is worn. After twenty-eight rows the two ends are slip stitched together into a loop measuring 68 inches around, with yarn left over. The pattern is free on her blog, and there is a free PDF download too if you like printing. In blue tones it is all sea glass and winter skies; in a neutral cake it would live in your everyday wardrobe.
Pattern: Chloe Crochet Infinity Scarf by Maria at Maria’s Blue Crayon — Get the free pattern
7. The Knit-Look Ribbed Loop Everyone Asks About
Jess Coppom's Hideaway Cowl at Make and Do Crew is the infinity scarf that gets mistaken for knitting everywhere it goes. The trick is half double crochet worked through the back loop only, which pulls the stitches into neat vertical ribs that look exactly like a knitted fisherman's scarf. It is made as a long rectangle in Lion Brand Color Made Easy bulky yarn with an 8 mm hook, then seamed into a 61-inch loop — about three hours of easy, meditative stitching. One honest note: this is a free subscriber-exclusive pattern, so you unlock it with a free sign-up on her site, and then the full text is right there on the page. It is unisex, endlessly wearable, and her charcoal sample is the one I would copy first.
Pattern: Hideaway Cowl Infinity Scarf by Jess Coppom at Make and Do Crew — Get the free pattern
8. Fine DK Ribbing With a Boutique Finish
If the chunky loops feel too much for your style, Jessica Underwood's Ribbed Infinity Scarf at Stitching Together is the refined option. It uses the same back-loop half double crochet idea but in a fine DK yarn with a 4.5 mm hook, which produces slim, elegant ribbing that drapes like a scarf from an expensive shop window. The piece finishes about 13 inches wide and 62 inches around, and the short ends are whip stitched together with a clever loop-count trick so the ribbing lines up almost invisibly across the join. The complete pattern is free on her blog, and the sample in soft grey "Mist" is the definition of quiet luxury. It even pulls up comfortably as an emergency hood on truly bitter days.
Pattern: Ribbed Infinity Scarf by Jessica Underwood at Stitching Together — Get the free pattern
9. Sparkle Chainette on a Giant 19 mm Hook
Rhondda Mol's Twilight Infinity Scarf at Oombawka Design Crochet is the drama queen of this collection, and it takes just five rows to make. The yarn is a super bulky chainette with a metallic thread running through it — her original Red Heart Boutique Twilight is discontinued, but any sparkly super bulky will shimmer the same way — worked on an enormous 19 mm hook in alternating rows of front-loop single crochet and back-loop half double crochet. That oversized hook keeps the stitches relaxed and lacy, so the finished strip stretches to about 65 inches long, and you simply stitch the ends together to close the infinity loop. The complete pattern is free on her blog, and the whole thing works up in an evening. In a dusky rose shade, this is the loop that turns a plain black outfit into an occasion.
Pattern: Twilight Infinity Scarf by Rhondda Mol at Oombawka Design Crochet — Get the free pattern
10. Leaping Stripes and Blocks, With a Möbius Twist
Raffaella Tassoni's Log Cabin Chunky Scarf at Raffamusa Designs has the cleverest seam on this list. The body is worked flat in the leaping stripes and blocks stitch — little groups of double crochet that hop down two rows to meet their partners, building a woven, almost plaid texture in super bulky yarn with an 8 mm hook. When the scarf reaches about 73 inches, you fold the ends together, flip one side over the other, and seam — which builds in a graceful Möbius twist so the loop drapes in that perfect figure-eight fold at your chest. The complete pattern is free on her blog, and it is fully reversible, so there is no wrong side to worry about. Worked in a warm neutral, this is pure fireside elegance.
Pattern: Log Cabin Chunky Infinity Scarf by Raffaella Tassoni at Raffamusa Designs — Get the free pattern
11. Tulip Stitch Clusters in Soft Cake Colours
The Tulip Stitch Infinity Scarf at MadameStitch is built on one of the prettiest one-row repeats I know: little fan-like clusters of double crochet anchored with a single crochet and a chain, so the fabric grows in neat rows of tiny tulips. Because the repeat is a single row, you can crochet this one almost without looking, and the pattern is easy to resize to exactly the loop you want. It is worked flat in bulky yarn with a 6.5 mm hook — the updated sample uses three cakes of Lion Brand Mandala Watercolors, whose gentle colour shifts look like brushstrokes across the clusters — then the ends are sewn together at about 62 inches. The full pattern is free on her blog, chart included in the optional PDF only. In the grey-green Quarry colourway it reads soft, misty and very wearable.
Pattern: Tulip Stitch Infinity Scarf by MadameStitch — Get the free pattern
12. Granny Stitch, Worked Seamlessly in the Round
Ashlea Konieczny named Betty's Infinity Scarf at Heart Hook Home after her late grandmother, and you can feel the love in every squishy row. Instead of working flat, this one starts with a foundation half double crochet row joined straight into a ring, then builds 26 rounds of flat granny stitch — those familiar three-double-crochet clusters — so there is no seam to hide at all. She uses a speckled tweed worsted, WeCrochet Provincial Tweed in the Winter Walk colourway, about 475 yards with a 5.5 mm hook, and the open granny weave gives the loop a divine, fluid drape. The complete pattern is free on her blog, and she finished hers in a single evening. It is tall, plush and comforting — exactly what a grandmother-inspired scarf should be.
Pattern: Betty’s Infinity Scarf by Ashlea Konieczny at Heart Hook Home — Get the free pattern
13. Criss-Cross Stitches and Self-Striping Drama
The Criss Cross Stitch Infinity Scarf at Loops and Love Crochet is the one to make when you want texture without a complicated pattern. Rows of plain double crochet alternate with rows of crossed stitches — you skip a stitch, double crochet in the next, then reach back and work into the one you skipped — which lays a neat X pattern across the whole scarf. It is worked flat in one self-striping Caron Cake with a 6 mm hook, so the colours melt from block to block (about fifteen rows per shade in her Cake Pop sample) while you simply enjoy the rhythm. At roughly 58 inches the ends are sewn together into a loop that wraps twice in comfort. The pattern is free on her site, and there are instructions for a child size in the optional PDF. That flash of teal in her sample against the neutrals is just perfection.
Pattern: Criss Cross Stitch Infinity Scarf by Loops and Love Crochet — Get the free pattern
14. Herringbone Rounds in a Lightweight Stripe
Katy's Crochet Infinity Scarf at KT and the Squid is the lightweight, drapey counterpoint to all the chunk in this list. It is worked in continuous rounds of herringbone half double and herringbone double crochet — stitches that slant as they go, so the fabric comes out with a subtle woven, almost knitted grain. Her yarn is King Cole Riot DK, a single-ply wool blend with very long, slow colour changes, and because the scarf is one endless spiral there are no joins or seams to interrupt those stripes. You chain whatever length you like — hers measures about two yards around and five inches wide — and simply repeat the round until the skein runs out. The complete pattern is free on her blog with a video tutorial, and it is genuinely beginner-friendly. This is the loop for spring evenings and air-conditioned offices.
Pattern: Crochet Infinity Scarf by Katy at KT and the Squid — Get the free pattern
15. Two Panels, Two Colours, One Clever Knot
Megan Meyer's Wrapped Up Infinity Scarf at Left in Knots might be the most inventive construction here. Instead of one scarf, you crochet two long, skinny panels — an easy alternating half double crochet and slip stitch rib — each from its own skein of bulky yarn in a different colour. Then comes the magic: the panels are tied together in a chic braided knot and the ends sewn so each seam joins opposite colours, giving you a two-tone loop with a woven focal point at the front. Her samples pair Lion Brand Wool-Ease Tonal in shades like deep Night Sky with bright Lime, and the pattern is written tutorial-style so you can adjust every measurement. The full instructions are free on her blog. As stash-busting goes, this is the version that looks like a designer piece.
Pattern: Wrapped Up Infinity Scarf by Megan Meyer at Left in Knots — Get the free pattern
16. A Lacy Möbius Wrap in Baby Alpaca
The Infinite Icing Scarf, designed by Malena of Straight Hooked as a guest post at Fosbas Designs, is the dressiest loop in this collection. It begins with a single crochet row that is twisted once before joining, creating a true Möbius, and then grows in lacy rounds of chain loops and clustered stitches worked in fine DK alpaca. She used four shades of Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud — about 500 yards — so the colours blend into a soft gradient as the wrap widens to its final 29 rounds. Despite the intricate look, the stitches are only chains, single crochet and half double crochet, so an advanced beginner can absolutely manage it. The pattern is free on the Fosbas Designs blog. Worn over a plain dress, this one earns compliments all evening.
Pattern: Infinite Icing Infinity Wrap by Malena at Straight Hooked (guest post at Fosbas Designs) — Get the free pattern
17. Charted Lace Waves in Self-Striping Wool
DROPS Design's Autumn Waves is the European entry in our loop collection, and it is a beauty. You chain 216, form a ring, and work a charted wave-lace pattern entirely in the back loop with a 6 mm hook, so the whole piece is crocheted in the round with no seaming whatsoever. The yarn is DROPS Big Delight, a self-striping wool whose long raspberry-pink colour runs ripple through the waves exactly as the name promises, and the full charted pattern is free on the Garnstudio site, as DROPS patterns always are. The finished loop measures about 144 centimetres around and 22 centimetres tall, designed to be folded double in a figure-of-eight before wearing. If you enjoy following a chart and watching a repeat click into place, clear your weekend for this one.
Pattern: Autumn Waves (DROPS 156-33) by DROPS Design — Get the free pattern
18. Love Knots and Mohair: the Airiest Loop of All
Heavenly Mist, also from DROPS Design, is built from love knots — the elongated Solomon's knot stitch that makes a fabric more like lace netting than crochet as most of us know it. Worked in rows of airy knots in a cloud-soft mohair-blend yarn (the original DROPS Vienna is discontinued, but any light mohair will float the same way), the piece grows to about 150 centimetres before the two short sides are sewn together into one long, gossamer loop. The complete pattern is free on Garnstudio with diagrams showing exactly how each knot is drawn up. It weighs almost nothing, packs into a handbag corner, and yet a double wrap of mohair lace is surprisingly warm. In the original pale lilac it is pure winter morning mist — ethereal, romantic and completely unique in this roundup.
Pattern: Heavenly Mist (DROPS 127-27) by DROPS Design — Get the free pattern
19. Tunisian Top Stitch, One Skein, a Little Sparkle
Tamara Kelly's Top of the Tunisian Infinity Scarf at Moogly is your gentle doorway into Tunisian crochet. It uses a stitch of her own naming — the Tunisian Top Stitch — worked under the back horizontal bar of the return pass, which creates a light, lofty fabric quite unlike standard Tunisian cloth. One skein of super bulky yarn (her original Red Heart Boutique Infinity had a touch of sparkle) and an 11.5 mm Tunisian hook make a scarf about 51 inches long, and then comes her favourite finish: twist the scarf once and whip stitch the ends together into a Möbius loop so both faces of the fabric take turns showing. The pattern is free on Moogly with a basics video tutorial linked for complete newcomers. If Tunisian has been on your someday list, someday is now.
Pattern: Top of the Tunisian Infinity Scarf by Tamara Kelly at Moogly — Get the free pattern
20. Plush Faux Fur for the Always-Cold Friend
We are finishing with pure indulgence: Ashlea Konieczny's Fur-Ever Fur Infinity Scarf at Heart Hook Home. It is worked in WeCrochet Fable Fur, a super bulky faux-fur yarn so plush you can barely see your stitches — which is fine, because the pattern is only eight stitches of half double crochet across, worked between the posts for the smoothest finish. About 150 yards and an 8 mm hook make a 70-inch strip in almost no time, then you sew the ends together, with or without a single elegant twist. The full pattern is free on her blog, and there is enough yarn left from the third skein for her matching ear warmer. This is the loop for the friend who is cold in every photograph, and it feels like being hugged by a very fashionable bear.
Pattern: Fur-Ever Fur Infinity Scarf by Ashlea Konieczny at Heart Hook Home — Get the free pattern
Conclusion
And that is twenty loops, my friend — plain and lacy, chunky and gossamer, sewn circles and seamless rings and one very clever knot, every single one free and every single one a true infinity with no ends to lose down your coat. If you are new to scarves, start with the Lovable Loops beginner loop or Delia's giant-hook circle; if you want a showpiece, the alpaca Möbius, the love-knot mohair or the faux fur are calling your name. My best tip: make the first one for yourself in a colour you truly love, because a loop you reach for daily is worth ten languishing in a drawer — and then make the second one as a gift, because these work up so fast you will want an excuse.
Now tell me — are you team chunky double-wrap or team light and lacy loop, and which of these twenty is going on your hook first? I read every comment, and I cannot wait to see your makes!
