Difficulty: Easy Yarn: Slubby Mix by Fleece Artist (bulky weight (#5), thick-and-thin, 50% Blue Face Leicester, 50% Merino), 1 (2) skein(s) (109 yards/100 m, 4.4 oz/125 grams per skein) Hook: 6.5 mm (U.S. 10.5/K) Notes: ● Slubby Mix is a bulky-weight yarn with dramatic changes in thickness that creates instant texture and interest, and makes this simple stitch look like you've created something far more complicated. ● The cowl is worked from one side and then joined together, so the circumference is easily adjustable. Starting each row with ch 2 (rather than ch 3) and ending with hdc (rather than dc) prevents bulging along the edge. This cowl is reversible, and can be worn folded down as a double layer. Gauge: 4 rows of the pattern (rows of 8 and 7 V-stitches) = 6 inches/15 cm wide, 2 inches/5 cm high Size: short (6 inches/15 cm high); tall (9.25 inches/23 cm high). Both are 24 inches/60 cm in circumference. (Instructions for tall size are in parentheses.) To adjust the height, add or subtract multiples of 2 in the initial chain. To adjust the circumference, add or subtract rows at the end of the project. Standard abbreviations: ch = chain stitch sc = single crochet hdc = half double crochet dc = double crochet
Special stitches:
V-stitch: 1 dc in the next space, 1 hdc in the same space. (This stitch is placed in the space between the V-stitches of the previous row. This space is not a chain-space, just a triangular gap.) Half double crochet (hdc): yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through all 3 loops on hook
Instructions:
To begin: Ch 17 (27) Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the end and in every ch. (16 (26) sc) Row 2: ch 2 to turn (counts as 1 hdc). Skip the first stitch. 1 dc in the next sc, 1 hdc in the same stitch. \*Skip the next stitch. 1 dc in the next sc. 1 hdc in the same stitch.\* 6 (11) times. Skip the next stitch. 1 hdc in the last sc. (7 (12) V-stitches plus 2 ending stitches) Row 3: ch 2 to turn (counts as 1 dc). 1 hdc in the first space. (counts as 1 V-stitch). \*1 dc in the next space, 1 hdc in the same space\* 6 (11) times. Skip the last space. 1 dc in the top of the turning chain, 1 hdc in the top of the turning chain. (8 (13) V-stitches) Row 4: ch 2 to turn (counts as 1 hdc). \*1 dc in the next space, 1 hdc in the same space\* 7 (12) times. 1 hdc in the top of the turning chain. (7 (12) V-stitches plus 2 ending stitches) Rows 5-48: Repeat rows 3 and 4 until cowl measures 24 inches/60 cm, or desired length. Join the two ends.
(reduced width)
