Loops on the Side Cowl
General information
A bit of a light cowl, perfect for the not so cold days during Autumn and Spring. You can wear it wrapped loose around your neck, wrapped once around your shoulders, or wrapped two times to combat a cold neck. Skill evel Beginner/Intermediate Special Stitches Camel stitch: this is a stitch I accidentally used because I wanted to flip the top loops of every stitch to make a ridge. I accidentally stumbled upon its name and found out that the camel stitch is not widely known. It looks like you made a ridge with all the top loops of all stitches. I will explain this stitch with both a description and pictures. I made the camel stitch in both double crochet stitches and in chain stitches and I will call them dc-camel and ch-camel to explain how I made them. Also, because of the turning in the pattern, when working with the right side of the last made round facing and the wrong side of the last round facing you have to work them differently. Camel stitch with right side of last round facing: dc- camel: when working into a dc, yarn over hook, insert hook like you would do for a back post dc (inserting hook from right to left in front of post) but instead working around the post, you insert your hook directly under the loops of two dcs from right to left, finish off as a normal dc. In pictures
1 Insert hook under loops of first stitch
2 Insert hook around post and go under loops of second stitch Zo maar een dag
3 Yarn over hook, pull yarn through and finish off like a normal dc
4 Finished camel stitches while making the (dc-camel, ch) stitches
Camel stitch with wrong side of last round facing: Dc-camel: when working into a dc,yarn over hook, insert your hook from left bottom of the post, behind the post, and directly under both loops of the dc stitch to top left. Finish off as a normal dc Ch-camel: if you would flip a ch st towards you the both loops of the top of the stitch will be facing away from you and the bottom bump will face towards you. You are going to make a dc, so yarn over hook, insert your hook from top to bottom in the bottom bump and finish off as a normal dc In pictures
5 For working in a dc: insert hook from bottom right, behind the post to top left under both loops Zomaar een dag LightweightCowl
6 Here is how a dc camel looks finished
Z For a ch-camel (which is actually a dc in a ch st) insert hook from top to bottom in bottom bump
8 This is how it looks if you would flip your hook towards you
10 Here is the effect you will get!
Abbreviations of other stitches
Ch: chain Sl st: slip stitch Sc: single crochet Dc: double crochet Sk: skip
Notes
You can make this cowl without turning your work if you want to. I only turn because I wanted to keep the seam relatively straight. You only need to keep the loops of the camel stitches go in the same direction. You can make this cowl any length you want, just chain an even amount of stitches (not counting your starting ch3 of the first round). This also means that you can choose any yarn you want, but you have to keep in mind how much your yarn will stretch. I have used a cotton/acrylic mix for this cowl and it has no stretch, so it will approximately stay the same size after washing and wearing. If you would want to use wool you have to keep in mind it willgrow longer. Finished measurement Flat: 90 cm long, approx. 20 cm wide Diameter: 180 cm Gauge: 13 st and all rounds of the pattern on one side of the chain in 4x4 inch Materials DMC Senso Harlequin (fingering weight), 3 balls, 178 yards or 163 meters per ball Pattern Ch 232, sl st to close circle. Be careful not to twist stitches. Round 1: Ch3 (counts as a dc throughout), dc in fourth ch from hook, dc once in each ch st, sl st to top ch of starting ch3 (233 dc). Do not turn. Round 2: Ch4, sk next dc, (dc-camel, ch1, sk next dc) all around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch4. Turn. Round 3: Ch3, (ch-camel in ch st, dc-camel in next dc) all around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch3. Turn. Round 4: Ch3, dc once in each st, sl st to top ch of starting ch3. Turn. Round 5: Ch3, dc once in each st, sl st to top ch of starting ch3. Turn. Round 6: Ch3, dc once in each st, sl st to top ch of starting ch3. Do not turn. < next dc, (dc-camel, ch1, sk next dc) all around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch4. Turl :h-camel in ch st, dc-camel in next dc) all around, sl st to 3rd ch of starting ch3. Tu Round 9: Ch1, \*sc in same st, sc 3 times into next st\* repeat between \*\* all around until last st, sc in last st and sl st to first sc to finish round. Fasten off, weave in ends. Repeat round 1-9 on the other side into the starting chain. Fasten off, weave in ends.
