Northern Braided Cowl
Hello, I’m April from OTH Crochet Nook. As much as I don’t like the cold, I love making warm and cozy handmade items all Winter long. I rarely use lace weight yarn, but I couldn’t resist using it combined with a neutral worsted weight. It gave this cowl so much texture. Have fun with your colour choices!
Abbreviations
(U.S. Crochet terms)
ch- chain
sk- skip a stitch
st- stitch
sc- single crochet
dc- double crochet
ps- puff stitch
Materials
- Amour Crochet Hook H (5.0mm) – Art. No 1047/H
- Scissors
- Worsted weight yarn (neutral colour)
- Lace weight yarn (contrasting colour)
Yarn I used:
- Worsted: Swish in Dove Heather (110 yards/50 grams) x 3 balls
- Lace: Aloft in Seoul Hand Painted (260 yards/25 grams) x 1 ball
Finished Size:
- The finished product will measure 11” wide and 7.5” long
Special Stitch – Puff Stitch:
*Yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop. Repeat from * 4 more times. Yarn over, pull through all loops, chain 1.
For this pattern, your starting chain will need to be a multiple of 2. You can chain more or less depending on how wide you’d like your cowl. You are holding 2 strands of yarn together.
(lace weight and worsted weight held together)
Ch 24
Row 1: DC into the 5th chain from your hook. (the chain 4 at the beginning counts as a double crochet and chain 1), *Now work a puff stitch into the chain behind the double crochet just worked. Skip the next chain, DC into the next chain. Chain 1. Repeat from * until the end of your foundation chain. DC into the last stitch. Turn.
(*Row 2 will be repeated for the rest of the pattern/You will work in the chain 1 spaces only for every row from now on)
Row 2: Chain 2. Skip the first chain-1 space. (DC, ch 1) in the next stitch. Now work a puff stitch into the skipped chain-1 space. *Skip the next chain-1 space. (DC, ch 1) in the next chain-1 space. PS into the skipped chain-1 space. Repeat from * until the end of the row. DC in the last stitch.
Repeat Row 2 until desired length of cowl is reached.
I completed a total of 40 rows.
Seaming:
Line up ends together and seam together with single crochets.
Slip stitch and fasten off.
Weave in ends.
I can’t wait to see your Northern Braided Cowl.
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