This week I am welcoming guest designer Veronika Cromwell from @bluestarcrochet to the blog with her beautiful Bandana Style Cowl.
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Materials and Tools needed
West Yorkshire Spinners ReTreat yarn x 1 ball in Harmony; chunky roving yarn; 140m per 100g ball
Notes and gauge
Your finished cowl should measure 18 cm height x 66 cm circumference
The cowl is worked flat in rows with a point created at the front and decreases worked at each end.
You start with creating L shaped piece which is sewn together at the end to create a round cowl.
Tension
11 sts x 8 rows = 10 cm measured over herringbone stitch
Skill level
Beginner
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Stitches and Abbreviations
Pattern written in UK terms but switchable to US terms above.
yoh– yarn over
st(s): – stitch
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
ch-sp(s): – chain space
Chain: ch(s): Yarn over, pull through.
Slip Stitch(s): sl st: Insert hook, yarn over pull through stitch and loop on hook
Double crochet: dc(s): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
Half Treble Crochet: htr(s): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through all three loops.
HBtr(s): – herringbone treble crochet stitch- yoh, insert hook into next st, pull up loop, pull the loop through 1 loop on hook, yoh, pull through 1 loop on hook, yoh and pull through 2 loops on hook
HBtr2tog(s): – work the following stitches together using herringbone treble crochet stitch- (yoh, insert hook into next st, pull up loop, pull the loop through 1 loop on hook, yoh, pull through 1 loop on hook) twice, yoh and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
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Pattern
You are viewing this pattern in UK terms.
Chain 73.
Row 1: starting in 3rd ch from hook, 35 HBtr, (1 HBtr, 2 ch, 1 HBtr) in next st, HBtr to end, turn. 72 HBtr
Row 2: 2 ch (does not count as a st here and throughout), starting with the st at the bottom of 2 ch, 1 HBtr2tog, HBtr across to next 2 ch-sp, (1 HBtr, 2 ch, 1 HBtr) in next 2 ch-sp, HBtr across to last 2 sts, 1 HBtr2tog, turn. 70 HBtr
Repeat Row 2 another 13 times or until you reach desired height.
Fold the L shape piece in half along the 2 ch-sp (the broken line in the sketch) with WS facing and sew or slip stitch the two edges together. Sew in all ends and turn RS out.
You can read my interview with Veronica over on my Instagram stories today.
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