Jewels Cowl
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
40 inches in circumference x 12 inches long
MATERIALS
• Berroco Medina light
(DK) weight cotton/ acrylic/viscose (31/2 oz/
295 yds/100g per ball):
1 ball #4733 Agadir (A)
• Berroco Folio light (DK) weight alpaca/rayon (13/4 oz/219 yds/50g per ball):
1 ball #4556 teal (B)
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
Solid cluster pattern: 18 sts = 5 inches; 14 rows = 5 inches, blocked Mesh cluster pattern: [3-dc cl, ch 5] 6 times = 5 inches; 6 rows = 5 inches, blocked
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Length is adjustable by multiples of 6 stitches.
When working into a V-stitch, work in chain space unless otherwise stated.
Cowl is worked on the right side throughout.
SPECIAL STITCHES
V-stitch (V-st): (Hdc, ch 1, hdc) in indicated st or sp. 2-double crochet cluster (2-dc
cl): [Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo and draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps] twice, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook.
3-double crochet cluster
(3-dc cl): [Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo and draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps] 3 times, yo, draw through all 4 lps on hook.
PATTERN STITCHES
Solid (multiple Cluster of 2 sts) Pattern
For swatch, with A, ch 60, being careful not to twist ch, join
(see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, hdc in same ch as join (counts as first V-st throughout), sk next ch, [ V-st (see Special Stitches) in next ch, sk next ch] around, join in 2nd ch of first V-st. (30 V-sts)
Rnd 2: Sl st in first V-st (see
Pattern Notes), (ch 3, 2-dc cl— see Special Stitches) in same
V-st, ch 1, [ 3-dc cl (see Special Stitches) in next V-st, ch 1] around, join in top of 2-dc cl. (1 2-dc cl, 29 3-dc cls, 30 ch-1 sps) Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch sp, ch 3 and hdc in same sp, [V-st in next ch sp] around, join in 2nd ch of first V-st. (30 V-sts)
Rep rnds 2 and 3 until cowl measures 6 inches long. Mesh Cluster Pattern (multiple of 3 sts)
For swatch, with B, ch 60, being careful not to twist ch, join in first ch to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in same ch as join, ch 5, sk next 2 chs,
[sc in next ch, ch 5, sk next 2 chs] around, join in first sc. (20 ch-5 sps) Rnd 2: Sl st in each of first
2 chs, (sl st, ch 3, 2-dc cl) in next ch, ch 5, [3-dc cl in 3rd ch of next ch-5, ch 5] around, join in first 2-dc cl. (1 2-dc cl, 19 3-dc cls, 20 ch-5 sps)
Rep rnd 2 until cowl measures 6 inches long.
COWL
Set-up rnd: With A, leaving a 12-inch length at beg, ch 153, hdc in 4th ch from hook (counts
as first V-st), sk next ch, [V-st in next ch, sk next ch] across to last ch, leave last ch unworked. (75 V-sts)
Fold in half so that first V-st lines up with last. Twist work by flipping first V-st upside down. Working in bottom lps of foundation ch, V-st in same bottom lp used by first V-st, sk next ch, rep between [ ] of set-up rnd. Sew beg length to foundation ch and weave in to secure. (150 V-sts)
Rnd 1: Work rnd 2 of Solid
Cluster Pattern (see Pattern Stitches). (1 2-dc cl, 149 3-dc cls, 150 ch-1 sps) Rnd 2: Work rnd 3 of Solid Cluster Pattern. (150 V-sts)
Rnds 3 & 4: Rep rnds 1 and 2. Rnd 5: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), hdc in first V-st, [hdc in sp between V-st and next V-st, hdc in next V-st] around, hdc in sp between last V-st and first V-st, join in first hdc, change color (see Stitch Guide) to B. (300 hdc)
Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in first hdc,
*ch 5, sk next 2 hdc**, sc in next hdc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. (100 ch-5 sps)
Rnds 7–11: Work rnd 2 of
Mesh Cluster Pattern (see Pattern Stitches). (1 2-dc cl, 99 3-dc cls, 100 ch-5 sps)
Rnd 12: Ch 1, *([sc, ch 1] 2 times, sc) in next ch-5 sp, rep from * around, join in first sc. Fasten off.
Block cowl.