Close your eyes and imagine walking through the woods, feeling the autumn leaves crunching under your boots, a gentle breeze rustling through the pines as you tuck your chin into a warm, rustic cowl that was made to fit you perfectly, keeping your neck nice and warm while also fitting easily under your jacket.

This fit and flare cowl is made with simple stitches that creates a playground for textured yarns like rich, earthy wool yarns and crimpy, slubby, or thick and thin yarns. You can hold two yarns double for a marled look or you can use a heavier worsted weight yarn instead. Actually, you could use any yarn you want because this pattern is easily adaptable to get the exact fit you want! Be sure to check out the project gallery to get an idea what it will look like with other yarns.

The pattern itself includes reference photos to help illustrate my recommended alternative slip stitch join as well as a link to an informal video tutorial demonstrating both methods of joining, optional chainless dc, manipulating slubs for more front facing texture, working into the blo, and closing the beginning round when ready to weave in your ends.

STITCHES & TECHNIQUES:

• Single crochet
• Double crochet
• Foundation single crochet (optional)
• Chainless double crochet (optional)
• Working into the back loop only (blo)
• Working in the round (joined rounds)
• Marling (holding two strands of yarn together as one)

GAUGE:

19 sts and 13 rows in pattern = 4” (10 cm), unblocked.

Finished cowl measures approximately 18” (46 cm) in fitted circumference, 30” (76 cm) in flared circumference at bottom edge; approximately 11.25” (29 cm) deep.

Gauge is not critical for this design. Modifications in size may be made by adding or subtracting stitches in multiples of 8 on Row 1.

SUGGESTED MATERIALS:

• Close to Home 2019 by Kim Dyes Yarn in Zucchini (4 oz, 450 yds 411 m, fingering weight (1: super fine) yarn, 85% cormo wool, 15% tussah silk, 1 skein
• Crumble Slubby Fingering by Kim Dyes Yarn in Dahlia (100 g, 438 yds 400 m, fingering weight (1: super fine) yarn, 90% superwash merino, 10% nylon, 1 skein
• G/6 (4.0 mm) crochet hook
• stitch marker(s)
• scissors
• darning needle

Pattern was tech edited by Catherine Whelan and tested by Cccarrier, pbresolin, craftedbycs, trishgug, MaryAnne T, Evermerin, and Troutmomma. Many many thanks to each of them!!

I invite and encourage you to sell any items made from my patterns; I simply ask that you credit me for the design, especially if listing online, by linking back to the source of the pattern. Copying, redistributing, or selling the pattern itself or a derivative thereof is strictly prohibited.