Sweet Nothings Crochet: COFFEE BEAN COWL

Sweet Nothings Crochet free crochet pattern blog, pattern for a cowl, this blog has a video tutorial for the stitch detail

COFFEE BEAN COWL

This is a really simple cowl using a puff / bean-like stitch. The end result, is a tiny bean like stitch which looked like a coffee bean to me – thanks to the yarn color ;)

Come along..let’s not waste any time and get right to it

This pattern has a matching beanie, which is at https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2021/06/coffee-bean-beanie.html

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Materials used : Today I’ve used about one skein of unbranded acrylic 4-ply yarn with a 4.5 mm crochet hook.

This yarn is not specific for this project.

You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.

For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red ros e ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal or Vardhaman acrylic yarns

International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.

Difficulty level : Intermediate to Advanced Skill level.

Stitches used :

Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a slip stitch : https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

What is a chain stitch ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA

dc : Double Crochet : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo

Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0

Abbreviations used : Using U.S Terminology

sc : Single crochet ch : Chain

dc : Double crochet sp(s) : Space(s)

st(s) : Stitch(es) hk : Hook

lp : Loop(s) yo : Yarn Over

sk : Skip

Instructions : (Using U.S Terminology)

Before we head off to the project, let’s get an idea of what we’re creating here today.

As always I request you to please go through all my notes before you pick up your hook. There are several ideas here today…. Enjoy!

Today, we’re creating a cowl. You could make a scarf with this pattern too.

You can make this project to any size – width or length – as desired.

In case the video does not automatically come on, here is a video tutorial for the stitch https://youtu.be/Nt2niZiSOQ8

Start Row 1 : with fsc in an even number of stitches. Turn.

Row 2 : ch 1, sk 1^st fsc, work a puff st in the next fsc ;

(sk the next fsc, work a puff st in the next fsc) ;

rep (to) till the last 2 fsc ;

sk the 2^nd last fsc ; dc in the last fsc. Turn

Row 3 : ch 1, work a puff st in the 1^st ch-sp ;

(sk the next puff st, work a puff st in the next ch-sp) ;

rep (to) till the last puff st ;

sk that last puff st ; dc in the last st. Turn

Easy enough, right? And that’s our coffee bean stitch two rows done!

Continue on, repeating Row 3 till you have finished your yarn or the length you want for your scarf or cowl.

Finishing :

In case you are making this into a cowl, then join the two ends of your work, using one of the many joining methods given here.

Whipstitch to join : https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA

Invisible join : https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM

Single crochet to join : https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI

In case you are making this a scarf, you may want to run a row of sc all the way down the end. So work 1 sc in each puff st and 1 sc in each ch-sp all the way down, ensuring that you end with the same number of sts that you started with.

You could attach tassels to the end of your scarf.

Check out the two videos below for tassels

In case this video does not come on, please go to https://youtu.be/Ct84H8iBa9s

In case this video does not come on, please go to https://youtu.be/Pt5BMW_OlAg

As I told you at the start, this cowl has a matching beanie at https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2021/06/coffee-bean-beanie.html

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Saturday 27 July 2019

COFFEE BEAN COWL