Sweet Nothings Crochet: SEED STITCH COWL

Monday 21 June 2021

SEED STITCH COWL

I have been given a third bag of yarn and requested to make beanies & / or scarves for the homeless. I'm hoping that there's going to be even more yarn - which also means there will be more patterns discovered and written.

This project has 2 matching beanie patterns at https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2021/05/seed-stitch-beanie.html and a pair of fingerless gloves at https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2021/06/seed-stitch-fingerless-gloves.html

As always, my patterns sometimes make you think and work small calculations.

This one has all of that - ideas galore and you need your think cap on to decide which (if not all) of the ideas you're going to use.

I've given you ideas to make a cowl, scarf or wrap.

Today's project is completely reversible - so yaay!

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Materials used : Today I’ve used ~ 150 gms 4-Seasons DK acrylic yarn with a 7 mm crochet hook ; embroidery needle ; fabric glue to seal ends ; crochet stitch markers

For Indians : The yarn I’ve used is twice as thick as our Vardhaman / Oswal acrylic yarns or Laura knitting cotton. So you could use 2 strands when working this pattern if you want.

You could use Anchor , Red rose , 4-ply knitting cotton , or unbranded knitting cotton or White Rose or bamboo knitting cotton , Milk cotton ; Silk yarns ; Baby soft acrylic yarn , Ganga Spectrum as well

General yarn info : The yarn used today is not specific to this pattern.

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

International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Lily Sugar n' Cream cotton yarn, Caron Simply Soft , Bernat Softee chunky.

but I think you could also use 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 : Easy to Intermediate

Size made : 48" x 8"

Size only given for yarn estimation. You can make this project to any size you want.

Stitches used : Using U.S. terminology

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

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

What is a chain stitch ? https://youtu.be/pXx5ukBjKkY

Abbreviations used :

sc : single crochet hdc : Half Double crochet

ch : chain ch-sp : chain space

sp : space rep : Repeat

hk : hook lp (s) : loop(s)

yo : yarn over sl-st : slip stitch

Instructions using U.S terminology

Please note that I start all my rounds with a ch 1 turning chain for ease.

Please check the top of this blog for video tutorials of all the stitches used in today’s pattern.

Please note that I take a lot of trouble to give loads of tips through my pattern sheet, so please read through the full sheet before you pick up your hook n yarn.

You can use this pattern to make a cowl, scarf or wrap.

If you are making a cowl you will join the fsc chain at the end and then work in rounds. (Pattern 1)

If you are making a scarf or wrap you will NOT join the fsc chain at the end and then work in ROWS. (Pattern 2)

Either way you end up with a great project.

completely reversible...

PATTERN 1 : MAKING A COWL

There are two ways to make this cowl.

1) You either work a long fsc chain that makes the length of your project ;

2) or you make a shorter fsc length that makes the width of your project.

If you make along fsc chain for the length, then your pattern rides up and down in rows.

If you work the pattern along the width then you get it going across the cowl with stripes of pattern from side to side.

Whichever idea you choose, the stitch count remains the same

The stitch count for a cowl is in multiples of 2 or an even number

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

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

Start Round 1 : with fsc in multiples 2 for the length or width you need for your cowl , scarf or wrap. Join with a sl-st st to the 1st st.

I'm working a cowl - so I worked a long fsc chain in even numbers (or multiples of 2) till I had 48". I then joined the two ends and have worked in rounds.

Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;

yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg

Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8

Round 2 : dc in the 1st st ;

(sc in the next st ; dc in the next st) ;

rep (to) all around.

Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.

Note 1 : If working on a cowl, you do not necessarily have to join with a sl-st at the end. The last st that you work will be a sc, and the next st is a dc - so you could just start with the sc (which will be on the 1st dc) and carry on in spirals without joining. This gives a neat finish without a joint

However, you can join as well 🤷🏻‍♀️

Round 3 : sc in the 1st st ;

(dc in the next st ; sc in the next st) ;

rep (to) all around.

Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.

.. and that's our pattern. You just ensure that you work a sc in every dc, and a dc in every sc all around. How simple is that?

If you are joining at the end of every round, rep rounds 2 & 3 till you get the width you need for your cowl

If you are not joining, then you are rep Round 2 all the way around.

Leave it at the finish of either Round 2 or 3, OR work one round of sc in each st all around.

Last Round : sc in the 1st st ;

and in each st all around.

Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.

PATTERN 1 : MAKING A SCARF or WRAP

Once again, there are two ways to make this into a scarf or wrap.

1) You either work a long fsc chain that makes the length of your project ;

2) or you make a shorter fsc length that makes the width of your project.

Keep a count (write it down) of the number of stitches you start with.

You will need to finish with these same number of stitches on your last row of your scarf / wrap. This is especially if you are working a long fsc chain that goes along the length (Idea 1 above)

If you make along fsc chain for the length, then your pattern rides up and down in rows.

If you work the pattern along the width then you get it going across the cowl with stripes of pattern from side to side.

Whichever idea you choose, the stitch count remains the same

Note : As you're working on a scarf or wrap, you will not join at the end of each row. You will Turn

The stitch count for a scarf / wrap is in multiples of 2 + 1 (or uneven / odd number)

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

Start Row 1 : with fsc in multiples of 2 + 1 for the length or width you need for your scarf or wrap. Turn

Row 2 : dc in the 1st st ;

(sc in the next st ; dc in the next st) ;

rep (to) till the end. Turn

Row 3 : sc in the 1st st ;

(dc in the next st ; sc in the next st) ;

rep (to) the end. Turn

.. and that's our pattern. You just ensure that you work a sc in every dc, and a dc in every sc. How simple is that?

Leave it at the finish of either Row 2 or 3, OR work one row of sc in each st.

Last Round / Row 3 : sc in the 1st st ;

and in each st till end. Turn.

If you are making a scarf, 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/2021/05/seed-stitch-beanie.html

& a pair of fingerless gloves at

https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2021/06/seed-stitch-fingerless-gloves.html

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