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Work up the colourful Charlottetown Cowl crochet pattern in a luxurious alpaca yarn to go with your Charlottetown Beanie!
You may have heard that this past fall I travelled to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada to teach workshops at their annual fibre festival. While there I picked up some gorgeous alpaca yarn from Green Gable Alpacas.
It was my first time working with 100% alpaca yarn and I immediately fell in love. It’s very soft, warm and comes in an array of beautiful colours.
While in Charlottetown I designed what I now call the Charlottetown Beanie and Cowl set which feature beautiful colours and texture.
Would you like to check out the Charlottetown Beanie crochet pattern? You will find it here: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FREE CHARLOTTETOWN BEANIE CROCHET PATTERN
The two accessories make such a beautiful and warm winter set. You can work them in a variety of colours as you see here, or in a single colour. Any option would be beautiful!
I mentioned in the post about the matching crochet hat, that when choosing the yarn I went with colours from Green Gable Alpaca that I thought went well together. As a result I picked up a couple skeins that were pure Alpaca and a couple that were blended with wool. All were worsted weight and crocheted well together.
Each skein of yarn had between 165 and 200 yards of yarn. Three skeins (one in each colour) is enough to make both the hat and the cowl, as long as you mix up the colour order between the hat and cowl. To make the set therefore only required about 500 yards in total. You may certainly substitute the yarn for another fibre, simply look for a worsted or medium weight.
How to work the Charlottetown Cowl Crochet Pattern:
The Charlottetown Cowl is worked from the bottom up and sized to fit an adult/teen. You will begin with your colour A by working some double crochet ribbing. As you move into the body of the cowl you will work the texture alternating between your colours every two rows. To finish off the cowl, you will once again work a double crochet ribbing in your starting colour. It is quite simple to work and will work up quite quickly!
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Sarah
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Charlottetown Cowl Crochet Pattern:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 15sts x 12 rnds of bpdc and fpdc = 4 inches
Finished Size: 12.5 x 7 inches laid flat to fit an adult/teen
Yarn: Royal Birch by Green Gable Alpacas (80% alpaca/20% Merino; 200 yds, 100 g; (4) Worsted/Medium weight): Colour A: 1/2 skein Midnight Mariner, Colour B: 1/2 Skein Lavender Purple.
And Colour B: Cottage Cove by Green Gable Alpacas (100% Alpaca; 165 yds, 100 g; (4) Aran Weight: 1/2 skein Ivory.
Hook: Size H/8 (5 mm) Hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- The pattern is worked in rounds.
- Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as stitch.
- Ch 3 at the beginning of a round always counts as a dc.
- Turn at the end of each round ONLY AS INDICATED.
- Weave in ends as needed.
- To change the size of your cowl, you will need a starting chain with a multiple of 4 stitches.
Free Crochet Pattern:
With colour A, ch 100. Being careful to not twist the chain, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as a dc here and throughout), dc in the next ch and in each ch around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (100 sts)
Rnds 2-4: Ch 1, fpdc in the same st as joining, bpdc in the next st, *fpdc in the next st, bpdc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Switch to colour B. Do not turn.
Rnd 5: With colour B, ch 3, *sk the next st, 3 dc in the next st, sk the next st, dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Ch 1, TURN.
Rnd 6: Sc in the 1st st, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Switch to colour C. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 7: With colour C, working over the sc in the previous rnd 3 fpdc around the post of the dc 2 rows below, * sk the next st, dc in the next st, sk the next st, 3 fpdc around the post of the next st 2 rows below; Rpt from * around until 3 sts remain, sk the next st, dc in the next st, sk the next st, join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 8: Sc in the 1st st, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Switch to colour A. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 9: With colour A, working over the sc in the previous rnd 3 fpdc around the post of the dc 2 rows below, * sk the next st, dc in the next st, sk the next st, 3 fpdc around the post of the next st 2 rows below; Rpt from * around until 3 sts remain, sk the next st, dc in the next st, sk the next st, join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 10: Sc in the 1st st, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Switch to colour B. Ch 1, turn.
Rnds 11-20: Repeat rnds 7-10 alternating between colours A, B and C after every two rounds. Finish off on a repeat using colour C and switch to colour A.
Rnd 21: Ch 3 (counts as a dc here and throughout), dc in the next st and in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn.
Rnds 22-24: Ch 1, fpdc in the same st as joining, bpdc in the next st, *fpdc in the next st, bpdc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st.
Fasten off and weave in your ends.
Video Tutorial:
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