I made this cowl for myself.
I wear it when walking with my dog. Very warm and I like it.
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Supplies
3 balls of ‘Little Garden’ or other bulky yarn
4.00mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
hdc = half double crochet
hdc-blo = half double crochet back loop only
fpdc = front post double crochet
bpdc = back post double crochet
st = stitch
WS = wrong side
RS = right side
Special Stitch Instruction:
Left-front-Cable = skip next 2st, FPdc in next 2st, going behind the 2FPdc made, FPdc in 2st just skipped
Right-front-Cable = skip next 2st, fpdc in next 2st, going front the 2fpdc made, FPdc in 2st just skipped.
Instruction:
Row1(WS): ch42, 1hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc in each ch. Turn. (40hdc)
Row2(RS): ch2(do not count as hdc), hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, left-front-cable, 1hdc in next hdc, right-front-cable, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row3(WS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, bpdc in next 4st, 1hdc in next hdc, bpdc in next 4st, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row4(RS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, right-front-cable, 1hdc in next hdc, left-front-cable, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row5(WS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, bpdc in next 4st, 1hdc in next hdc, bpdc in next 4st, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row6(RS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, left-front-cable, 1hdc in next hdc, right-front-cable, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row7(WS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, bpdc in next 4st, 1hdc in next hdc, bpdc in next 4st, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row8(RS): ch2(do not count as hdc), 1hdc in first hdc, hdc-blo in next 2hdc, right-front-cable, 1hdc in next hdc, left-front-cable, hdc-blo in next 27hdc, 1hdc in next hdc. Turn.
Row9 – 144: repeat row5 to row8
Fasten off, fold 2 ends together, insert hook in both first st on row144 and first ch of foundation ch and yarn over, draw yarn through all st and ch, loops on hook, repeat across.
