Free Crochet Instructions for Scalloped Shell Cowl

Previously published September 1, 2015 on AllCraftConnection.org

CORRECTION BELOW **

Materials Used

Size 10/J (UK 4) crochet hook

1 skein 4-ply soft variegated yarn

1 skein 4-ply yarn – find a solid color that matches one of the colors in the variegated yarn

(You won’t use the entire skeins.)

Instructions

If you’ve read any of my other “instructional” blogs, you already know my instructions are never exact. I create a pattern that’s very forgiving, so you never have to worry about making a mistake, because they are always easily corrected.

To begin, use the solid color. Count your beginning chain in groups of 3, and create a chain long enough to go around your neck (see photo for reference).

Row 1

Flatten your chain and attach the beginning chain to the end of the chain by going through the back loop of the beginning chain with a single crochet (SC). You will be crocheting in the round. Make sure you don’t twist the original chain. SC all the way around. Ch 1.

If you’re not familiar with crocheting through the back loop of a beginning chain, please watch this short video tutorial (Stitch Scene: How to Crochet in the Back bar of chain) offered on YouTube.

Row 2

Going through back loops only (BLO), SC all the way around.

Ch 2.

Row 3

Switch to variegated yarn. Skip (SK) 2 stitches (st), *3 double crochet (DC), Ch 1, 3 DC in same st, SK 2 st, SC in next st, SK 2 st, and continue from * around. Ch 2.

** Correction: As you go around, you will place the *3 double crochet (DC), Ch 1, 3 DC into the SC space from the row below and you will place a SC into the Ch space between the 3 DC from the row before.

Use that pattern throughout the rest of the cowl, using variegated yarn for 2 rows, switching to solid yarn for 2 rows, then to variegated for 2, and ending with 2 rows of solid yarn.

Finishing

Weave in the ends and that’s it!

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