Crochet Reindeer Freckles Fair Isle Cowl Pattern + Tutorial

Details

Caron All Day Wool. 140 g / 5 oz, 73 metres / 80 yards.

• A - Sand Dune, 1 ball (whole ball)
• B - Primary, 1 ball (whole ball)

Hook: 8 mm / L/11 

Gauge: 8.5 waistcoat stitch and 10 rows = 4” [10 cm]

Size: 24” circumference by 8” wide. 

Abbreviations

• Beg = Begin(ning) 
• Ch(s) = Chain(s)
• RS = Right Side 
• Sl st = Slip Stitch
• Sp(s) = Space(es
• Splsc = Split single crochet: work sc between ‘legs’ at front and back of stitch (splitting stitch) instead of through top loops. Aka Waistcoat Stitch 
• St(s) = Stitch(es)
• Yoh = Yarn Over Hook

Instructions

With A, ch 48. Careful not to twist the chain. Sl st to beg ch to form ring. 

1st rnd: RS. Do not chain. 1 sc in each stitch around. Do not join. 48 sc.

TIP: You will now continue in a continuous round, meaning you are not joining at the end of each round. However, you will want to keep an eye on the end of each round. Use a stitch marker on the last stitch and keep moving it up each time you go around. 

It’s easier to follow this concept as a graph. While it appears to lack structure, it’s thoroughly planned from start to finish. 

Carrying the Unused Colour

You will carry the yarn on the underside of the stitches. The split single crochet favours the front of the project, and the carried yarn stays under the stitches on the back side. 

Remember: when changing colour and you need the next stitch to be a solid colour, the final pull-through of the last stitch must be the new colour. 

To change colour, work to the last two loops on the hook and draw the new colour through the previous two loops, then proceed in the new colour. The tutorial below shows that.

Read the chart from right to left. There are 4 stitches in the repeat shown below. With the 48 stitches in the round, you will have 12 repeats. 

Since this is a continuous round with no slip stitching, keep an eye on the colour of the last stitch in the round versus the first colour of the next round. They may be the same colour as the one finishing the previous round.

For Colour A, you cannot continue beyond the 15th rnd, as you won’t have enough yarn to carry on the pattern. You have plenty of Colour B left, and that is used to complete the remaining part of the cowl. 

NOTES

For the 16th round, I kept Colour A under the stitches and fasten off Colour A and the end of the 16th rnd. For 17th to 21st rounds, only Colour B is used. After the 21st rnd: Sl st in the next 2 stitches with B and fasten off.