One Stitch Cowl! It’s Quick!

 

 

 

 

 

Looking for a quick and easy gift or a staple for your craft table? Are you a beginner to crochet and looking for a simple project without any counting, something you can accomplish over a weekend?

The One Stitch Cowl is for you!

This quick and easy design for a short cowl/neck warmer can be made in under 2 hours by an experienced crocheter or a weekend for a beginner, practising the technique.

It uses just one stitch the Half Double Crochet (HDC) if you use US terms or a Half Treble Crochet (HTC) for us Brits (UK terms).

However, instead of inserting your hook through the top 2 loops, formed from the stitch below, after the 1st foundation row, you tip your work forward and insert your hook into the loop behind – referred to as the 3rd loop. By using this loop on it’s own the stitch is pushed forward which gives the fake knitted effect of a rib.

If you are new to this stitch; and it’s really easy once you understand where to insert your hook, then Tamara from Moogly has a really clear explanation and video tutorial on how to do it. So I recommend you watch the video before beginning. Here is the link to Tamara’s blog post on this stitch click here

 

As you all know this is my first year blogging and designing full-time and at the beginning of this year I had no idea really how the business would go, and whether I could make an income from my hobby.

As a seasoned craft fair stallholder for many years my weekend hobby (whilst I still worked full-time); I have fairs I do year in, year out. These fairs have to be booked and paid for almost a year in advance to guarantee your place, so I had to take a bit of a gamble.

If designing wasn’t going well then I knew I could fall back on retail income from the fairs. In reality my business has started to grow; but I may have been able to release more designs if I had not been so encumbered with finished items for all the fairs I booked!

 

So, like many of you are;  I am up to my ears currently in making finished items for craft fairs and I needed a quick make.

 

Following feedback from some customers asking if I had a shorter cowl/neckwarmer, I sat down and decided to whip up something really easy and quick.

 

 

This One Stitch Cowl features my personal favourite stitch the HDC (HTC) working in the 3rd loop. It’s a quick stitch, you can do it whilst you are watching tv, or chatting to your kids about their day. It’s economical, using around 70g of any Worsted/Aran weight yarn, and for an experience crocheter will take less than 2 hours, so you can make several in a day.

 

 

The finished effect looks great and in a plain colour you really see the stitch definition. I used Lion Brand Heartland, which worked well as this yarn has a slight sheen on it, which adds to the prettiness of the stitch. I have added pictures in a couple of colours to show you how different it looks.

 

For a beginner, I think it’s a really useful project to practice the stitch and tension, and have a feeling of accomplishment to complete in a weekend something you can wear, or gift.

 

 

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Thank-you! for following me on Facebook

 

1000 !!!!!!! Followers Milestone

 

I am releasing this pattern for FREE to celebrate just hitting the milestone of 1000 Facebook Followers for my Page Crochet 24/7. To me this is amazing and I thank-you you all so much for your support this year, I have had such great feedback and comments for my designs. I recently took the leap and also opened a Facebook Group called Crochet 24/7 Club if you haven’t yet joined here is the link click here – I would love you to join!

 

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One Stitch Cowl Pattern Instructions

 

Difficulty Level:- Easy

Stitches Used:-

US Terms

CH – Chain

HDC – Half Double Crochet

 

UK Terms

CH – Chain

HTC – Half Treble Crochet

 

Special Stitch:- HDC/HTC into the 3rd Loop. Yarn over hook, tip your work forward and insert your hook into the 3rd loop only, yarn over, pull through (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.

Hook Size:- 6mm

Guage:- 3″ = 9 HDC/HTC

Yarn:- Any Worsted or Aran weight yarn will be fine. I used Lion Brand Heartland 100% Acrylic Worsted Weight 10 ply 142g ball and it used approx. 70g around 115m or 120 yards.

Finished Size:- My cowl/neckwarmer was 6 1/2 wide (17 rows) and when seamed 15″ long (30″ before seaming).

If you prefer it wider just add rows.

If you prefer it longer then add chains at the beginning, for instance add CH9 for an additional 3″.

 

One Stitch Cowl – US Terms

Chain 1 does not count as a stitch throughout.

Row 1:- CH 91, HDC in 2nd CH from the hook, HDC in each chain across (90 HDC), turn

Row 2:- CH1, HDC (in the very first stitch) into 3rd loop only, HDC in 3rd loop across of each HDC  (90 HDC), Beginner’s make sure you catch the last one to ensure a straight edge!

Rows 3-17 Repeat Row 2

 

One Stitch Cowl – UK Terms

 

Chain 1 does not count as a stitch throughout.

Row 1:- CH 91, HTC in 2nd CH from the hook, HTC in each chain across (90 HTC), turn

Row 2:- CH1, HTC (in the very first stitch) into 3rd loop only, HTC in 3rd loop across of each HTC  (90 HTC), Beginner’s make sure you catch the last one to ensure a straight edge!

Rows 3-17 Repeat Row 2

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Seaming:- To finish. CH1, turn and bring your short ends together, yarn over and insert your hook into the end stitches of each short end, yarn over and pull yarn through, (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.

Continue along evenly spacing your stitches, at the end cut your yarn leaving a tail, pull through final loop, pull tight and weave in your ends.

This method produces a visible chunky seam, if you prefer a more invisible join then you may prefer the mattress seam using a large needle.

Here is a link for instructions on the mattress seam click here

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Update addition to pattern! January 2019

 

This pattern has been so popular with many of you, and I know my customers at craft fairs love it too! I wanted to let you know that I have been making a slightly smaller, chunky version which is more of a short cowl or neck warmer.

As I released the pattern above when I was almost at 1000 Followers, it seems appropriate to be giving you an update now I am almost at 2000! Yeh!!

The pattern is great in a chunky weight because it can be just slipped over the head and worn as it is, it can be folded at the front to tuck into a coat or collar, or it can be folded down in half, like a polo neck to keep your neck extra warm.

I have used James C Brett Marble Chunky, the same yarn I use in my New Beginning Cowl and a 9mm hook. As the yarn is chunky you need only chain 71 for a 70 stitch row. I crochet the rows until I reach 7″ width and then turn and crochet the seam together.

As the Marble Chunky is a 200g ball you can easily make two cowls from one ball and it comes in around 85 colour variations so lots of choice!

Regards

Sarah x

 

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