Crochet I’ll Keep You Warm Cowl

This little pattern came about earlier this year. I bought Lion Brand Landscape Breezes yarn loving the colors and how it appeared in patterns online. My intent was to knit a sweater. I made a swatch and liked it, but once in a larger panel for a garment the stripes became muddled except for a bright citrus yellow stripe.

It wasn’t what I was wanting, so I went back to the drawing board thinking it needed smaller width to get the colors to work like it did in my swatch. So, I created this sample of making a square, then adding on to one side of the square for so many rows, and then repeating the step of adding rows as I turn to a new side. It was better but still not what I had envisioned.

The kicker was when I showed my 4 year old niece the swatch for a different point of view. Before I could even fully get out “what do you think about the colors…” she responded “that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.” Straight from the mouth of babes, and I kind of had to agree.

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Now I have all this yarn that I haven’t been able to knit anything with. I figured I might as well try something crochet. I thought that with front post and back post double crochets (they are easier to make than it sounds – I promise!) it would help make the colors alternate more quickly and not blur toghether as it did knitted.

I started this little swatch, and soon it became about 12 inches long. I was really liking what was happening. From there the little swatch developed into a little neck warmer, but I needed a button. I searched my stash and didn’t find anything large enough, except some white plastic ones. I didn’t like how cheap the white against the multitude of colors, so I decided to paint them. Well, that was an ugly failure as well.

Luckily, the local Joann’s store came to the rescue with buttons on clearance! Bright, cheerful ones in the right size! Now, the cowl was finished (including ends woven in), and all I needed was to sew one single button on. Then, the weather turned warm and I forgot all about it until recently.

I was going through all of my projects and items I had squirreled away and came across this buttoned scarf. With our cooler fall weather I am layering more and decided to finish it off to wear with coats. Well, I sewed on the button and tried it on. I loved how it looked, and then proceeded to wear it all day for the next three days in a row! I call that a winner.

A few days after that same niece was over, and I gave her the child’s version of the same scarf I had been wearing. (Remember, I bought a sweaters quantity of this yarn and one scarf doesn’t even use an entire skein. I am making them for everyone!) She put it on and beamed with excitement. That truly made the pattern a winner.

Then, later that night I get a picture from my mom. She had gone to the nieces’ soccer game, and guess what she was wearing with her little uniform – her cowl! Nothing could be sweeter for me than making something and giving it to someone who appreciates it, and wears it!

I made one for our youngest daughter who is 9 since she liked it, but the wool in the Landscape Breeze yarn bothered her. For her’s I used Lion Brand’s Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling. She is at the age where it isn’t THAT cold outside, so we will have to wait to see how much she wears hers once she deems it cold weather.

So, with all of us liking the cowl I decide I needed to share it. I hope you also find this pattern as a great way to use up some of your stash, and quickly make gifts for the ones you love as well.

Check out other Crochet Scarf Patterns by City Farmhouse Studio:

Crochet I’ll Keep You Warm Cowl 
by City Farmhouse Studio

Get the printable PDF version of the pattern (without ads) HERE
or the digital interactive version of the pattern HERE
Add it to your Ravelry queue HERE

Lion Brand Landscapes Breeze – 3.2oz/90g – 157 yd/144 m – 68% Modal/26% Acrylic/6% Wool – Category 4 Medium Yarn – 1 (1, 1) skein – get it HERE
OR
Lion Brand Basic Stitch Anti-Pilling – 3.5oz/100g – 185 yd/170 m – 100% Acrylic – Category 4 Medium Yarn – 1 (1, 1) – get it HERE

Other yarn substitution suggestion: Cascade Yarns Anthem, Caron Simply Soft, Yarn Bee Soft and Sleek, Bernat Premium, Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted, Mary Maxim Aran Irish Twist, Herrschners Worsted Weight, Premier Yarn Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted, Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran

Crochet Hook K (6.5 mm) 
1 Button – 1” dia 

Sizes: Child (Youth, Adult) 
Finished cowl length: inches 18 ½ ( 22 ¾ , 27) inches
Finished cowl width: 3 ¾ ( 3 ¾, 4 ¼ ) inches  

Gauge: 16 front or back post dc sts and 8 rows in pattern = 4”

Notes:  a YouTube tutorial of every step of construction can be found at:  https://youtu.be/rA72aY53bLE

Abbreviations:
Ch – chain
Dc – double crochet
Bpdc – back post double crochet
Fpdc – front post double crochet

Main Body:
Ch 12 (12, 16).  

Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each stitch to end of row.

Row 2:  Ch 2.  Bpdc in second st.  (Fpdc, Fpdc, Bpdc, Bpdc) to end.  

Repeat Row 2 for a total of 47 (52, 57) rows.  Do not bind off.

Edging:
Ch 2.  Dc evenly along sides of scarf.  Dc twice in each corner stitch.  

Bind off.

Sew 1 button on bottom left corner of main body when placed in a vertical orientation.