Harmony Cowl

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This year it felt like winter was never going to end and spring would never get here, we were having major snow storms into April. But luckily May has finally started to feel more like spring weather and I am loving it, but that does make posting a new hat and scarf pattern this month feel kind of funny, but there is a reason for it. 

This month I am excited to be the guest designer for the Scarf of the Month Club (and the Hat of the Month Club coming next week) with Oombawka Design and The Stitchin Mommy. That means that in addition to my scarf pattern, the Harmony Cowl, be sure to also check out their designs for this month, the Lacy Summer Scarf, and the Chelsea Infinity Scarf. 

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My pattern is the Harmony Cowl. It is a cowl style scarf made with Lion Brand Mandala Ombre, I used the color way Harmony for my sample which is where the name came from, I am terrible at coming up with names.  I am kind of a sucker for ombre and self striping yarns because they make adding the detail of color changes super easy. The nice thing about the ombre yarns is that the color changes are a lot les harsh and kind of just melt into each other better than other self striping yarns. 

This cowl uses a combination of puff stitches and crossed double crochet stitches. It also has a border along the top and bottom made of a post stitch ribbing. The matching hat will be released next week. 

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How to Crochet the Harmony Cowl

Finished Size: about 33" around x 6.5" wide

You will need:

• 1 cake Lion Brand Mandala Ombre (sample made in Harmony)
• I crochet hook (5.5 mm)
• yarn needle
• scissors

Instructions:

*Note: to adjust size (length) add (to make longer) or subtract (to make shorter) a multiple of 2 from the beginning chain, starting chain must be an even number. To make wider work more repeats of rounds 5 and 6, to make skinnier work fewer repeats.

When making the puff stitches you will be working in between the crossed double crochet stitches, not in the actual stitches like you normally do. Each pair of crossed doubles makes an x shape and you will be working in the space at the top of the x just above where the stitches cross.

Beginning chain does not count as a stitch 

Special Stitch

Puff Stitch: [yo, insert hook in st, pull up a loop] 3 times, yo, pull through all 7 loops on the hook

Harmony Cowl Pattern

ch 120, join in a circle without twisting the chain

Round 1: ch 2, dc in each st around, join with a sl st to first dc (120 dc)

Round 2: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (60 fpdc, 60 bpdc)

Round 3: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (60 fpdc, 60 bpdc)

Round 4: ch 2, sk first st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st, [sk the next unworked st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st] repeat around, join with a sl st to first dc (120 dc in 60 crossed double pairs)

Round 5: (all sts this round will be worked between the crossed dc sts) sl st into space between the crossed dc sts (see note above), ch 2, [work puff st between crossed dc, ch 1, sk next 2 dc] repeat around working a puff above each pair of crossed doubles, sl st to the top of the first puff st to join (60 puff sts, 60 ch spaces)

Round 6: sl st into ch sp, ch 2, sk first ch sp (where ch 2 is), dc in next ch sp, dc in skipped ch sp, [sk to new unworked in ch sp, dc in that ch sp, dc in previous ch sp (same space as first leg of last crossed double)] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (120 dc in 60 crossed double pairs)

Rounds 7-12: repeat rounds 5 and 6- 3 more times

Round 13: ch 2, dc in each st around, join with a sl st to first dc (120 dc)

Round 14: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (60 fpdc, 60 bpdc)

Round 15: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (60 fpdc, 60 bpdc)

Finish off, cut yarn and weave in ends