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It may seem like sort of a weird time to be posting a new hat and scarf pattern since here we are finishing up our last week of school before summer break and changing out clothes from hoodies and jeans to shorts and t-shirts. But this month I am joining Oombawka Design and the Stitching Mommy as the guest designer for their Scarf of the Month Club (and Hat of the Month Club next week).
As the guest designer this month I am sharing a new scarf pattern, the Trinity Stripe Crocheted Cowl, to go along with each of their scarf to the month designs for the month, The Aria Cowl, and the Moorland Puff Stitch Scarf.
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As I mentioned above, the pattern I designed for the scarf of the month is the Trinity Stripe Cowl. I came up with the design by combining a couple of my favorite hat patterns into one design, the Trinity Stripe Hat will be coming next week, and then making a cowl version. The Trinity hat uses the same trinity stitch that I use in this hat, and I have several hats, like the String of Beads and Criss Cross Hats that use alternating stripes of a patterned stitch and half double crochet stitches worked in the third loop. So for this hat I took that same striped pattern and replaced the other stitch sections with a couple rounds of trinity stitch.
I chose to make a short cowl style circle scarf rather than a long scarf for a couple of reasons. One, I just kind of prefer them. I feel like it is easier to just pull something over my head then have to wrap something around my neck and get it to stay in place and look the way I want it to. The second reason, and probably the bigger reason is that the Trinity Stitch looks very different when worked in the round vs. in rows. I honestly think it is a really cool looking stitch both ways and really like using it, but it definitely does not look the same, so if I did a scarf in rows and a hat in rounds they would not match. Making a circle scarf was my solution to that issue because it is worked in the round just like the hat.
I also started and ended my scarf with a post stitch ribbing like the one I use on the hat. Just another way that I wanted to mimic the look of the hat in the scarf, plus it gave it a nice finish on both edges.
I used Caron Cakes for my hat and scarf. I thought it was fun to see the striping giving some additional visual interest to the hat, but you could use any similar worsted weight yarn in a solid color if you don't want the stripes. Just make sure that the sizing is working out the same as you make your hat and/or scarf. I will say that for the most part I let the colors play out the way that they did because there was not a huge contrast in some of the greens in the color way I chose so it wasn't glaringly obvious when there was a color change, but in the sections where there was a bigger color difference (like between the green and cream) I cut the yarn to make sure it started a new row with a new color rather than having a noticeable change in the middle of a row.
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How to Crochet the Trinity Stripe Cowl
Finished Size: about 25" around x 7" wide
You will need:
- 1 Caron Cake (sample made in Pistachio)
- 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. When working the sections of trinity stitch (sc3tog), each stitch starts in the same stitch the last stitch ended.
Beginning chain does not count as a stitch
Special Stitches
sc3tog: insert hook in first st, pull up a loop, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, yo, pull through all 4 loops on hook
Half Double Crochet in the Third Loop: work the hdc in the loop/bar behind the top of the stitch that you normally work into
Trinity Stripe Cowl Pattern
ch 82, join in a circle with a sl st without twisting the chain
Round 1: ch 2, dc in each st around, join with a sl st to first dc (82 dc)
Round 2: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (41 fpdc, 41 bpdc)
Round 3:ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (41 fpdc, 41 bpdc)
Round 4: ch 1, hdc in each st, join to starting ch with sl st (82 hdc)
Round 5: ch 1, sc in third loop of each st, sl st to first sc to join (82 sc)
Round 6: ch 1, sc3tog, [ch 1, sc3tog starting in the same stitch as the last leg of the previous sc3tog was worked in] repeat around until one stitch remaining, ch 1, sc3tog starting in same stitch as last leg of previous stitch working middle leg in last unworked stitch then working the last leg in the same stitch as the first stitch at the beginning of the round, ch 1, sl st to first sc3tog to join (41 sc3tog, 41 ch)
Round 7: ch 1, sc3tog, [ch 1, sc3tog starting in the same stitch as the last leg of the previous sc3tog was worked in] repeat around until one stitch remaining, ch 1, sc3tog starting in same stitch as last leg of previous stitch working middle leg in last unworked stitch then working the last leg in the same stitch as the first stitch at the beginning of the round, ch 1, sl st to first sc3tog to join (41 sc3tog, 41 ch)
Round 8: ch 1, hdc in each st, sl st to beginning ch to join (82 hdc)
Round 9: ch 1, sc in third loop of each st, sl st to first sc to join (82 sc)
Round 10: ch 1, sc3tog, [ch 1, sc3tog starting in the same stitch as the last leg of the previous sc3tog was worked in] repeat around until one stitch remaining, ch 1, sc3tog starting in same stitch as last leg of previous stitch working middle leg in last unworked stitch then working the last leg in the same stitch as the first stitch at the beginning of the round, ch 1, sl st to first sc3tog to join (41 sc3tog, 41 ch)
Round 11: ch 1, sc3tog, [ch 1, sc3tog starting in the same stitch as the last leg of the previous sc3tog was worked in] repeat around until one stitch remaining, ch 1, sc3tog starting in same stitch as last leg of previous stitch working middle leg in last unworked stitch then working the last leg in the same stitch as the first stitch at the beginning of the round, ch 1, sl st to first sc3tog to join (41 sc3tog, 41 ch)
Round 12: ch 1, hdc in each st, sl st to beginning ch to join (82 hdc)
Round 13: ch 1, sc in third loop of each st, sl st to first sc to join (82 sc)
Round 14: ch 2, dc in each st around, join with a sl st to first dc (82 dc)
Round 15: ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (41 fpdc, 41 bpdc)
Round 16:ch 2, [fpdc around first st, bpdc around next st] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (41 fpdc, 41 bpdc)
Finish off, cut yarn and weave in ends
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