Mustard Cowl Pattern

Yellow is my favourite colour. Its sunny and bright, it contrasts nicely with the amount of black clothing I usually wear and I love it when I can get super cozy clothes that are in that lovely mustardy yellow colour. And when you can't buy them, you just gotta make em.

I am pleased to introduce my mustard cowl. Cozy and warm, bright and sunshiney, elegant and simple. Its perfect.

Isn't it just gorgeous? Positively delicious?
I LOVE IT

And it goes with all of my other yellow things!

Absolute perfection I'm telling you. 

And because I love it so much I've written up the pattern so that the world can enjoy it too!!

You will need:

This yarn: Serenity by Wendy, its a chunky, so yes any other chunky will do, but I like this one because the alpaca makes it so soft and the wool makes it so warm!

This hook: A 6mm.

Yeah that's it. One thing I really appreciate about knitting and crochet is that you can make something so impressive from very little.

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!!

This is a super simple pattern. And it works up really quickly. I've made two of these cowls now and I worked on the second one in college, started it in my first lecture at nine and finished it halfway through my last lecture at five. Works up super fast.

I'm going to use UK terms for this pattern but I'll do a little list of conversions here to make things a little easier for you folks over the water. I personally tend to do a mixture of UK and US terms when I'm writing patterns, I'll use tr and sc when I mean tr and dc. But here are the terms we're going to use today.

I'll do UK abbreviation, explanation and then the US abbreviation.

TR= Trebles (DC)
DC= Doubles (SC)
CH= Chain (CH)
SL ST= Slip stitch (SL ST)

I may have taken that photo in the middle of a lecture... But hey, MULTITASKING!!

Alright, to begin:

Chain 91 stitches.

Sl st into first chain, making sure that the loop lies flat and doesn't twist.

1. Chain 1, * 1 dc, 1 ch * repeat between the asterisks until the row ends. 

Sl st into first dc.

2. Sl st into the next 1ch space. Ch1. Dc into same 1ch space. Chain 1. * 1 dc, 1 ch* until end of row. Sl st into first dc. 

Repeat rows one and two fifteen times. The cowl should then be a total of thirty rows tall.

When you've finished the last sl st into the first dc. Cut the yarn and either sew in the ends or cheat like I did and just weave it in using your hook (hey I'm lazy, ok?).

Et, voila. One finished cowl. Super easy right? It's actually perfect for teaching to a friend! Give it a go.

This is Albert, he is my model. Isn't he gorgeous? 

Enjoy, my pretties!! xx