​Crochet Cowl

You’ll need:

5 skeins of white yarn (100% Alpaca wool; 167m/50g);

Crochet hook 3,5.

Size: 50 cm wide and 110 cm in perimeter.

Note: the quantity of sts is multiple 6 + 2 sts.

Instructions

Make 182 chain sts and crochet around;

1^st row: 1 single crochet in the 2^nd chain st from the crochet hook,* skip 2 chain sts, 5 double crochets in the next chain st (= shell), skip 2 chain sts, 1 single crochet*; repeat from * to *, 1 single crochet in the last chain st (= totally, 30 shells). Circle the row with slip st in the 1^st st;

2^nd row: 3 chain sts increase, 2 double crochets in the 1^st st, * 1 single crochet in the central of 5 double crochets of shells, 5 double crochets in the next single crochet*; repeat from * to *, finish with 1 single crochet in the center of the last shell,2 double crochets in the 1^st st of the previous row, 1 slip st in the 3^rd chain st;

3^rd row: 1 single crochet in the 1^st st (= middle of shell), * 5 double crochets in the next single crochet, 1 single crochet in the middle of the next shell*; repeat from * to *, finish with 5 double crochets in the single crochet, finish the row with 1 slip st;

4^th-50^th rows: repeat 2^nd and 3^rd rows.

Cut the yarn. Fasten the edges with trefoils: 1 single crochet, 6 chain sts, 1 double crochet in the 3^rd chain st from the crochet hook, 3 chain sts, 1 slipst in the same st, * 3 chain sts, 1 double crochet, 3 chain sts, 1 slip st* in the same st; repeat from * to * x once, then, make 3 chain sts, skip 4 sts. Repeat the pattern around. Fasten the second edge in the same way.