I had left over yarn from my free textured crochet ear warmer pattern, I made last week. I decided to make a textured crochet cowl pattern to match. I used almost all of the yarn making 2 ear warmers and the cowl.
Crocheted cowls are great. They keep your neck warm without getting in the way. This is a cushy soft cowl with great texture.
This crocheted cowl pattern is made using Lion Brand Homespun Yarn. This yarn has a wavy texture and is gauge 5 so it works up extra quickly.
Yarn
I picked the yarn up for another project. I really don’t remember what. I have a horde of art supplies. I love to make all kinds of things.
I am trying to reduce my extra supplies. So, when I found the tan yarn, I thought it would be great for an ear warmer pattern.
I started the pattern and decided that light tan was too plain for me. I went looking for some more yarn and found the dark red, black, and caramel color yarn.
After the crocheted ear warmer, I made the matching cowl to complete the set.
This crochet pattern is great for beginners too. I would call this pattern a beginner plus. You only need to be able to do chain, slip stitch, single crochet, and single crochet in the back loop.
I have made a few other free cowl crochet patterns that you can try: Cocoa Chunky Cowl, Moss Stitch Chunky Cowl, and Candy Cane Neck Warmer Pattern.
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Supplies
- Scissors
- tapestry needle
- H, 5 mm crochet hook
- 1 ball of each Lion Brand Homespun Yarn 6 oz, Pearls & Desert Mountain, gauge 5 yarn (approx. 4 oz or 140 yd of the desert mountain and 2 oz or 70 yd) or any bulky gauge yarn.
Lion Brand Homespun Yarn – Pearls
Lion Brand Homespun Yarn – Desert Mountain
How to Make a 2 Tone Textured Crochet Cowl Pattern
PATTERN
Abbreviations – US Terms
- sl – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- ch– chain
- sk – skip
- sp – space
- blo– crochet in back loop only
special stitch – single back loop only (blo)– do the single crochet like your normally would but only put the hook in the back loop (the loop the farthest away from you).
Gauge: 8 single crochet x 5 rows = 3 in x 3 in (7.62 cm x 7.62 cm)
Size: Adult women approx. 11 in x 13 in flat (28 cm x 33 cm)
Decide how wide you want to make the cowl. To make bigger or smaller increase or decrease the rows by 2s in the ribbed part of the pattern. Use the same amount of stitches in the body part.
This crocheting pattern uses the moss stitch for the main part.
ch 25 in color A – Desert Mountain
Row 1: sc in the second ch from the hook and sc across (24). Turn.
Row 2-68: ch 1, sc in the blo across (24). Turn.
When you finish the ribbed band, fold it half so row 1 and row 68 match up. Working through the back loop of Row 68 and the front loop of Row 1, seam the two rows together by slip stitching across. Cut your yarn.
Change to Color B -Pearls
Round 1: ch 1, sc around the top of the band working one stitch per row (68). Attach to first sc of the round with a sl.
Round 2: ch 1, *SC, ch 1, skip 1, repeat from * around. Attach to the first sc of the round with a sl. (68).
Round 3: sc 2, skip 1, sc in ch space from previous round, *ch 1, skip 1, sc in the ch space from the previous round, repeat from * around. Attach to the 2nd ch from the starting ch 2 with a sl. (68)
Rounds 4-6: Continue repeating Round 2 and Round 3.
Cut yarn and tie off.
Repeat on the other end of the cowl.
Cut yarn and tie off. Weave in all ends.
Free Two Tone Cowl Crochet Written Pattern
Textured Two Tone Cowl Crochet Pattern
Materials
- Scissors
- tapestry needle
- H, 5 mm crochet hook
- 1 ball of each Lion Brand Homespun Yarn 6 oz, Pearls & Desert Mountain, gauge 5 yarn (approx. 4 oz or 140 yd of the desert mountain and 2 oz or 70 yd) or any bulky gauge yarn.
Instructions
- ch 25 in color A – Desert Mountain
- Row 1: sc in the second ch from the hook and sc across (24). Turn.
- Row 2-68: ch 1, sc in the blo across (24). Turn.
- When you finish the ribbed band, fold it half so row 1 and row 68 match up. Working through the back loop of Row 68 and the front loop of Row 1, seam the two rows together by slip stitching across. Cut your yarn.
- Change to Color B -Pearls
- Round 1: ch 1, sc around the top of the band working one stitch per row (68). Attach to first sc of the round with a sl.
- Round 2: ch 1, *SC, ch 1, skip 1, repeat from * around. Attach to the first sc of the round with a sl. (68).
- Round 3: sc 2, skip 1, sc in ch space from previous round, *ch 1, skip 1, sc in the ch
space from the previous round, repeat from * around. Attach to the 2nd ch
from the starting ch 2 with a sl. (68) - Rounds 4-6: Continue repeating Round 2 and Round 3.
- Cut yarn and tie off. Repeat on the other end of the cowl. Cut yarn and tie off. Weave in all ends.
Notes
Abbreviations – US Terms
sl – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
ch– chain
sk – skip
sp – space
blo- crochet in back loop only
special stitch – single back loop only (blo)– do the single crochet like yournormally would but only put the hook in the back loop (the loop the farthestaway from you).
Gauge: 8 single crochet x 5 rows = 3 in x 3 in (7.62 cm x 7.62 cm)
Size: Adult women approx. 11 in x 13 in flat (28 cm x 33 cm)
Decide how wide you want to make the cowl. To make bigger or smaller
increase or decrease the rows by 2s in the ribbed part of the pattern. Use the same amount of stitches in the body part.
Make a matching ear warmer pattern.
Pin for Later
More Winter Crochet Patterns
- Colorful Scarf and Ear Warmer Set
- Free Moss stitch Headband Crochet Pattern
- Black Tweed Free Crochet Ear Warmer Pattern
I have been crocheting since I was 8 years old. I have 40 plus years of experience. My blogging journey started in 2013 and I have been writing about crafts and crocheting since then. I started blogging full time in 2019.