Blooming Cowl Pattern - a classic addition to your autumn winter wardrobe

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Introduction

Looking for a cosy twisted scarf or one skein cowl pattern? The Blooming Cowl is quick to make crochet cowl pattern. With a simple repeating pattern and an understated texture this cowl is suitable for all styles. Read on to find out more about the Blooming Cowl pattern and how you can get your copy below.

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What is a Blooming Cowl?

A Blooming Cowl is one designed by someone who struggles to name things and came up with a random name based on the stitch used for the pattern! LOL. I want to say the weather is changing and so it’s time to change it up, but I’m a jeans and hoodie kinda girl and I live in North Wales so the weather is mostly autumn every day!

I love cowls and autumn and winter – the colours, clothes and food are generally my favourites. I like rich tones, stodgy foods and comfy jumpers and blankets. The change of seasons means that it’s my favourite time of year and I have a reasonable excuse to stay home and crochet even though I’ve been staying home and crocheting for a while now. Pandemic – insert eye roll here!

Leafing through my stitch books when I want a quick project is a regular thing. It gives me ideas and helps me to figure out what I want to make on those days when you want to do something but aren’t sure what and none of your current wips are really pulling you in. I keep returning to the same pages and stitches so I decided to pick one of those and run with it.

The stitch I chose is called the blossom stitch and combines a v stitch with single crochet in a repeating pattern. Very simple but effective, and not the whole story in this cowl.

A combination of fans, and the moebius technique combine to give this cowl its structure. Featuring a gentle curve and seam free if you haven’t tried the moebius before, it is a little tricky at first but once you get it it’s really cool.

From there the name was born. Blossom’s bloom and so I started calling it the blooming cowl and it stuck. Blooming is also a phrase I heard a lot in my childhood as an alternative to swearing by people who are not potty mouths like me and so it makes me chuckle every time. A bit sad or silly I can’t decide but totally the truth

Luckily, it was also a fab christmas gift idea and so I jumped at the opportunity to join in the Christmas Gift Ideas Blog hop by Fosbas Designs, check out the post for more information and cute christmas gift ideas.

Blooming Cowl crochet pattern info & tips

This pattern includes the moebius technique – essentially you create a twist deliberately in your work with the result that it cannot lay totally flat.

I love the moebius but it’s a little tricky. It does, however, create a beautiful twisted scarf, or in this case, one skein cowl patternPattern is written in US crochet terms. If you haven’t tried the moebius technique before, check out this video tutorial here before you attempt to make the cowl.

Using stitch markers is essential in this pattern. As the two row repeat starts and ends it can be difficult to keep a track of where you are in the rounds. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch to ensure that you end your round in the right place each time.

Skill level: Intermediate

Terms: US Crochet terms

Yarn: Scheepjes Whirl Fine Art or 400-450m of any dk weight yarn. I love gradient cakes and think this would work with most gradient or long striping yarns. The effect with a pooling or mottled yarn would be interesting and I think a solid colour would be gorgeous.

Hook:

Stitches used:

Double Crochet
Single Crochet
Chains

One skein cowl pattern – yarn love

Having fallen in love with the Scheepjes Whirl Fine Art, I had purchased another with the intentions of making another cowl pattern that was a little taller and this had to be the yarn.

If you haven’t tried Scheepjes Whirl Fine Art, and you like merino and or cake yarns you should. I will say upfront it isn’t cheap at £29.99 per cake, but it is luscious.

For me, it’s the type of yarn that you might get for a reasonably priced quick gift – this cowl can be made in probably a couple of decent movies – I watched most of two Harry Potter movies making mine.

Its 50% Superfine Merino 19 micron / 25% Micro fibre / 25% Acrylic, 460m/503yds and has a very soft but springy texture/structure to it.

Available in 12 colours, that have a similar gradient quality to them as loved in the original whirl in dk weight.

For an alternative, Stylecraft Dreamcatcher, or Lion brand Mandala should be a great match.