WRITTEN PATTERNS FALLING BLOCKS CROCHET HOW TO
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The designer has you work the first section to the desired height and it should measure about 15 inches wide, and you then work the second section sideways to match the same width. The intended dimensions for this cowl in the adult size is about 30 inches around and 11 inches tall. It makes sense that my slightly thinner yarn gave me more stitches in the same width, but I must have done my stitches taller to end up with fewer rows! If I had been too far out of this range, like more than 14-15 stitches in this width, I might have considered changing my hook or even my yarn if absolutely necessary, but this seemed close enough for me. My gauge in this part ended up being 13 stitches and 7 rows in my swatch, so pretty close but not quite exact. The pattern gauge says 4 inches should be 12 stitches or 8 rows, in the post stitches section. By my notes, it was something around 5-6 total hours, which in my opinion is not bad for a simple little cowl like this. This was fairly quick for a cowl, I believe it only took me a few sessions of “crochet with YouTube/a movie” to get it done. What matters is that I got a cowl that looks great. I’m not sure why I had to change that stitch count, as I didn’t alter the row count in my first section, but sometimes gauge does weird things. You just work it to whatever count fits with your stitches, and doesn’t pull or ruffle. The only modification I made was to the starting single crochet count for the second section, which is addressed in the pattern. I also did not modify my hook size at all, nor did I change the written row counts. (Hint–if you ask me if I would use Heartland in literally anything, the answer is always “yes”.) So to answer my usual question, would I use it again? In a heartbeat. You basically work the post stitch section to whatever height you want (I kept mine as written), then you work the sideways rows based on that height. And it was 90% similar anyway, so it worked fine! The gauge was slightly different, but the designer makes it easy to modify if needed. I love Heartland so honestly, I would have found a way to make it work somehow. Their original used Lion Brand Wool-Ease and I’ve found Heartland to be similar so I chose to use this from my stash.

WRITTEN PATTERNS FALLING BLOCKS CROCHET HOW TO

And now that I’m here to write it out for real…I’m not sure how to improve upon that note.ĭid the yarn work for this pattern? Absolutely. In my original notes for this post (I like to organize my thoughts a day or two before I really get into it), I put “literal perfection, changed nothing”. Texture Block Cowl, Paid Crochet Pattern from Belle & Bean Crochet on Ravelry.Scissors and needle for basic finishing.J10/6mm hook – I like Clover Amour Ergonomic Hooks.Lion Brand Heartland in “Great Smoky Mountains” and “Olympic”, about 2/3 of each skein (170-180 yards used each, by my calculations).I can’t recommend this pattern strongly enough, I think it would be a perfect holiday gift option or great for market prep! Materials I Used to Make my Cowl:

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So to recap, this checks all the boxes to make it a go-to pattern for me: it’s affordable, it’s full of texture and color, and it’s simple to understand and make your own. To top off all the things I love about patterns like this, this one is also really simple to make and didn’t take me long at all. In this pattern, you get that in both the texture (two totally different looks and the rows worked in different directions) as well as the color, although you could pick two that coordinate as much as you like. This cowl actually combines all of those, by using a really interesting stitch texture and letting you combine two colors of your choice! I enjoy things like this, when two factors seem like they really shouldn’t go together but then they do. That can be color, texture, or a fun technique. I don’t mind a simple stitch, of course, but there has to be something interesting about a project to really hold my interest. I can’t stop making them, and I just love wearing them!Īnd if you’ve followed me on Instagram or read my posts here for very long, you also know I adore texture. They are relatively quick and affordable projects that actually come in very handy! I grew up wearing regular scarves in colder weather, transitioned to infinity scarves in my young adult years, but since I started crocheting that’s turned into almost entirely cowls. It’s no secret that they’re one of my favorite things to make and design. Visit with me on Instagram for all kinds of awesome crochet makes and inspiration. It’s me, Abigail with A Stitch Shy of Normal.

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