FREE Puffy Crocodile Stitch Cowl

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The full pattern of our FREE (with ads) "Puffy Crocodile Stitch Cowl" crochet along is here, and this weekend we are offering 20% off our entire site. Use coupon code: LUCKY20 during checkout. Make this quick fashionable design featuring an easy repeat that will turn heads.

The Design:

The cowl is a triangle shape, all worked in a self-striping yarn to make the color change mindlessly. The sample cowl with our Bonita Yarns Chromatic Wool in Over the Rainbow colorway (scroll down to see our yarn selection). The pattern also suggests our Dream Baby yarn (100% acrylic).

The design is worked bottom up and can be easily adapted into a shawl.

I hope you enjoy creating this cowl as much as I did! I’d love to see your pictures posted on social media. I’ll be lurking all over to check your progress.

How do I Get the Pattern?

There are two ways of getting the shawl pattern:

1- FREE version: A Free version of the pattern (with Ads) will be published on the Bonita Patterns site on March 18, 2023.

2- PDF Pattern: You can purchase an Ad-free PDF pattern copy at 50% discount for only $2.75. 

Materials:

1 skein of Bonita Yarns Chromatic Wool (DK Weight, #3, 30% Wool/ 70% acrylic, 273 yds/250m).

1 skein of Bonita Yarns Dream Baby (DK Weight, #3; 100% Acrylic; Yds: 393 yards/360 meters).

Note: The shawl in the sample pictures was made with Chromatic Wool in "Over the Rainbow" colorway.

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Notions:

US Size H (5.00 mm) hook 

Stitch marker

Yarn needle

1 toggle button of approximately 2"

Scissors

Gauge:

Gauge is not critical for this project. 

Abbreviations:

Beginning (beg)

Chain (ch)

Double Crochet (dc)

Front Post Long Double Crochet

(FPlongDC) Repeat (rep)

Right Side (RS)

Single Crochet (sc)

Slip Stitch (sl st)

Space (sp)

Stitch (st)

Wrong Size (WS)

Yarn Over (yo)

Special Stitches Used:

Front Post Long Double Crochet (FPLongDC) – Yo, insert hook from the front to the back around the post of the DC of the previous row, pull up a long loop on hook, (yo, pull through 2 loops on hook) twice.

V-Stitch (V-st) – Work (dc 1, ch1, dc 1) in st indicated.

Finished Measurements: Cowl showcased on the pattern is 26 inches wide by 10 inches long.

Pattern Notes:

1. The cowl is worked from the bottom up. This type of construction gives you freedom to choose a cowl size of your preference. The repeats can also create a medium or large shawl.

2. In short, the “puffy crocodile stitch” is formed by a two-row repeat: a row of V-sts followed by a row of scales (or shells). This is a fairly easy pattern to execute and fast to memorize. The only novelty about this design is that the scales are crocheted in front of the V-sts with clusters of front post long double crochets (FPLongDC) from top to bottom, then from bottom to top, as opposed to working them on top of the row, like in most shell patterns. 3. For those familiar with the Crocodile Stitch I used in other patterns, you will notice that instead of making the scales with front post dcs, this time you will work FPLongDC (see special stitches on page 2) which creates the “puffy” texture. A photo tutorial has been included as a visual aid.

Directions:

Row 1 (WS): Ch 5, DC in 5th ch from hook (counts as V-st; see pic A); turn. – (1 V-st)

Row 2 (RS): Ch 3 (count as a dc), working from top to bottom around post of first dc of first V-st, work 4 FPLongDC (see pic B), turn work so V-st is sideways and post of second dc of V-st is upside down (V point of V-st will be facing right; see pic C), working from bottom to top around post of second dc of Vst, work 5 FPLongDC (see pic D); turn. – (1 scale)

Row 3 (WS): Ch 4 (count as a dc and a ch-1 sp), dc in same stitch as beg ch (count as first V-st of row), work a V-st in next ch-1 sp, V-st in last st (see pic E); turn. – (3 V-st)

Row 4 (RS): Ch 3 (count as a dc), working from top to bottom around post of first dc of first V-st, work 4 FPLongDC, turn work so V-st is sideways and post of second dc of V-st is upside down (V point of V-st will be facing right), working from bottom to top around post of second dc of V-st, work 5 FPLongDC, skip next V-st, working from top to bottom work 5 FPLongDC around post of first dc of last V-st, turn work so V-st is sideways, working from bottom to top around post of second dc of V-st, work 5 FPLongDC, turn (see pic F). – (2 scales)

Row 5 (WS): Ch 4 (count as a dc and a ch-1 sp), dc in same stitch as beg ch (count as first V-st of row), work a V-st in next ch-1 sp, yo, insert hook in both next ch-1 space and in space between scales directly behind ch-1 sp (see pic G), and complete a V-st, V-st in next ch-1 sp, V-st in last st (see pic H); turn. – (5 V-st)

Row 6 (RS): Ch 3 (count as a dc), working from top to bottom around post of first dc of first V-st, work 4 FPLongDC, turn work so V-st is sideways and post of second dc of V-st is upside down, working from bottom to top around post of second dc of V-st, work 5 FPLongDC, * skip next V-st, working from top to bottom around post of first dc of next V-st, work 5 FPLongDC, turn work so V-st is sideways, working from bottom to top around post of second dc of V-st, work 5 FPLongDC, rep from * across; turn. – (3 scales)

Row 7 (WS): Ch 4 (count as a dc and a ch-1 sp), dc in same stitch as beg ch (count as first V-st of row), work a V-st in next ch-1 sp, * yo, insert hook in both next ch-1 sp and in space between scales directly behind ch-1 sp and complete a V-st, V-st in next ch-1 sp, repeat from * across to last st, V-st in last st, turn. – (7 V-st) 4

Row 8 – Row 28 - Repeat Rows 6 and 7 alternately ending on a Row 6. The last row should have 14 scales.

Row 29: Ch 1(count as 1 sc), * sc in next 2 sts, sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 sts, insert hook in next ch-1 sp and in sp between scales directly behind ch-1 st and complete a sc, rep from * across to last 4 sts, sc in each of the last 4 sts. Fasten off, weave in all ends.

Note: For a shawl, make 24 repeats Rows 6 and 7, and finish with Row 29 for a standard size shawl. Finishing: You will need a toggle button to use as a closure. There is no need for a buttonhole, as you can insert the button through the middle of any scale.

Pic A

Pic B

Pic B1

Pic B2

Pic C

Pic D

Pic E

Pic F

Pic G

Pic H

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