Free Tunisian Crochet Cowl Pattern, Iridescent Cowl
A free Tunisian crochet cowl pattern
Hello friends! I’m so happy to share with you today, this lovely Tunisian crochet cowl pattern that I’ve designed! This is Iridescent Cowl. It features a beautiful smock stitch panel in the center with top and bottom borders of Tunisian knit stitch.
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Table of Contents
The cowl is worked flat, and seamed at the end. You’ll start on one long edge, and work up to the other long edge, changing colors and stitch patterns a couple times as you go.
The yarn is Brooks Farm Yarn Solo Silk in colors E13 and NY51, but sadly, I believe these are no longer available. I’ve had them in my stash for years. Bummer.
So, I went looking for a current yarn to recommend for this cowl. The yarn I used is a single ply, sport weight, 50/50 blend of wool and silk. I was not able to find a yarn available today that is exactly like this AND comes in the right colors, but my best recommendation to get similar colors in a sport weight yarn is to use Ancient Arts Fibre Passion 8 in colors Prairie Flower (Water Lily is also close for the multi-color) and Water Lily Blue.
You’ll need about 180 yds of the multi-colored yarn, and about 220 yds of the solid (or semi-solid). Now, on to the pattern!
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Iridescent Cowl, a Tunisian Crochet Cowl Pattern
Designed by April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio
(C)2024 April Garwood. As with all my patterns, please do not make paper or digital copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own. Thank you!
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements: About 31 inches circumference x 11 inches wide.
Yarn used in model (discontinued): Brooks Farm Yarn Solo Silk (50% Fine Wool, 50% Silk; 400 yds; 113.5 g; yarn weight category: 2/fine): 1 skein E13, 1 skein NY51.
Recommended yarn: Ancient Arts Fibre Passion 8 (80% Superwash Merino Wool, 20% Nylon; 435 yds; 113 g; yarn weight category: 2/Fine): about 180 yds Prairie Flower, about 220 yds Water Lily Blue.
Crochet Hook: J (6 mm) Tunisian crochet hook at least 31 inches long, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle.
Gauge: 14 sts x 20 rows = about 4 inches in Tks
Notes: Cowl is worked flat from one long edge to the other, and seamed at the end.
Abbreviations
FwdP – Forward pass
Tks – Tunisian knit stitch
All additional abbreviations can be found in the Stitch Guide below or in my free, printable crochet abbreviations guide.
Stitch Guide
Return Pass (RetP): Yo, pull through first loop, *yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat from * until only 1 loop remains on hook.
Reverse yarnover (RevYo): Yarnover in reverse direction, so that the yarn crosses the hook from bottom to top.
Single crochet 2 stitches together (sc2tog): Insert hook into first st, yo, pull up a loop, insert hook into second st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Cowl
Knit Stitch Section
With multi-color, ch 114.
Row 1, FwdP: Skip first ch, pull up a loop in each remaining ch – 114 loops on hook. RetP (see Stitch Guide).
Row 2, FwdP: Skip first st, *insert hook between 2 vertical bars of next st, pull up a loop, repeat from * across. RetP.
Rows 3-13: Repeat Row 2.
Row 14: Repeat Row 2 to the last yo, leave a 6 inch tail and cut yarn, with semi-solid colorway leave a 6 inch tail and wrap yarn over hook, pull through last 2 loops with new color.
Row 15: Repeat Row 2.
Smock Stitch Section
Row 16, FwdP: Skip first st, *RevYo (counts as a st, see Stitch Guide), hold this yo in place**, insert hook through vertical bars of next 2 sts, yo, pull up a loop, repeat from * across, ending last rep at **, insert hook through vertical bar of last st, yo, pull up a loop. RetP.
Row 17, FwdP: Skip first 2 sts, insert hook through vertical bar of next st, yo, pull up a loop, *RevYo, hold this yo in place**, insert hook through vertical bars of next 2 sts, yo, pull up a loop, repeat from * across to last 2 sts, ending last rep at **, (insert hook through vertical bar of next st, yo, pull up a loop) 2 times. RetP.
Row 18, FwdP: Skip first 2 sts, *RevYo, hold this yo in place**, insert hook through vertical bars of next 2 sts, yo, pull up a loop, repeat from * across to last st, ending last rep at **, insert hook through vertical bar of last st, yo, pull up a loop. RetP.
Rows 19-38: Alternate repeating Rows 17 and 18, ending with a Row 18 repeat, changing colors back to multi-color at the last yo, just as in Row 14.
Knit Stitch Section
Note: Row 39 will be a little different to work in Tks because some of the vertical bars in the previous row are yarn-overs. They have a front vertical bar, but not a back vertical bar. On these sts, just insert your hook through the fabric as usual, just to the right of the front vertical bar.
Row 39, FwdP (back to Tks): Skip first 2 sts, *insert hook between 2 vertical bars of next st, pull up a loop, repeat from * across. RetP.
Rows 40-52: Repeat Row 2.
Row 53: Ch 1, skip first st, *sc between 2 vertical bars of next 5 sts, sc2tog (see Stitch Guide) between 2 vertical bars of next 2 sts, repeat from * across to last 5 sts, sc between 2 vertical bars of last 5 sts. Do not fasten off.
Seaming
Row 1: Turn cowl so that WS is facing you, line up short edges so they are even, sl st evenly through both layers to seam. Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends. Block. Don’t skip blocking. Tunisian knit stitch curls badly, as you’ve probably noticed. The blocking will help tremendously!
I’m hoping that you LOVE this cowl! But, if you’ve never tried Tunisian crochet, you may be feeling frustrated. No worries! I have tutorials for both of the stitch patterns used in this cowl!
How to do Tunisian knit stitch
How to do Tunisian smock stitch
Happy crocheting!
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