The Aria Cowl

Hey There!

If you’re looking for a chunky, squishy cowl that will work up quickly, but also has some playful details then The Aria Cowl is exactly what you’e looking for!

The inspiration for Aria came to me as I was crocheting another project. I was hooking away and all of the sudden it popped into my head fully formed. I grabbed my notebook and drew a rough design, later that weekend Aria was born.

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Materials:

• Approx. 200-250 yds of bulky weight yarn, I used Loops and Threads Charisma
• Clover 1055/L Amour Crochet Hook, Size L/8.0mm
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors

Gauge: Not critical for this pattern as long as you are consistent throughout

Stitch Abbreviations: 

Ch – Chain
Sts – Stitches
Sl st – Slip Stitch
Rnd – Round
Dc – Double Crochet
Popcorn – 4 dc in the same stitch, drop the loop from your hook, insert your hook from the front to back under the top two loops of the first dc of the group, grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull through, ch 1
Fdc – Foundation Double Crochet *optional, a chain and dc option is given in pattern*
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Bpdc – Back Post Double Crochet

Notes:

This cowl is worked in the round, from the bottom up
Ch 2 never counts as a stitch
In most stitch dictionaries a Popcorn stitch is created with 5 dc, however in this pattern only 4 dc are used to create the stitch.
4 dc and ch1 in the Popcorn st count as 1 st

Pattern:

Rnd 1: Fdc 54, sl st to the first fdc to form a ring, taking care not to twist the stitches
*If you don’t want to Fdc, ch 54 join ch with a sl st taking care not to twist the ch, ch 2 (does not count as a dc) dc in each ch around, sl st to first dc to join* (54 sts)

Rnd 2-3: Ch 2 (does not count as a st here and throughout), *fpdc in the first dc, bpdc in the next, repeat from * around join with sl st to the first fpdc (54 sts)

Rnd 4: Ch 2, *popcorn in the first fpdc, dc in the next 17 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to the first popcorn (54 sts)

Rnd 5: Ch 2, *dc in the popcorn, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 15 sts, popcorn in the next st, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 6: Ch 2, *dc in the next 2 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 13 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next st, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 7: Ch 2, *dc in the next 3 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 11 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 2 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 8: Ch 2, *dc in the next 4 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 9 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 3 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 9: Ch 2, *dc in the next 5 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 7 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 4 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 10: Ch 2, *dc in the next 6 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 5 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 5 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 11: Ch 2, *dc in the next 7 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 3 sts, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 6 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 12: Ch 2, *dc in the next 8 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 7 sts, repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 13: Ch 2, *dc in the next 9 st, popcorn in the next st, dc in the next 8 sts repeat from * three times, join with sl st to first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 14: Ch 2, dc in each st around, join with sl st to the first dc (54 sts)

Rnd 15-16: Ch 2, *fpdc in the first dc, bpdc in the next, repeat from * around join with sl st to the first fpdc (54 sts)

Fasten off and sew in your ends!

Stitch Chart:

The following stitch chart shows how the popcorn V’s are created. You will repeat this chart three times to create your cowl.

I hope you enjoy creating the Aria Cowl! I love seeing your work so please share on social media using the hashtag #ariacowl and tag me @by.stephanie.erin on Instagram!

xoxo

Stephanie