Ooh, an ice blue fluffy crochet cowl? Yes please! This is a granny chevron cowl pattern that I came up with for testing a new-to-me yarn.
Phildar Yarn Review For Hobbycraft
I was contacted by HobbyCraft a few weeks ago. Emily (she deals with the knit/crochet side of things there) thought I’d be interested in trying out some yarn for them. As you know, I have an inability to refuse free stuff, so I was very happy to take a few balls off their hands!
I was given a choice of any yarn from their Phildar yarn range. I have a feeling that all things floofy will get pretty popular in the coming months (Yep, I’ve been saying that since last year when I tried out Wool and the Gang’s Take Care Mohair). I need to do my bit in fulfilling this prediction, so I chose Phildar Phil Flocon. It’s not mohair yarn, but it’s just as fluffy.
Fun Fluffy Yarn!
Phildar Phil Flocon is a blend of all sorts, but usually, if I see alpaca on the label, I’m sold. I love anything with alpaca fibre in it. This yarn is alpaca, wool, acrylic and polyamide, and it has a yummy woolly smell.
Did you know that Flocon can mean both flock, as in wool (think flock wallpaper) and flake, as in snowflake! It’s wool and looks like fluffy snow!! Brilliant!
I had lots of fun working with this fluffy yarn. From experience, I know that this isn’t the sort of yarn you want to frog. Whatever I made had to be a super simple crochet design. I didn’t want to make mistakes and waste hours with failed rescue attempts.
Granny Chevron Cowl
I decided on a granny stripe chevron pattern in the form of a cowl; you can’t get much more basic than that. I love the result, it’s fab. It is also super quick crochet to work up. The fluffy nature of the yarn means it comes out quite chunky. Chunky is excellent, chunky means less work as far as I’m concerned!
Because I got the yarn for free and because it’s a super easy crochet pattern, I thought it’d be a nice idea to pop up the pattern for free too.
Sooo, fancy a warm and cosy crochet cowl for winter? Here’s the granny chevron pattern…
Granny Chevron Cowl Pattern
- To make a granny chevron cowl, you will need Phildar Flocon: 2 balls in Creme and 2 in Glacon.
- You will also need a 6.5mm crochet hook.
- The pattern is written in UK terms. 3tr = cluster.
Chain 65.
Row 1: 3tr in 7th from hook, *skip 2 sts, 3tr in next; rep from * 8 more times, ch2, 3tr in next st, *skip 2 st, 3tr; rep from * 8 more times, skip 2 sts, 1tr in last st, turn.
Row 2: Ch3, *3tr in space between clusters; rep from * 8 more times, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in 2 ch- sp, *3tr in space between clusters; rep from * 8 more times, 1tr in last st of row, turn.
Row 3 – 35: As Row 2, changing colour every six rows.
Row 36: As Row 2, but slip stitch to join to Row 1 between each cluster. (Check the pics below to see the join) Fasten off and sew in ends.
By the way, this pattern belongs to me. Please don’t publish it, pinch it, or do anything with it other than use it to make lots of fun, fluffy granny chevron cowl.
Aaaaaand, if you made it this far, I am guessing you like crochet?! So, in that case, choose a new woolly project from the rest of my free crochet patterns.
Oh lovely!! It looks so snuggly and squishy!!! 😀