Checkerboard Cowl by Potter & Bloom

Checkerboard Cowl

Crochet
December 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
1 repeat = 1 inch
in over checkerboard stitch pattern
3.0 mm
820 - 875 yards (750 - 800 m)
one size (adjustable)
both US and UK
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This pattern is available for free.

The amazing vintage checkerboard stitch is the whole reason behind this beautiful crochet cowl.

I had filmed a video tutorial for the stitch which came from a vintage stitch dictionary and liked it so much that I immediately started on this design.

I used one of last year’s fingering weight yarn advents (it was gifted so has no particular yarn dyer to attribute) together with a 100g of Madelinetosh Merino Light in the colour Cosmic Wonder Dust and a 3mm hook.

Note: you will need approx, 200g of any 4ply/fingering weight yarn for this pattern. 1 x 100g will be your main colour and the other 100g will come from your advent yarns striped.

The original plan was for a long, wide scarf, I had planned on aggressively blocking the work to make the pattern come to life (it looks SO amazing blocked) but I ended up liking the unblocked version better.

I also cycled twice through my yarn advent and didn’t make two full repeats (46 colour stripes instead of 48) because I ran out of the main colour. This is how the pattern ended up being turned into a cowl instead because even after two repeats, I still didn’t think it was long enough to be a scarf.

You can use this pattern however you like, work it as a scarf, a shawl, a blanket; the stitch multiple is given in the video tutorial so you can go wild. I would.

The pattern is free, I hope you love it as much as I do.