When we travel, we regularly step into the unexpected. Our habits change, our eyes open wide and we move from new impression to new adventure to new people and new customs. So how about something completely different this time around to complement The Travelling East Collection? Here is Chilsan, the seventh tile in this series.

Each tile in the collection comes with an accompanying triangle (to give you the freedom to use your squares as diamonds in cushions or blankets). It also comes with an original design to showcase the many possibilities we have to turn these tiles into different type of objects.

The design accompanying the Chilsan tile is a cowl. This cowl is not made by crocheting individual squares and joining them together, but worked in one piece, bottom up and in the round, repeating the tile pattern several times. The resulting design is surprising. The tile is there, yet the lines seem to travel to their own destinations. Three different charts as well as written instructions are included in this pattern, one for the tile, one for the triangle and yet another one for the cowl. Enjoy!

Gauge:
Cowl: Fingering weight: 8sc x 10 rows = 5cm / 2”.
Tile only: Aran weight: 8sc x 8 rows = 5cm / 2”.

Hooks:
√ Depending on yarn choice, 4 mm / G-6 or 5mm / H-8 crochet hook (Adapt hook to yarn used).

Notions
√ Tapestry needle, stitch markers.

Yarn:
√ A #2 fine (Fingering, 12wpi), #3 lightweight (DK, 11wpi), or #4 medium (Aran, 8wpi) per tile:
• approx 20m/21yd (C1).
• approx 25m/27yd (C2).
• approx 20m/21yd (C3).

√ The cowl was worked in two colours and used fingering weight yarn: DMC Révélation Glitter (C1, white to purple, 78% acrylic, 19% wool, 3% polyester; 100g ca. 340m/370yds), and Pingouin fine+ (C2, purple, 50% wool, 50% acrylic; 30g ca. 115m/125yds).
√ The sea-green and grey shaded, Aran weight sample pillow (worked as individual tiles in the round, see pattern tile) used Katia Planet in colours 4005 (C1), 3993 (C2) and 4000 (C3).

Stitches:
The pattern comes with a special stitches section and lots of explanations on techniques
Sc – single crochet
Ss – slip stitch
Dc (dcRnd/dcR/dcCoCh) – double crochet (see special stitches
Tr (trRnd/trR/trCoCh) – treble crochet (see special stitches)
Fptr (fptrRnd/fptrR) – front post treble crochet (see special stitches)

Size:
depending on yarn and hook choices:
Cowl: Fingering weight & 4mm hk: 26x26cm / 10¼x10¼“
Tile only: Aran weight & 5mm hk: 18.5x18.5cm / 7¼x7¼”

Pattern includes:
Three written patterns, schemas, charts, special stitches explanations, pattern notes and technique explanations and photo tutorials and colour and blanket schemes and suggestions.

Difficulty:
Intermediate

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