The ‘Front and Back’ crochet cowl and matching fingerless gloves is an easy, practical crochet accessory set, perfect for the transition to fall, through winter and back into spring.

The asymmetric bursts of colour are created by the variegation in the ‘assigned pooling’ yarn, also known as zip yarn. A hand dyed yarn with one short burst of contrast colour along the loop of the skein.

Skills
This is a relatively simple pattern worked flat in rows using basic stitches. Front and back post stitches are used in addition to chainless foundation single crochet which are only used to begin the gloves, Simple seaming is also required to make up the cowl and gloves.

Materials
The pattern uses a 4mm crochet hook and approximately 1 x 100g skein / 425m of sock yarn with a ‘short zip’ colour change of about 30cm to make both the cowl and gloves.
The cowl uses approximately 300m and the gloves approximately 50m each.
The yarn used in this pattern was as follows:
1 x 100g skein The Wool Kitchen Zip Yarn Fingering 4ply sock yarn in shade Cosmic Girl Dark. 75% Merino, 25% nylon sock. 100g skein = 425m.

A 3.5mm crochet hook is recommended for the edging and cuffs.

Finished Size
The finished cowl is intended for adult use and measures 25cm/10in deep and 53cm.21in circumference.
The finished gloves come in one size and measure 17cm/6.75in, in circumference at the widest point, are 14cm/5.5in long and have a thumb opening length of 4.5cm/1.75in.

Some suggestions are included in the pattern on how to adjust the finished size should you wish to customise the design.

The pattern is written in English using standard US crochet terms.

The pattern is for personal use only and may not be shared or reproduced without prior written consent. Copyright Dora Does Limited, registered in England No. 13992263.