Simple stitches highlight stunning yarn colors in this feminine, buttoned cowl.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows (for neckband), crocheting in the round (for cowl body)
Changing colors, picking up stitches

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Adult: 22” (56 cm) neck circumference x 6.5” (16.5 cm) long after blocking.

Materials
Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock String Quintet yarn (80% superwash Merino wool/20 % nylon, 4.5 oz/123 g/535 yd/489 m) – 5 mini skeins, or approximately 326 yd (298 m) in any super fine weight yarn.

US Size D-3 (3.25 mm) crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

1/2” diameter sew-through button.

Gauge
15 sts in pattern for Neck Band = 1.75” (4.5 cm). Exact gauge is not critical for this project.