I’m so excited to be joining the 2020 Scarf and Hat of the Month Club with Oombawka Design Crochet and The Stitchin’ Mommy with the first of four crochet patterns that you can make with one pack of mini skeins! Sonic Waves is a crochet mini skein cowl pattern that uses a beautiful, yet simple wave stitch pattern without increases and decreases.
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Earlier this year, I decided to try something new to me: WeCrochet Brava yarn in Mini Packs. I love working with color, and what a better way to try out a whole lot of colors than with mini skeins? Each pack includes 24 mini skeins, each in a different color of yarn.
I reached out to WeCrochet knowing that I wanted to use this yarn for my patterns for the 2020 Scarf & Hat of the Month Club with The Stitchin’ Mommy and Oombawka Design Crochet. This is the fifth year that Amy and Rhondda have been hosting the Scarf of the Month Club, and this year they added a few twists. Click on the link to either of their sites to get all 36 free patterns!
Obviously, there’s the hat part (yay, because who doesn’t like a matching set) and also they had each guest designer participate for two consecutive months. Since that meant I would be designing four patterns (two hats and two scarves), I decided the mini skeins would be just perfect because using one pack you can make all four patterns!
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And don’t forget to check out the Warm and Toasty Twisted Cowl by Oombawka Design and the Mulberry Wine Infinity Scarf by The Stitchin’ Mommy!
Sonic Waves Cowl
Crochet Mini Skein Cowl Pattern by Underground Crafter
This cozy cowl is made with a simple combination of stitches with alternating heights and no increases or decreases. It is a perfect project for mini skeins and is the first of four patterns made from a single WeCrochet Brava yarn Mini Packs with 24 mini skeins of yarn.
Finished Size
- Teen/Adult: 28” (71 cm) circumference x 6” (15 cm) height after joining and adding border.
Materials
- WeCrochet Brava yarn Mini Packs (100% acrylic, 18 oz/600 g/1308 yd/1196 m) in 28460 Blues – 1 mini skein each in 28455 White (A), 28409 Alfalfa (B), 28432 Fig (C), 28422 Cornflower (D), 28437 Marina (E), 28427 Denim (F), 28453 Tidepool (G), 28434 Grass (H), 28420 Cobblestone Heather (I), 28429 Dublin (J), 28452 Solstice Heather (K), 28411 Asphalt Heather (L), and 28419 Clarity (M), or approximately 25 yd (23 m) in A; 22 yd (20 m) in B; 9 yd (8 m) in C; 14 yd (13 m) each in D, G, and I; 16 yd (14.5 m) each in E, F, H, and J; 29 yd (26.5 m) in K; 38 yd (34.5 m) in L; and 30 yd (27.5 m) in M in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- 21 sts = 5.5” (14 cm) wide in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful tutorial for identifying the back loop here.
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- rep – repeat
- RS – right (front) side
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- tr – treble (triple) crochet
- WS – wrong (back) side
- yo – yarn over
- Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- The video below includes helpful tutorials for crocheting the dc, hdc, sc, sl st, and tr.
- If you can’t see the video above, click here to watch it on YouTube.
- Change colors in the final yo of the row.
- FreshStitches has a helpful tutorial for changing colors in sc here.
- Crochet Ever After has a helpful tutorial for changing colors in tr here.
- Crochet over the yarn tails as you crochet. Fiber Flux has a helpful tutorial explaining how to do this here. For best results, point yarn tail ends towards one side of project (designate as the WS) as shown below.
- To make a wider scarf or cowl, increase the stitch count in multiples of 18. To make a longer cowl or shorter cowl, continue repeating Rows 2-17 in your preferred colors until desired length is reached. End after a repeat of Row 3, 4, 13, or 14 for a straight edge.
- This cowl is crocheted flat in rows and then joined with a mattress stitch seam. The borders are crocheted in the round starting with a single crochet around the edge.
- A helpful tutorial for joining pieces with the mattress stitch is available here.
- Winding Road Crochet has a helpful tutorial for working single crochet around the edge here.
Pattern Instructions
Cowl
- With A, ch 22 or any multiple of 18 sts, + 4 sts.
- Row 1: Turn, skip 1 ch, sc in next 21 ch (21 sts).
- Row 2: Turn, ch 4 (counts as tr, here and throughout), tr in next st, *tr in next st, dc in next 3 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, tr in next 2 sts; tr in last st, changing to B in last yo of final tr. Fasten off A.
- Row 3: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st, *sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, tr in next 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, sc in next st; sc in next 2 sts, changing to C in last yo of final sc. Fasten off B.
- Row 4: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and in each st across, changing to D in last yo of final sc. Fasten off C.
- Row 5: Rep Row 2, changing to E in last yo of final tr. Fasten off D.
- Row 6: Rep Row 3, changing to F in last yo of final sc. Fasten off E.
- Row 7: Rep Row 4, changing to G in last yo of final sc. Fasten off F.
- Row 8: Rep Row 2, changing to H in last yo of final tr. Fasten off G.
- Row 9: Rep Row 3, changing to I in last yo of final sc. Fasten off H.
- Row 10: Rep Row 4, changing to J in last yo of final sc. Fasten off I.
- Row 11: Rep Row 2, changing to K in last yo of final tr. Fasten off J.
- Row 12: Rep Row 3, changing to L in last yo of final sc. Fasten off K.
- Row 13: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and in each st across.
- Row 14: Turn, ch 3 (counts as dc, here and throughout), dc in next st and in each st across.
- Rows 15-16: Rep Rows 13-14 once.
- Row 17: Rep Row 4, changing to A in last yo of final sc. Fasten off L.
- Rows 18-33: Rep Rows 2-18 once.
- Row 34: Rep Row 2, changing to B in last yo of final tr. Fasten off A.
- Row 35: Rep Row 3, changing to D in last yo of final sc. Fasten off B.
- Row 36: Rep Row 4, changing to E in last yo of final sc. Fasten off D.
- Row 37: Rep Row 2, changing to F in last yo of final tr. Fasten off E.
- Row 38: Rep Row 3, changing to G in last yo of final sc. Fasten off F.
- Row 39: Rep Row 4, changing to H in last yo of final sc. Fasten off G.
- Row 40: Rep Row 2, changing to I in last yo of final tr. Fasten off H.
- Row 41: Rep Row 3, changing to J in last yo of final sc. Fasten off I.
- Row 42: Rep Row 2, changing to K in last yo of final tr. Fasten off J.
- Row 43: Rep Row 3, changing to L in last yo of final sc. Fasten off K.
- Row 44: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and in each st across.
- Row 45: Turn, ch 3 (counts as dc, here and throughout), dc in next st and in each st across.
- Rows 46-47: Rep Rows 13-14 once.
- Row 48: Rep Row 4, changing to A in last yo of final sc. Fasten off L.
- Row 49: Rep Row 2, changing to B in last yo of final tr. Fasten off A.
- Row 50: Rep Row 3, changing to D in last yo of final sc. Fasten off B.
- Row 51: Rep Row 4, changing to E in last yo of final sc. Fasten off D.
- Row 52: Rep Row 2, changing to F in last yo of final tr. Fasten off E.
- Row 53: Rep Row 3, changing to G in last yo of final sc. Fasten off F.
- Row 54: Rep Row 4, changing to H in last yo of final sc. Fasten off G.
- Row 55: Rep Row 2, changing to I in last yo of final tr. Fasten off H.
- Row 56: Rep Row 3, changing to J in last yo of final sc. Fasten off I.
- Row 57: Rep Row 4, changing to K in last yo of final sc. Fasten off J.
- Row 58: Rep Row 2, changing to L in last yo of final tr. Fasten off K.
- Row 59: Rep Row 3, changing to M in last yo of final sc. Fasten off L.
- Row 60: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st and in each st across.
- Row 61: Turn, ch 3 (counts as dc, here and throughout), dc in next st and in each st across.
- Rows 62-63: Rep Rows 13-14 once.
- Row 64: Rep Row 4, changing to B in last yo of final sc. Fasten off M.
- Row 65: Rep Row 2, changing to D in last yo of final tr. Fasten off B.
- Row 66: Rep Row 3, changing to E in last yo of final sc. Fasten off D.
- Row 67: Rep Row 4, changing to F in last yo of final sc. Fasten off E.
- Row 68: Rep Row 2, changing to G in last yo of final tr. Fasten off F.
- Row 69: Rep Row 3, changing to H in last yo of final sc. Fasten off G.
- Row 70: Rep Row 4, changing to I in last yo of final sc. Fasten off H.
- Row 71: Rep Row 2, changing to J in last yo of final tr. Fasten off I.
- Row 72: Rep Row 3, do not change color. Fasten off I with long yarn tail (approximately 18”/45.5 cm) for seaming.
- Designate one side of Cowl as RS. With RS facing and short edges together, thread yarn needle with yarn tails and seam short edge with mattress stitch (see Pattern Notes). With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails on WS. Turn Cowl right side out.
Border
- Border Round 1: With RS facing, join K with sl st at edge of final row at seam, ch 1, work sc crochet around the long edge (see Pattern Notes) making 1 sc in the side of each sc row and 3 sc in the side of each tr row around, join with M with sl st to BL of first sc. Fasten off K.
- Border Round 2: Ch 1, scBL in same st and each st around. Fasten off M
- Rep Border Round 1 & 2 on opposite long edge of Cowl.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on inside of Cowl.
© 2020 by Marie Segares (Underground Crafter). This pattern is for personal use only. You may use the pattern to make unlimited items for yourself, for charity, or to give as gifts. You may sell items you personally make by hand from this pattern. Do not violate Marie’s copyright by distributing this pattern or the photos in any form, including but not limited to scanning, photocopying, emailing, or posting on a website or internet discussion group. If you want to share the pattern, point your friends to this link: https://undergroundcrafter.com/2020/11/15/sonic-waves-cowl-crochet-mini-skeins-pattern/. Thanks for supporting indie designers!
Tune in next week for the matching hat pattern!
