Tree of Life Cowl
Designed by Susannah Reynolds Duelfer
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner (working this pattern in two colors is an Intermediate level skill).
Materials: 7.00 oz./200 g (130 yd/119 m) Super Bulky Yarn (pictured using 2 skeins Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Oatmeal and a 20 yard remnant of Barley), N-15 (10 mm) hook.
Gauge: 7 sc and 8 rows = 4" (10 cm) on size N-15 (10 mm) hook
STITCH EXPLANATION:
- FPdc (front post double crochet) Yo, insert hook from front to back then to front, going around the post of st, draw up a loop, (yo and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice. Skip st behind the FPDC.
- FPtr (front post triple crochet) Yo twice, insert hook from front to back then to front, going around the post of st, draw up a loop, (yo and draw through 2 loops on hook) 3 times. Skip st behind the FPTR.
- Reinforcing your FPdc's - it is necessary to reinforce your FPdc's to give the piece good cohesion, to do this capture the front loop of the skipped sc on the hook before you pull the yarn through the FPdc sts.
NOTES:
- Front post sts are worked on odd-numbered rows (RS).
- Always sk the sc behind a front post st.
- Even numbered rows are always worked in sc.
- Reinforce your FPdc's to give the piece good cohesion.
- Work the cowl/scarf from the roots of the tree up.
Row 1: ch 16, dc in 4th ch from hook (TIP- crochet along the back of the chain to give your work a finished look), dc in each st until end of row (13 dc), ch 1 turn.
Row 2: sc in each st until end of row (13 sc), ch1 turn.
Row 3: sc in each of the next 5 sts, FPdc around the 4th dc in row 1, FPdc around the 7th dc in row 1, FPdc around the 10th dc in row 1, skip the 3 sc behind posts sts just made, sc in next 5 sts, ch 1 turn (11 sts).
Row 4: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 5: sc in each of the next 5 sts, FPdc around the corresponding FPdc in Row 3, repeat for next 2 sts (3 FPdc), skip the 3 sc behind posts sts just made, sc in next 5 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 6: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 7: sc in each of the next 5 sts, FPdc around the corresponding FPdc in Row 3, repeat for next 2 sts (3 FPdc), skip the 3 sc behind posts sts just made, sc in next 5 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 8: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 9: sc in each of the next 4 sts, remembering to sk all sc behind FPdc’s; FPdc around the 1st FPdc in row 7, FPdc around the 3rd FPdc in row 7, going underneath the FPdc just made FPdc around the 2nd FPd, going over the two center FPdc’s just crochet and under the 1st FPdc in row 9 - FPtc around the 1st FPdc in row 7, FPdc around the 3rd FPdc in row 7, sk the sc behind FPdc’s, sc in next 4 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row10: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 11: sc in 1st st, FPtc around the 1st FPdc in Row 9, sk the sc behind FPtc, sc in next st, FPdc around the 1st FPdc in row 9 over the top of the FPtc, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPdc around the 2nd FPdc in row 9, FPdc around the 3rd (center) FPdc, FPdc around the FPtc in row 9, sk the 3 sc behind FPdc's, sc in next st, FPdc around the last FPdc in row 9, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPtc around the last FPdc in row 9 under the previous FPdc, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 12: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 13: sc in 1st st, FPdc around the 1st FPdc (2nd post st) in row 11, sk sc behind FPdc, sc in next 2 sc, FPdc around the 2nd FPdc (3rd post st) in row 11, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPdc around the 3rd FPdc (center) in row 11, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPdc round the 4th FPdc in row 11, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next 2 sts, FPdc around the 5th FPdc in row 11, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 14: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 15:sc in each of the next 2 sts, FPdc around the 2nd FPdc in row 13, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next 2 sts, 3FPdc around the 3rd FPdc in row 13, sk the 3 sc behind the FPdc’s, sc in next 2 sts, FPdc around the 4th FPdc in row 13, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next 2 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 16: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row 17: sc in each of the next 4 sts, FPdc around the 2nd FPdc in row 15, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPdc around 3rd FPdc in row 15, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next st, FPdc around the 4th FPdc in row 15, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in next 4 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts).
Row 18: sc in each st until end of row remembering to reinforce your FPdc's (13 sc), ch 1 turn.
Row: 19: sc in each of the next 6 st, FPdc around the center FPdc of row 17, sk the sc behind FPdc, sc in each of the next 6 st, ch 3 turn (13 sts).
BACK FRONT
Body: *dc in each of the 1st 3 sts, hdc in the each of the next 5 sts, sc in each of the last 5 sts, ch 1 turn (13 sts) sc in each of the 1st 5 sts, hdc in each of the next 5 sts, dc in each of the last three sts, ch 3 turn (13 sts). Repeat from * until desired length of curve is achieved.
Finishing: sc in each of the the 13 sts for 20 rows.
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As a courtesy to the designer please do not copy and distribute this pattern without permission. You are free to make and sell the product of this design but the creator asks that you acknowledge that the pattern is not your own. Thank you. susannahsstash@gmail.com
That's a neat idea. Good job!
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