Introducing the Thunder Bolt Cowl – a delightful free pattern perfect for your next project! This crochet cowl neck warmer is an excellent way to use up those favorite fingering/4 ply leftovers and mini skeins you’ve been saving.
Dive into your yarn stash and create a stunning zig-zag design that’s as fun to make as it is to wear.
How to get the Pattern for Thunder Bolt Cowl
- Free Crochet Pattern: Scroll down this blog post for the written instructions and picture tutorial
- You can purchase an INEXPENSIVE PDF of the Thunder Bolt Cowl pattern on Ravelry
- This formatted PDF includes the step-by-step pictures and is a total of 5 pages
Crochet Cowl Details
A few months ago, Hobbii.com sent me some of their gorgeous soft Alpaca yarn . The yarn is soft with a lovely halo, and the colours are beautiful. I was going to make a crochet wrap with a chevron design, but after crocheting a few inches, I realised the pattern would make a striking cowl.
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It is made in one piece, and joined by sewing both sides together to create a circle. The soft hazy yarn meant that the stitches were nearly invisible.
Choose between a more structured colour pattern, or use this fun design to create your own colour combinations. You will have a soft cozy cowl that you will be love to wear!
Materials
- Hobbii Yarns Soft Alpaca – fingering weight – 100% Baby Alpaca/50g/165 m (180 yds)
- 1 ball each in Dark Grey (05), Deep Red (10), Warm Yellow (14), Petrol (13)
- Any fingering weight yarn will substitute
- 3.5mm Crochet Hook
- Sewing Needle
Measurements
Width – 11in [28cm] Height 11.5in [29.5cm]
Gauge
Gauge is not important. I had 18dc in 4in [10cm] in a dc row
Notes
- The pattern is in US crochet terms
- The cowl is made in rows. It is joined together by mattress stitch to create a circle.
- The pattern includes instructions for any special stitches.
Special Stitches
Extended double crochet (exdc): Yarn over, and insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through the first loop on hook (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops twice (1 loop on hook).
Double treble (triple) crochet (dtr): Yarn over hook three times, insert hook into next stitch. Yarn over hook and draw yarn through stitch – 5 loops on hook. Yarn over hook and draw through two loops, (4 loops on hook), (yarn over hook and draw through two loops) 3 times.
Treble Crochet (tr): Yarn over hook 2 times, insert hook into next stitch. Yarn over hook and draw yarn through stitch – 4 loops on hook. Yarn over hook and draw through two loops, (3 loops on hook), (yarn over hook and draw through two loops) 2 times.
Double crochet 3 together (dc3tog): (Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops] 3 times (4 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through all loops on hook
Double crochet 2 together (dc2tog): (Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops] 2 times (3 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through all loops on hook
Abbreviation
US Crochet Terms
- Sc single crochet
- Hdc half double crochet
- Dc double crochet
- Exdc extended double crochet
- Tr treble crochet
- Dtr double treble crochet
- Ch chain
- Rep repeat
- Beg beginning
- Sp space
Colour Sequence
- Rows 1 – 4: Grey
- Row 5: Red
- Rows 6 – 7: Yellow
- Row 8: Red
- Rows 9 – 10: Grey
- Row 11: Petrol
- Rows 12 – 13: Red
- Row 14: Petrol
- Rows 15 – 16: Grey
- Row 17: Yellow
- Rows 18 – 19: Red
- Row 20: Yellow
- Rows 21 – 22: Grey
- Row 23: Red
- Rows 24 – 25: Yellow
- Row 26: Red
- Rows 27 – 30: Grey
Instructions for Crochet Cowl
Using grey and 3.5m hook, ch 104
Row 1: 1dc in 5th ch from hook (counts as 2dc), dc in each ch across, turn – 101dc
Row 2: Ch3 (counts as 1dc), dc in each st across, making last st in top of t-ch, turn – 101dc
Row 3: Repeat row 2.
Row 4: Ch1, 1sc in 1st st, * 1hdc, 1dc, 1exdc, 1tr, 1dtr, 1tr, 1exdc, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc; rep from * across, making last sc in t-ch, turn.
Chevron pattern starts. Follow colour sequence in notes, changing colours as instructed
Row 5: Ch2, 1dc in next st (counts as 2dctog), * 1dc in next 3 sts, 3dc in next st (top of dtr), 1dc in next 3 sts, 3dctog over next 3 sts; rep from * across, until 2 sts remain, 2dctog over last 2 sts (dc and t-ch), turn.
Row 6: Ch2, 1dc in next st (counts as 2dctog), * 1dc in next 3 sts, 3dc in next st, 1dc in next 3 sts, 3dctog over next 3 sts; rep from * across, until 2 sts remain, 2dctog over last 2 sts (dc and 2dctog), turn.
Rows 7 – 26: Repeat row 6, changing colours as instructed
You will now straighten your crochet piece in the following row
Row 27: Using grey, Ch5 (counts as 1dtr), 1tr in next st, * 1exdc, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1exdc, 1tr **, 1dtr, 1tr; rep from * across, ending last rep at **, 1dtr in last st, turn.
Rows 28 – 29: Ch3 (counts as 1dc), dc in each st across, making last st in top of t-ch, turn – 101dc
Row 29: Ch1, 1sc in each st across. Fasten off and weave in all threads.
Using your yarn needle and grey yarn, sew both sides together to create a circle.
Enjoy wearing your cosy cowl!
**You can purchase an INEXPENSIVE PDF of the Thunder Bolt Cowl pattern on Ravelry
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