​Crochet Cowl with Shells Pattern

You’ll need:

5 skeins of white yarn (100% alpaca wool; 167m/50g);

Crochet hook 3,5.

Size: 50 cm wide, 110 cm circumference.

Note: the quantity of sts is multiple 6 + 2.

Instructions

Make 182 chain sts and work around:

1^st row: 1 single crochet in the 2^nd chain st from the crochet hook, * skip 2 chain sts, 5 double crochets in the next chain st (= 1 shell), skip 2 chain sts, 1 single crochet*; repeat from * to *, finish with 1 single crochet in the last chain st (= totally, 30 shells). Circle the row with slip st in the 1^st st;

2^nd row: 3 chain sts increase, 2 double crochets in the 1^st st, * 1 single crochet in the central out of 5 double crochets of shell, 5 double crochets in the next single crochet*; repeat from * to *; finish with 1 single crochet in the center of the last shell, 2 double crochets in the 1^st st of the previous row, slip st in the 3^rd chain st;

3^rd row: 1 single crochet in the 1^st st (= center of shell), * 5 double crochets in the next single crochet, 1 single crochet in the center of the next shell*; repeat from * to *, finish with 5 double crochets in the last single crochet, finish the row with slip st;

4^th-50^th rows: repeat 2^nd-3^rd rows. Cut the yarn.

Fastening with Trefoils

1 single crochet, 6 chain sts, 1 double crochet in the 3^rd chain st from the crochet hook, 3 chain sts, 1 slip st in the same chain st, * 3 chain sts, 1 double crochet, 3 chain sts, 1 slip st* in the same chain st; repeat from * to * x once, 3 chain sts, skip 4 sts.

Repeat the pattern around. Fasten the second edge in the same way.