DIY: Sakura Crocheted Basketweave Möbius Cowl

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This is a warm and fuzzy möbius cowl that is worked in a basketweave stitch. Basketweave looks woven, and you can alter it so that it looks like it has been woven with larger or smaller warps and wefts. The basketweave stitch looks fancy but it’s really easy once you figure out the front-post double crochet and back-post double crochet stitches. The post crochet stitches are worked on front and back, making the finished fabric quite thick and warm. This also means that the yarn is used up pretty quickly. This Debbie Bliss Andes yarn is a single ply blend of alpaca and silk, and the silk adds a lovely sheen to each strand while the alpaca lends warmth and softness.

The finished cowl is lovely and chic enough to wear indoors at work, or you can wear it on a brisk spring day.

Sakura Crocheted Basketweave Möbius Cowl

Supplies

2 skeins DK yarn (I used 220 yards of Bliss Andes in Tea Rose, 65% alpaca, 35% silk)

H/8 – 5.0 mm crochet hook

 

Directions

Chain 22.

Row 1) Dc in the 4^th chain from hook, dc in all chain sts across. When you get to the end of your row, ch 2 and turn.

Row 2) Skip the first dc, *fpdc in next 3 sts, bpdc in next 3 sts; repeat from * to the end of your row, dc in top chain of turning chain from the row below, ch 2, turn.

Row 3) Repeat Row 2.

Row 4) Skip first dc, *3 bpdc, 3 fpdc; repeat from * to end, dc in top ch of turning ch from row below, ch 2, turn.

Row 5) Repeat row 4.

Work Rows 2-5 until the scarf is about 80 cm (32 inches) in length, leaving at least a 40 cm tail. Lay the piece out flat, fold in half widthwise, incorporating one twist so that the cowl has a möbius shape. Seam the two ends of the cowl together with a row of single stitches. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

 

Stitches

ch – chain

dc – double crochet

fpdc – front post double crochet. Yarn over (YO), place hook around the front of the post of the st you are working, YO and pull up loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through 2 loops.

bpdc – back post double crochet. Yarn over (YO), place hook around the back of the post st you are working, YO and pull up a loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through 2 loops.

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