This quick shells cowl makes a great gift that’s fun to make. There is the wide ranged options of beautifully colored fibers to use by combining multiple strands or you can make it with the suggested yarn. While it is sized for tween-adult, you can also easily use a lighter weight yarn and a hook size to match the yarn for a smaller version.

Materials
 Yarn: Super Bulky Weight Yarn or 2 strands of heavier worsted weight yarn (substitution with light yarn weight per Lion Brand Here) Yarns used in project photos: Lionbrand Hometown USA® 1 Ball New York White and 1 Ball Fort Worth Blue
 Hook: J (6mm) to N (10mm) – please note that Bates size N is 10mm while majority of other hooks are N (9mm). Tension between crocheters are different. Please use the hook that achieves gauge. I used N (10mm).
 Stitch Marker
 Tapestry Needle
 Scissors

Difficulty
 Easy

Finished Measurement or Size
 28” Circumference, 5” height

Gauge
 6 Rows, 8 stitches per 4 inch square

Stitches (sts) & Abbreviations
 Skip (skp) – Skip indicated number of stitches
 Repeat (rpt) – Repeat from indicated section
 Yarn over (yo) – wrap yarn over hook
 Chain (ch) – yo, pull through loop on hook
 Slip stitch (slst) - insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw through stitch and loop on hook
 Single crochet (sc) - insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 2
 Half double crochet (hdc) - yo, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through all 3 loops on hook

Special Stitches (sts)
 Foundation single crochet (fsc) – ch2, insert hook into 2nd chain from hook, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 1 (this creates the next foundation chain), yo draw through 2 (this completes the single crochet)
insert hook into the foundation chain just created, yo draw up a loop, yo draw through 1, yo draw through 2
Repeat from until total fsc completed
 Shell – 7dc in indicated stitch

 Single Crochet Invisible Join (scij) The Crochet Lounge™ Way – in the last stitch of the round, insert hook into the last stitch, draw up a loop, insert hook into the back loop only (blo) of the first stitch in the round, yo, draw up and through the loops on hook, leave a 6” tail, cut yarn. Insert hook through both loops of the second stitch of the round, yo with tail, draw yarn through. Insert hook into the front loop only (flo) of the last stitch of the round, draw tail through. From wrong side of piece, insert hook through the same last stitch in the round under both loops, draw tail to the inside, and weave in ends.

 Double Crochet Invisible Join (dcij) The Crochet Lounge™ Way – in the last stitch of the round, yo insert hook into the last stitch, draw up a loop, yo draw through 2 loops on hook, insert hook into the back loop only (blo) of the first stitch in the round, yo, draw up and through the loops on hook, leave a 6” tail, cut yarn. Insert hook through both loops of the second stitch of the round, yo with tail, draw yarn through. Insert hook into the front loop only (flo) of the last stitch of the round, draw tail through. From wrong side of piece, insert hook through the same last stitch in the round under both loops, draw tail to the inside, and weave in ends.