My original Frost Flower Cowl was designed for KnitCrate in 2017 with super bulky weight yarn and now I have designed a worsted weight version also. KnitCrate closed shop and the pattern ownership rights were returned back to me.

Frost flowers form outside when the weather is freezing and when the ground has not yet frozen. Water in the stems of certain plants expands and extrudes out of the stem, freezing and forming beautiful crystalline flowers as it oozes out. Most times, frost flowers melt as the sun peeks out, or they hide elusively in shaded areas and appear to be big white flowers. The Frost Flower Worsted cowl will keep the chill off your neck on those cold days when you need an extra layer of warmth.

The cowl is crocheted in the round repeating the same round after the starting foundation row and the first round. With each round the stitch pattern moves the chain space opening forward producing diagonal rows of open chain spaces.

For my worsted weight cowl I used one skein of Knit Picks Chroma Twist Worsted (218 yards/100 grams, wool/nylon) in the color “Sandpiper”. Be sure to check out all of the great colors of this gradient yarn that goes through very gradual color changes. I also recommend one skein of Knit Picks Felici Worsted.

This is truly a one-skein wonder project that is a fast and fun. And, beca­­use it is so quick to crochet and easy to wear it is perfect for gifting!

Skills required:
Foundation single crochet row: fsc row
Standing double crochet: sdc
chain, sc, hdc, dc, slip stitch
The pattern includes alternates to the fsc and sdc if you wish to not do them. The cowl is perfectly doable with the alternate methods.
Frost Flower Worsted is suitable for a confident crocheter with good basic crochet skills including joining and crocheting in the round. But, this pattern is not intended to teach a beginner to crochet.

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