The Scottish Thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland. This Scottish Thistle Cowl is created using Tunisian crochet in the round. Pictured in FiberStash Dyeworks DK Tweed, this cowl can be made with any two colors of DK weight yarn (approximately 175 yards of each color is required). Worked in the round, the color changes are achieved through the use of different stitches that bring the pull-through yarn either to the front or the back of the work. This means that there are no yarn floats or carries in this pattern and that the wrong side, although different, looks as finished as the right side.

This pattern can be purchased separately or as part of an eBook, Tunisian Crochet COllar-shaWLS.
Cowls, a word created by combining the words collar and shawls, are so much fun to make and a quick project to create something warm and beautiful for those colder months. Covering both make-flat-and-sew and in-the-round construction, this eBook contains ten pages of instructions and photos to show how to work straight Tunisian crochet and Tunisian crochet-in-the-round, including instructions for five basic stitches, starting with a foundation row, and casting-off. Nine cowl patterns are included in this eBook:
Make-Flat-and-Sew Construction In-the-Round Construction
Triumvirate Turbulence
Comber Cowl Scottish Thistle Cowl
Fergus Cowl Garden Trellis
Tunisian Klappschal Junction Mobius Cowl
Blue Light
Each pattern introduces a new technique within Tunisian crochet, including working in three color Tunisian, creating cables, colorwork in-the-round, textured combination stitches, and working from a central foundation row.