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Crochet Moebius Cowl Inspiration

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I recently crocheted this Moebius scarf for my daughter – and she loves it!  It was super simple.  I used this pattern as inspiration.  My pattern choice was determined more by the amount of yardage I had than by any other single reason.  I purchased two skeins of Berroco Captiva Metallic yarn that I’d had my eye on for some time at my LYS.  It’s beautiful stuff.

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Here’s what it looks like on the shelf.

Since I didn’t have much of the yarn (at about $10 per 97 yard hank), I modified the original pattern to suit my own needs.  I worked the rows as called for in the pattern, determined it would be quite a bit narrower than the original pattern, and added the pretty edging to finish it off.  The details on recreating the edging are below.

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Here’s a detail picture of the stitch for you.  The original pattern is easy to follow and translated really well into the Captiva yarn, don’t you think?

Edging details:  Single crochet across to the peak of each ‘motif’.  On that peak, you’ll sc, then chain 2 and sc back into the base of your chain 2, then continue with your single crochets to the next peak.  It’s that simple.  I just wanted to not lose that pointed edge detail and my use of a sort of picot worked.

Comments

  1. I love this pattern. What a beautiful job you did. Love the color choice as well. The pattern looks so dainty and feminine. Thank you for sharing!
    Merry

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