Arrowhead lace cowl

The plain truth is that you don’t really qualify as properly Lazybones if you’re prepared to make the effort to wrap and tie a scarf. This one just pops over your head, and job done. Ultimate lazy time-hack.

This is a bit of a cheat post really, as it’s just a shorter version of the Arrowhead Lace Wrap pattern already blogged. But I thought it would be worth repeating the instructions to keep it in one place. It’s a simple three-row pattern stitch, and once it’s set in the first pattern row, there’s not even much counting to do – you just decrease or increase depending on the direction the arrow is pointing.

I’ve used WI Soft and Silky 4-ply yarn (available at Hobbycraft) as it has a lovely soft finish, but do use any 4-ply that works for you. The tension isn’t critical for this pattern so I haven’t included it, and it’s easy to adapt to a different size: just make sure you keep to 12-stitch multiples plus 1. The finished item for me measured 14″/35.5cm wide and 32″/81cm long and took just under 150g of yarn.

For more photos showing the stitch, have a look at my Arrowhead Lace Wrap post.

Arrowhead lace twisted cowl

• 2 x 100g Women’s Institute Soft & Silky 4-ply yarn in Slate
• 4.00mm (size 8) crochet hook

All instructions use UK terms and abbreviations.

3trtog = (Yarn over hook, hook into next stitch and draw loop through, yarn over and draw through two loops) three times, yarn over hook and draw through all four loops on hook.

Make 73 ch. (If you need to increase or decrease, use multiples of 12, plus 1.)

Row 1: 1 ch, dc into next and every st to end. Turn. (73 sts.)

Row 2: 3 ch, tr into same st, *2 ch, miss 2 sts, 2 tr, 3trtog, 2 tr, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 3 tr into next st*. Repeat from * to * to last 12 sts, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 2 tr, 3trtog, 2 tr, miss 2 sts, 2 tr into next st, turn.

Row 3: 3 ch, tr into same st, tr into next st, *2 ch, miss 2 sts, tr, 3trtog, tr, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, tr, 3 tr in next st, tr*. Repeat from * to * to last 11 sts, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, tr, 3trtog, tr, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, tr, 2 tr in next st, turn.

Row 4: 3 ch, tr into same st, 2 tr, *2 ch, miss 2 sts, 3trtog, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 2 tr, 3 tr in next st, 2 tr*. Repeat from * to * to last 10 sts, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 3trtog, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 2 tr, 2 tr in last st, turn.

Row 5: 3 ch, tr into same st, *2 ch, miss 2 sts, tr into next tr, tr into 2ch sp, (3trtog working 1 tr in 2 ch sp, 1 tr in top of 3trtog, 1 tr in 2ch sp), tr into 2 ch sp, tr into next tr, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 3 tr into next st*. Repeat from * to * to last 12 sts, 2 ch, miss 2 sts, 2 tr, 3trtog, 2 tr, miss 2 sts, 2 tr into next st, turn.

Rows 3-5 form the pattern. Repeat till work measures approximately 32″/81cm, ending on a Row 4 (23 pattern repeats for me). Fasten off, leaving a long thread for joining seams.

Lay the work out flat. Fold one end in towards the middle. Twist the other end once, then fold towards the middle to meet the first. Using the yarn left when fastening off, slip-stitch or over-stitch the two sides together, matching the wavy patterns to fit.