Metro Cowl can be made with a five colour or a three colour sequence. Crocheted in any DK weight yarn you could go scrap busting and make it fantastically colourful.

Metro is a fun take on the moquette fabric patterns that were used on buses, trains and tube seating back in the day. Crocheted in simple extended double crochet stitches, all the detail is in the colour changing sequence.

Worried about weaving in all those ends?

Don’t worry, there’s a sneaky way of adding new colours which means you don’t need to sew in all those ends!

The cowl is worked in a continuous spiral and finished off by adding a full 360° twist to the fabric tube before mattress stitching the two ends together.

The pattern will soon be available in UK & US crochet terminology as my own pattern.

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Metro Cowl Pattern

Metro is currently available in Issue 185 of Inside Crochet which you can buy here.

Finished Measurements

Unblocked measurements of:

• 5 colour version: 20.5cm deep x 78cm circumference (with twist)/ 8″ deep x 30.75″ circumference (with twist).
• 3 colour version: 22cm deep x 84cm circumference (with twist)/ 8.75″ deep x 33″ circumference (with twist).

Materials Required

5 Colour Version Morris DK by West Yorkshire Spinners, 50g/ 112m/ 100% British wool Yarn A – Artichoke 1283 x 50g Yarn B – Blackthorn 1276 x 50g Yarn C – Pomegranate 1294 x 50g Yarn D – Hyacinth 1278 x 50g Yarn E – Saffron 1288 x 50g

3 Colour Version Nene DK by RiverKnits, 100g/ 233m/ 255yds 100% British Bluefaced Leicester wool Yarn A – Ocean Welle x 100g Yarn B – Moosbedeckter Waldboden x 100g Yarn C – Rost x 100g

Scrappy Version Using the same number of chains given in the pattern, each motif repeat (crocheted over 6 rounds) requires approximately 5g for the 66st circumference and 6g for the 78st circumference.

Hooks: 4mm hook (US G/6) for main body, 4.5mm hook (US 7) for foundation chain

Place markers: 2

Other: tapestry needle

Yarn Substitute Suggestions

Mid-range

• Laxtons SheepSoft DK, 100g/ 220m/ 240yds; 100% British Blufaced Leicester & Masham

Budget

• West Yorkshire Spinners Colour Lab DK, 100g/ 225m/ 246yds; 100% British Wool
• King Cole Merino Blend DK, 50g/ 104m/ 114yds; 100% wool

Stitches & Techniques (UK terminology)

• chain, extended double crochet, starting extended double crochet, changing colours, mattress stitch

Stitches & Techniques (US terminology)

• chain, extended single crochet, starting extended single crochet, changing colours, mattress stitch

Helpful tutorials for Metro Cowl

If you are new to some of the crochet stitches used in the Metro Cowl, here are some tutorials to help you make them:

• Extended double crochet (US extended single crochet) – click here for a video tutorial OR here for a photo tutorial
• Starting extended double crochet (US starting extended single crochet) – click here for a video tutorial OR here for a photo tutorial
• Changing colours – click here for a photo tutorial

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