Hooded Cowl Project
Check out the free pattern I used (and embellished a bit) to create this colourful hooded cowl for my 4 year old daughter!
Inspiration
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll notice I’ve been really into Caron Cakes for the past week or two. My daughter came to Michaels with me one day and grabbed this rainbow-looking one featuring her favourite colours: pink and purple. This colour is called “Funfetti”, check it out here.
She needed a new hooded cowl – something to cover her head and extend down her neck to keep her warm as it’s January in Canada… brrr! Her old one is too small to cover her neck. So I made this with the Caron Cake she chose. She LOVES pink and purple and rainbows!
Project Notes
PATTERN: Toddler Hooded Cowl by Whistle & Ivy
I used a 5 mm hook and followed the pattern exactly – I love the griddle stitch, it’s my favourite for sturdy dishcloths!
Once I was finished the main cowl, I did an extra sc round to frame the edge of the hood around the face. I realized that there wasn’t much pink on it, and that I was basically at the start of the pink colour block portion of the Caron Cake, so I decided to add on a detail. Since my daughter ALWAYS pretends she’s a cat, I whipped up a couple of cat ears as follows:
ch 12, hdc in 2nd ch from hook and across
ch 1, griddle st (sc, dc in same st then skip next stitch) across, ending with an sc in the last st
ch 1, griddle st to middle of row, sc2tog across where the next 2 griddle stitches would go, dc in same st and continue griddle across to the end of the row, ending with an sc in the last st
continue to do a regular row followed by a decrease row until you end up with a single griddle st and an sc2tog as your only stitches.
Here’s a chart to show what I mean about the griddle stitch decrease:
I made 4 of these and then did an sc through both thicknesses to join them. I sewed them in place and stuffed them lightly so they would keep their shape when being worn.
My girl LOVES it! I love it too – it’s quite different from what I normally make – it has the feel of a “court jester” and its colours are much brighter than I usually use, which actually made it really fun for me to do!
Here’s a photo dump, as usual. Happy crafting, my friends!
