The Crossing Into Winter set offers you a cowl, ear warmer and fingerless mitts made with a reversible cable. Add warmth and style with these layering pieces that can be worn together or separately.

The Crossing into Winter Set was inspired by the Treble Cross Stitch, which is much easier to make than it appears. It’s an easier way to create a cabled fabric to impress yourself and others.

I love a crochet accessory set that allows one to add some handmade style to an outfit while being practical, such as the Crossing into Winter Set.

I was only going to create the cowl, but I figured that an ear warmer would be a nice compliment, as I created the Making Waves Hat to be worn with the Making Waves Waistcoat. And what’s better than adding fingerless mitts to the set? Nothing, but more crochet patterns with the Treble Cross Stitch!

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Materials

• Patons Alpaca Blend (60% Acrylic, 22% Wool, 10% Nylon, 8% Alpaca: 155 yds/ 142 m: 3.5 oz/ 100 g) Iceberg, 3 (3, 3, 4) skeins
• US K-10.5 (6.50 mm) hook or size needed to meet gauge
• Scissors
• Yarn needle
• Measuring tape

GAUGE

12 pattern stitches = 4”, 5 pattern rows = 4”

SIZES

 Ear Warmer

• Children: 18 in. circumference x 2.25 in. tall
• Teen/Adult Small: 19.5 in. circumference x 3.75 in. tall
• Adult Large: 22 in. circumference x 3.75 in. tall

 Fingerless Mitts

• Children: 6 in. circumference x 5 in. tall
• Teen/Adult Small: 7 in. circumference x 6 in. tall
• Adult Medium: 7.5 in. circumference x 7 in. tall
• Adult Large: 8.5 in. circumference x 7 in. tall

 Cowl

• Children: 26 in. circumference x 8 in. tall
• Teen: 30 in. circumference x 9.6 in. tall
• Adult: 33 in. circumference x 12.8 in. tall

PATTERN KEY

• Ch: chain
• CSDC: chainless starting double crochet
• dc: double crochet
• dc2tog: double crochet 2 together
• FO: fasten off
• fsc: foundation single crochet 
• LC: left leaning 2 over 2 treble cross
• RC: right leaning 2 over 2 treble cross
• rep: repeat
• sc: single crochet
• sc2tog: single crochet 2 together
• slst: slip stitch
• tr: treble
• YO: yarn over

SPECIAL STITCHES & TECHNIQUES

• CSDC – Chainless Starting Double Crochet: pull up a loop, YO (hold loop and twist), insert hook in first st, YO, pull up a loop, [YO, pull through 2 loops] twice.
• Fsc – Foundation single crochet: ch 2, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, YO, pull up a loop, YO, pull through 1 loop (base ch made) (2 loops on hook), YO, pull through 2 loops (fsc made), *insert hook in base ch of last fsc made, YO, pull up a loop, YO, pull through 1 loop (base ch made) (2 loops on hook), YO, pull through 2 loops (fsc made).
• LC – Left leaning 2 over 2 treble cross: over the next 4 stitches, skip next 2 sts, tr in next 2 sts, working in front of sts just made, tr in each of skipped sts. 
• RC: right leaning 2 over 2 treble cross – over the next 4 stitches, skip next 2 sts, tr in next 2 sts, working behind sts just made, tr in each of the skipped sts.
• Join in fsc: For final fsc, insert hook through base chain of last st made, YO and pull up loop (2 loops on hook), insert hook through foundation of first st (starting ch-2), YO and pull through two loops (2 loops on hook), YO, pull through two loops (final fsc made), slst to first fsc. 

EXPERIENCE LEVEL

Intermediate

NOTES

• Pattern is written US terms.
• Read the entire pattern before beginning.
• The Special Stitches, LC and RC, cover 4 stitches throughout the pattern. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the stitches before beginning.
• Picture tutorials are located at the end of the pattern.
• Sizes are written separately for clarity.

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