Diagonal Puffy Striped Cowl: Pattern

This cowl is worked in rounds. So placing the bobble stitches become a bit tricky to create the diagonal pattern. I have included pictures for clarification. The blue arrows represent the bobble stitch and the black ones single crochet. Also, note that the cowl is made while facing the right side and never turning. The made bobbles will puff up on the wrong side of the work. Using your fingertip or the eraser side of a pencil, push the bobbles to puff them up on the right side. Do this every time you finish an odd numbered round. This will make it easier to work the even numbered rounds. If you run into problems while creating this, please let me know. I will be more than happy to help.

The Material

• 2 skeins (102 yd each) light weight yarn (wt #3) - I used Patons® Silk Bamboo in Orchid
• a size 7 (4.50 mm) crochet hook (you could also use a size 'G' - 4.25 mm hook; the finished size will be a little bit smaller and narrower)
• tapestry needle

Finished size
Approximately 28 inch in circumference and 5.5 inch in width
Gauge
1 bobble & 4 sc = 1.25 inch

Bobble Stitch
[Yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through first 2 lops on hook] 4 times all in same stitch, yarn over and draw through all 5 loops on hook

Begin
Loosely chain 110 ( or any multiple of 5). Carefully join by making a slip stitch into the first chain; make sure the chain is not twisted.
Foundation / Edge Round: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), * 1 dc into next st; repeat from * to the end. sl st in the 3rd ch to join. (110 dc)
Round 1: ch 1, * work bobble st on the first st, 1 sc in each of next 4 sts; repeat from * to the end. sl st to the top of the first bobble or ch 1 to join. (22 bobble sts)
The first bobble stitch will be on the same stitch, 3rd ch, you joined the previous round at.

Round 2: ch 1, * 1 sc into next st; repeat from * to the end. sl st to the first sc to join. (110 sc)
Round 3: ch 1, 1 sc into next st, 1 bobble into next st, * 1 sc in each of next 4 sts, 1 bobble in the next st; repeat from * to the end. 1 sc in each of last 3 sts. sl st to the first sc to join.

Round 4: repeat Round 2.
Round 5: ch 1, 1 sc into each of next 2 sts, 1 bobble into next st, * 1 sc in each of next 4 sts, 1 bobble in the next st; repeat from * to the end. 1 sc in each of last 2 sts. sl st to the first sc to join.

Round 6: repeat Round 2.
Round 7: ch 1, 1 sc into each of next 3 sts, 1 bobble into next st, * 1 sc in each of next 4 sts, 1 bobble in the next st; repeat from * to the end. 1 sc in the last st. sl st to the first sc to join.

Round 8: repeat Round 2.
Round 9: ch 1, * 1 sc in each of next 4 sts, 1 bobble in the next st; repeat from * to the end. 1 sc in the last st. sl st to the first sc to join.

Round 10: repeat Round 2.
Repeat rounds 1 - 10 until desired width is achieved.

Last round: Repeat foundation round once. Fasten off.

All done!!