Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl by Heidi May
Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl is designed and written by Heidi May and I have heavily altered the pattern.
Have you ever been in a position that you’ve purchased a pattern (or even used a free one) and heavily altered the pattern and wanted to share your alterations with others? How do you go about doing this so that you don’t infringe on the designers original design? As a pattern designer I get asked this question a lot!
The only time I believe that someone should post a pattern is when they picked up a hook and some yarn and started hooking away writing out what they did as they went along. If you started working from someone’s pattern then you should only be posting the edits that you made while directly linking to the original pattern. Give credit where credit is due!
If you would like to purchase the Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl by Heidi May it listed for sale on Ravelry HERE. Below I’ve listed the modifications that I made to the pattern when working it up.
If you’re on a budget and cannot afford to buy the pattern there is a free pattern for my star spider hooded cowl available HERE. UPDATE: New pattern available, the Star Burst Crochet Hood.
Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl by Heidi May Modifications by Dearest Debi…
Pink Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl Modifications..
For the pink Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl I used Phentex Chunky & Eyelash Yarns with a US (M/N)/9.00mm hook and made the following modifications..
- When working in ch, I worked in the back humps.
- sc up method instead of ch up at beg of rnds.
- forced all ribbing to the inside of the hood. (as shown below)
- closed hood with sc.
- sc around hood opening.
- added a braided drawstring with added fun fur.
- used fun fur when making the ears and around the bottom edge of the hood.
If you work with hdc in the round all your ribbing is worked on the inside, but if you start to turn your work in rows you will end up with the ribbing on both sides of your work. To work all the ribbing all to the inside of the hood you need to start working your hdc stitches on the right side of your work under the wrong side loop and front loop instead of under the front and back loops.
Cream Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl Modifications..
For the Cream Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl I used phentex chunky with a US (M/N)/9.00mm hook and made the following modifications..
- When working in ch, I worked in the back humps.
- sc up method instead of ch up at beg of rnds.
- forced all ribbing to the inside of the hood.
- closed hood with sc
- sc around hood opening.
- added a braided drawstring
I added a drawstring to both patterns because here in Canada our Canadian winters are VERY windy and cold and to me this cowl seemed like it would just blow off with no sort of draw string. My customer loved the added draw string.
If you’ve made a Crochet Baylie Bear Cowl, hook up your project!
Thanks for the Info. Could be useful down the road. If I am ever lucky enough or inventive enough to create my own or alter anyone elses patterns.
Hi I am unable to get the free pattern you linked to , please advise how I can load it. (I already bought the other one and am looking for something different) thank you. Email: [email protected]
The 2 free patterns listed are the Star Spider Cowl available HERE and the Star Burst Hood available HERE. If you need help downloading my pattern there’s instructions HERE.
I just made this cowl too and added a draw string around the next plus I edged the cowl “face” and the bottom.
I ran out of yarn on one (a grey and white “twined” yarn. So I used a #4 weight grey and a lighter weight black for the ears . . they looked adorable.
What does single crochet up mean? Do you SC and then chain one? Then do you HDC in same stitch? I have a started and ripped this cowl out at least five times. I hate the seam or when trying an alternate method (slip stitch to first HDC, ch 1, HDC in same stitch) I somehow get extra stitches every round. I am not new to crocheting but for some reason I can’t get this one right! Any advice appreciated please!
This is the method I used.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxcZVmmoDI
Thank you! One more question, the ears… I have no idea what she means by thread it through and then it will pull together… um, no it does not pull so perfectly together like her photos. And then do I attach with multiple threads to the hood? Because one tail doesn’t seem enough. Thanks again!
Sounds like she’s saying to sew them on, pulling the yarn tight to bring the ears to the head. I only used one strand I believe but I went over the ear one way and then back again to secure it.