Contains:
- Knitting pattern for simple cowl
- Swatching instructions and charts included
- Suitable for advanced beginners
Materials you need at home:
- Approximately 85 m of bulky-weight yarn. Samples were knit in Madelinetosh A.S.A.P. (superwash merino single) and Dragonfly Fibers Super Traveller (superwash merino)
- 8.0 mm/US 11 circular needles (60 cm or shorter), or size needed to obtain gauge
- Stitch marker
- Cable needle (optional)
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Cable crossings over 2 x 4 ribbing give this bulky cowl a lot of texture. The stitch pattern looks especially beautiful in hand-dyes.
Skills needed: multi-step cables, sewn bind off (see link at end of pattern)
This cowl is easily resized or modified for a different gauge.
Finished measurements: approximately 14 cm tall and 53.5 cm in circumference
Gauge: 11 stitches and 16 rounds to 10 cm of stockinette; 16 stitches and 17 rounds to 10 cm of cable pattern (see swatching instructions)
Note: Though conversions to the metric system have been made on this page for your convenience, the pattern itself uses American measurements.
Laura Aylor
If ‘knitting designer’ had been one of the job choices for those aptitude tests they give you in high school, I wouldn’t have spent so many years trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. My best subject in high school was math; my best classes in college were logic, drawing, and a commercial art class. After careers in computer programming/analysis and child-rearing, knit design snuck up on me, but I think it’s the perfect use of my odd skill set! I love every step of the process, from figuring out how to actually make what I’ve envisioned to putting the finishing touches on a pattern, not to mention all the knitting that comes in between!
I also love reading and hiking and spending time on Brier Island in Nova Scotia every summer.