Sinonta Cowl pattern by Valeria Kerkka
Sironta is designed to showcase a handdyed or handspun yarn. It combines a simple slip stitch pattern to a traditional chevron stitch. The main colour is a semi-solid colourway that sets a calm background to the colourful slipped stitches. Finished size: 130cm x 25 cm
Materials
See Jayne Knit 100% Superwash Merino DK (120 grams/282 yrds) 1 skein in Marie's Royal Purple (MC) 1 skein in Tropical Fish (CC) If you want to substitute yarn, MC is a solid colourway and CC is variegated. You will use about a 1/4 more of MC than CC if you knit the pattern as written. Needles and notions 5.5 mm circular needles Stitch marker
Gauge
17 sts=10 cm / 4" in chevron pattern
Tips
- You can easily alter the height of the stripes to your liking. Always start and end a stripe with rnd 1. (Applies for both Chevron and Slipped Stitch stripes.) - This pattern is great for using up small amounts of handspun or leftovers. If you are really short on your CC yardage, use your MC for everything but the rnd 1 of Slipped Stitch stripe. This way you half the yardage of cc. Just remember that you'll need more yardage for your Mc. - The pattern repeat is 15 stitches. You can always knit more or less repeats if you want the cowl longer or shorter. As written, you get a cowl that you can wrap twice around your neck. -l found it helpful to slip in a stitch marker every 30 stitches as I was casting on. This way I don't have to re-count quite as much. - This pattern does not specify cast on and bind off methods as most methods will work. I would recommend steering away from methods that claim to be extra stretchy, because those can cause flaring on the edges.
Pattern
The cowl is knit sideways in the round. with Mc. Join loop being careful not to twist, put on marker to mark begin of rnc Rnd 1: with CC, P. Rnd 2-3: with MC, K. Rnd 4: with MC, P. After rnd 4 begin the pattern stripes, starting with Chevron stripe with MC.
Chevron stripe
Rnd 1: K2tog, \*K4, kfb, kfb, K5, sl1-k1-psso\*, repeat \*.\* to end of rnd. Rnd 2: K. Repeat these two rnds one more time, then repeat rnd 1 once. After Chevron stripe, knit Slipped Stitch stripe with CC
Slipped Stitch stripe
Rnd 1: \*yf, sl2, yb, P1\*, repeat \*.\* to end of rnd. Rnd 2: \*K2, P1\*, repeat \*.\* to end of rnd. Repeat these two rnds 2 more times, then repeat rnd 1 once. Repeat Chevron and Slip stitch stripes alternatingly 3 more times. Repeat Chevron stripe once more. You'll have 4 Slipped Stitch stripes and 5 Chevron stripes. Knit the next 4 rnds as follows: Rnd 1: with MC, P. Rnd 2-3: with MC, K. Rnd 4: with CC, P. BO with MC. Wash and block gently. Use pins on the pointy ends of the edge triangles to make the chevron pattern sharper.
Abbreviations
K: knit, P: purl. k2tog - Knit two stitches together. kfb: Knit into the front and back of the next stitch. sl1-k1-psso: Slip stitch from left needle to right needle without knitting. Knit the next stitch normally. Pass slipped stitch over the last knitted stitch. yf: bring yarn to the front of the work sl2: slip two stitches from left needle to right needle without knitting. yb: bring yarn to the back of the work.
