Burberrish Cowl
This pattern was born of my need to reverse engineer anything put in front of me. My friend Yusuf showed me a picture of a cowl he had seen with an unusual cable pattern that he wanted to make - with the slight problem that he couldn't find an exact match for the cable pattern. An hour or so with some coloured pencils and squeaky acrylic later, I had cracked the pattern. Here's Yusuf in the cowl - doesn't he look dapper?
The cowl can be adapted to any width you wish by adding or subtracting repeats of the pattern in brackets. It can also be made into a scarf by adding length and using a traditional cast on and bind off. Obviously, if you adapt the pattern, your yarn mileage may vary. Materials: Yarn: Artesano Aran (2 skeins) Needles: 1 pair $5.5\mathrm{mm}$ plus spare needle of similar size for 3 needle bind off. Extras: waste yarn for provisional cast on Abbreviations: k:knit P:purl c9f: put 3 stitches on cable needle, hold to front of knitting, knit 6, knit 3 held stitches c12l: put 3 stitches on cable needle, hold to front of needle, knit 9, knit 3 held stitches
Pattern:
Cast on 71 stitches on waste yarn to make a provisional cast on. row 1: (k3, p1, k12, p1) 4 times, k3 row 2: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 row 3: (k3, p1, k12, p1) 4 times, k3 row 4: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 row 5: (k3, p1, c9l, k3, p1) 4 times, ki row 6: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 row 7: (k3, p1, c12l, p1) 4 times, k3 row 8: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 row 9: (k3, p1, k3, c9l, p1) 4 times, k3 row 10: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 row 11: (k3, p1, k12, p1) 4 times, k3 row 12: (p3, k1, p12, k1) 4 times, p3 Repeat rows 1-12 7 times.
Finishing:
Remove provisional cast on and place stitches on a needle. With right side inwards, bind off using a three needle bind-off. Weave in ends.
