COWLIO
by Angela Muhlpfordt 2014
How to make a relly warm, soft and flexible cowl from sock yarn. It is a perfect way to use sock yarn left overs. You can mix and match a lot of colors and yarns. To make this pattern even better: there is no gauge required and the cowl is absolutelyseamless!
Material
150g yarn with a yardage of about 350-370m/100g Iused: For the coloured one: 100g HPKY Merino Sport DK “Peacock" (color B) and 50g Fyberspates Sheila sock in grey (color A) For the grey one: A) CircularKnitting needles in 3mm/50cm or 2 circs or DPN Waste yarn for the provisional cast on or another circular (if you prefer Judy's magic cast on") Gauge: absolutely not required Pattern: over 12 rows: Work 1 round with color A followed by 4 rows of purling Work 7 rows incolor B
Instructions
Cast on with the waste yarn 1o0 stitches, knit one row, close tot he round be careful not to switch Using color B knit 4 rows Now switch to color B and start pattern. Repeat the pattern 20 - 22 times. It might be even enough if you do 18 repeats oft he pattern (in case you are running out of yarn).
If you are done with the pattern repeats you should have a kind of a caterpillar like this
This is inside out:
If you prefer the inside to be out- you have to carry the yarn not in use at the right side or you cut yarn after each stripe (warning: a lot of threads to sew in!) Please note: in the last pattern repeat you have to knit only 2 rows in color B instead of 7. Cut yarn leaving a long end (about 1,5m) which will be used for closing the cowl in Kitchener stitch. Now sew in all threads. Yes, it is necessary to do this Now - otherwise the threads will be hidden inside the cowl and you will not be able to do this after finishing. Pick up the stitches from the provisional cast on and remove the waste yarn. No bring the stitches from the last row to the stitches of the beginning and start working in Kitchener stitch to get a seamless join.
It is a bit tricky in the beginning but it will get easier stitch by stitch.
We are done - enjoy your new cowl!
