Are you crazy for paisley? Achieve a great double-knit look without the work! This pattern scratches so many knitting itches! It is worked in the round, is versatile, and it employs an easy-to-follow colorwork design. Paisley, Please can be knitted any length, and because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius cowl or left unbuttoned and worn as a scarf. It uses Inji Kismet Fiber's luscious Shukumei Lavender Ice Mist Merino/Silk Singles Fingering and Tenmatsu Hawaiian Surf Lt Fingering, but any of Inji's sock yarns will work up beautifully. Sizes -One size fits all, TBD by knitter. Cover cowl measures 5" x 48" Materials: One 100 g skein of Inji Kismet Fiber: Shukumei Lavender Ice Mist Merino/Silk Singles Fingering One 100g skein of Inji Kismet Fiber: Tenmatsu Hawaiian Surf Lt Fingering One 29 circular #4 needle, stitch markers, and tapestry needle 6 or 8 half-inch buttons Small crochet hook for making button loops Gauge: 5.5 stitches per inch, after blocking, but gauge is unimportant here. INSTRUCTIONS: Using Hawaian Surf and a provisional cast-on, CO 290 st, (This is for the full-sized cowl/scarf. For a short version, CO 145 sts.) placing one marker at the round beginning and one after each 27-stitch pattern repeat. Join to beginning being careful not to twist sts. Note: The first and last 10 stitches of each round are steek stitches. /these will form the hem and button band once cut upon completion. Attach Lavender Ice Mist. Knit 10 stitches, FOLLOW CHART working 10 (5) repeats of the 27-stitch pattern repeat. Knit 10 more steek stitches to complete round. (Total 290 (145) stitches). Complete all 88 rounds of chart, remembering to begin and end each round with 10 steel stitches. On 88" round, begin round by loosely BO 10 steek stitches. Work round per chart, and then loosely BO last 10 steek stitches. \*Float loosely and evenly. Once chart is completed, fold cowl in half, lengthwise, and graft CO row to last row. Finishing: Cut center of steek stitches. Machine sew both edges to keep from fraying. Turn edges under and steam press to hold. Fold under again and whip stitch to cowl. Damp block and dry flat so that the piece is blocked in half, each half being the reverse of the other. Make sure edges are straight and crisp. With crochet hook and Hawaiian Surf, crochet 6 (or 8) 25-stitch chains. Fold into loops and attach to inside of one cowl edge, such that the loop does NOT extend beyond the edge of the cowl. Attach 6 (8) buttons on other edge to line up with buttonholes.
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