COWL PATTERN BY LYZARD
I used a lace weight angora yarn that had been spun with a tiny thread of sparkle .The yarn I used was hand spun so it has the lovely thick-thin that makes hand-spun yarn so special, but for this pattern you should be able to use any lace to fingering weight yarn. I used an "E" hook and a size 15 knitting needle for the broomstick lace portion.Size up or down the hook and needle to suit your yarn or personal taste. You need to have a working knowledge of broomstick lace.
The Base Pattern:
1.With your chosen hook chain a multiple of four as long as you want your cowl to be high on your neck.I started with a base chain of 32,but with such a thin and drapey yarnIcould have doubled that amount to 64 fora thicker and warmer cowl. As it is I probably used around 100 yds for the cowl with the 32 base chain.Add one extra chain for a turning chain.(33 ch) 2.Sc in each stitch across. Do not turn. (32 sc) 3.Pull up one loop from eachsc and slide it onto your knitting needle,trying not to twist the loop.Continue across the row to the end picking up one loop for every stitch. Do not turn.(32 loops) 4.Slide the loops off your knitting needle and pick up the first fourloops with your crochet hook.Sc 4 times into the first group of loops. \*Pick up the next four loops and 4 sc in the group,\*\* Repeat from \* to \*\* to end of row. Ch 1,turn. (32 sc in 9 grouped loops) 5.Sc in each stitch across. (32 sc) 6.Repeat rows 3-5 until cowl's length isjust long enough to fit over yourhead when ends are held together. 7.Twist one end of the cowl once to create moibus loop and sl st ends together. Do not fasten off.
Edging:
1.Turn work so you are working on the edge of the moibus loop.Ch 1 and sc once in end of sc row.3 sc in one strand of each broomstick loop and 1 sc in each of the ends of the 2 sc rows across to end.The beauty of a moibus loop is that you get both sides of the cowl in one row. SI st in turning chain. Ch 1. Do not turn. 2.Sc in first sc.\*Skip 2 sc.7dcin next sc.Skip 2 sc.Scin next sc.\*\* Repeat from \* to \* to end.(You may have to fudge a bit to get this to turn out correctly) SI st in turning chain. Do not turn. 3. SI st in first 3 dc. Ch 4. (Dc in next dc, ch 1) twice. $^{\ast}2$ dctog (next dc and 2nd dc of next shell.) Ch 1.(dc in next dc, ch 1) three times.\*\* Repeat from \* to\*\* untillast shell. End with 2 dctog,ch 1.SI st in 3rd chain of tuning chain.Ch 1.Donotturn. 4.Sc in each 2dctog,dc and ch 1 space across the piece.Atthe apexof each shell(the middle most dc in each shell sc in d, ch 3, sl st in dc to create a picot. Sc in all other stitches and picot in each shells apex to end. SI st in turning chain. End off and weave in ends. Hopefully my pattern is comprehensible enough. Enjoy!
