St. Petersburg
Deborah Tomasello
St. Petersburg is a luscious, silk blend cowl with a design reminiscent of the architecture of old Russia. Because it has a buttoned closure, it can be buttoned and worn as a cowl, twisted and then buttoned for a moebius cowl, wrapped around the neck twice before buttoning to be worn as a neck warmer, or left unbuttoned and worn as a scarf. It uses Inji Kismet Fiber's soft and silky Shukumei Merino/Silk Singles Fingering yarn. I used cool blues, but any three contrasting colors you like will look lovely with this unique design. Size: 7"' x 60"" Materials: One 100 g skein each of Inji Kismet Fiber: Shukumei Merino/Silk Singles Fingering Blue-merang, Zoe's Eyes, and Hawaiian Surf One each 16” circular #2 and #5 needle stitch markers tapestry needle 14 half-inch buttons Small crochet hook for making button loops Abbreviations: k = knit P = purl CO = cast on BO = bind off St-sts = stitch-stitches Gauge: Gauge is unimportant here. INSTRUCTIONS: Using Blue-merang and #2 needle, CO 96 sts, placing one marker at the round beginning. Join. taking care not to twist sts. Work 10 rounds in garter stitch (alternating knit and purl rounds). \*Float loosely and evenly. Switch to #5 needle and begin following chart. Place additional markers after every chart repeat (four 24-st repeats per round). Follow chart through round 110 twice, and then work, again, rounds 1-80. id work 4 rounds in garter st., beginning with k round and ending with purl rounc Buttonhole rnd: k1, BO3, k4, BO3, k4, BO3, k4, BO3, k4, BO3, k4, BO3, k4, BO3, k2. Repeat for 2nd half of sts. Next round: p1, CO3, p4, CO3, p4, CO3, p4, CO3, p4, CO3, p4, CO3, p4, CO3, p2. Repeat for 2"d half of sts. Work 4 more rounds in garter st. BO Finishing: Block and dry flat so that the piece is blocked in half. Make sure edges are straight and crisp. Attach 14 buttons on first garter-st edge to line up with buttonholes. Copyright ? 2014 by Deborah Tomasello All rights reserved. This pattern or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher. WARNING: Giving or accepting a free copy of this pattern to another, without permission of the designer, is stealing.
