Overall, it fits nicely in all aspects about the neck. It’s not snug at the top so as to preform a sort of choke-hold but its not loosely gaping about either. The body stands up without assistance and is deep enough to ward off draughts. A slightly larger opening at the base is wide enough to easily pull over your head without greatly messing up your hair. It then gently rests well below your collar bone.
And tnow about the yarn.
There are four differnt styles of textured art yarn: black angora goat locks, mixed fiber batt, tailspun teeswater in BFL wool singles and a 3-ply to create a soft landing for the neck edge.
This cowl should be worn like a peice of jewelry. Wear it alone over a shirt or add it as a comforting accent with a jacket.
Art Yarn Cowl
Have multiple (at least 3) art yarns available.
US11, circular 16”, maybe 24”
Cast on 48 stitches, join in the round
Round 1 & 2: *purl 15, knit elongated horizontal stitch*, repeat to end of round.
Remaining rounds: *knit 15, knit elongated horizontal stitch*, repeat to end of round.
When desired length/height of cowl is achieved make a regular bind off at all stitches. You will not need to do anything special at the elongated stitch area.
Do not change needle size. If the top opening of your cowl is flaring open due to the larger sized yarn you will need to make appropriate number of decreases in order to gain back correct/slightly smaller opening. Do not make bind off tight as this area needs to have a little stretchy give.
To make elongated stitch:
put needle through next stitch as if to knit - your needles will form an ‘x’.
wrap yarn around both needles at the point where the needles cross 2 times (the yarn should wrap naturally here).
Next wrap the yarn around your back needle - like you normally would to make a knit stitch - and pull this one wrap through - like you normally would to complete a knit stitch. On the first row you may not immediately see the resulting elongation. At the second row as you approach this area it should become evident that something special has taken place.
Note on yarn selections: it’s important that yarns selected be close in guage but if you have chosen a thinner yarn to be included in your project simply double the strand.
About the k 15, elongated stitch 1, repeat- it is not coming out even, but staggered. Is that the plan?
ReplyDeleteI've got photos of a friend knitting this stitch as english knitting if you want to see these.
DeleteHI Teri, So you've got 48 stitches; we're working in 3 batches of 16. (16 x 3 = 48). Just checking my math. Via the pattern instructions K15 then on the the 16th stitch perform the elongated stitch. I would place a stitch marker at the 15th stitch to hepl keep things in order. The elongated stitch is not a drop stitch but it does form a horizontal rib between stitch 15 and stitch 16. As you continue to work your rounds these ribs should stack on top of each other, like rungs on a ladder….no staggering steps. When I first made these stitches I would get stitch 15 confused with stitch 16, hence the recommendation for stitch markers. Do you stitch english or continental?
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ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Are the 'tails that hang from the cowl added or are the strings that hang from one of the yarns you used? What are the yarns and colours that you chose for this project? I wanted to check the shops around where I live to see if they carry them. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteHI, The tails that you see hanging are hand dyed sheep locks that I spun into the yarn. This way the tails just show up randomly in the cowl. All of the yarns are ones that I handspun…art yarn. I sell my yarns online (mostly by request at this point) & at Mooney's Market & Emporium in Monteagle, TN (she ships!). I'll be spinning more yarn with tails in mid March, due to travel plans but I think there are some at Mooney's. Thanks for checking this out! Claire
DeleteDo you have any idea of yardage used in this cowl pattern? It is lovely, thank you for posting.
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