Cowl

A tube worked , seamless, with at top and bottom.

Dimensions

Circumference (cm)Height (cm)

Yarn and

Suggested taken from the yarn’s page: check it on your own swatch.

stitches / 10 cmrows / 10 cm

Measured on your swatch knit in the body stitch, after .

Border

Border width (cm)

Body stitch

Placed motifs

Choose a chart (cables, lace, bobbles… from the library or the editor) and place it on a piece. The stitches to add under cables are worked out, to keep the width.

Draw on the piece

For a free design, like in a photo: cabled stems, an X, wheat ears, scattered bobbles. The drawing is made for the chosen size; in other sizes it keeps its place from the center and from the top.

One step at a time, with a row counter; the screen stays on.

For a PDF, choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.

“All sizes” writes the pattern the way books do: “Cast on 100 (104, 112…) stitches”, with your size highlighted.

At a glance

Cast on

128

stitches · finished: 56.1 cm around, 24.8 cm high

Yarn

≈ 200 m

Preview: the measured schematic, or the piece in 3D.

The pattern

Materials

Yarn: Rowan · Mode Alpaca Cotton, about 200 m.
40 cm circular needle (shorter than the cowl’s circumference) in your gauge size; a ; a tapestry needle.

23 stitches × 31 rows = 10 cm in the body stitch, after blocking.

Bottom border

128 stitches. Join in the round without twisting; place a beginning-of-round .

Work 12 rounds in 2×2 rib (*k2, p2*).

Next round, knit, adjusting the stitch count: k128, M1L. You now have 129 stitches.

Body

Knit every stitch for 53 rounds.

Top border

Next round, knit, adjusting the stitch count: k127, k2tog. You now have 128 stitches.

Work 12 rounds in 2×2 rib (*k2, p2*).

loosely in rib. Weave in the ends and .

Pattern calculated by FARROW. Check your gauge before you start: every measurement depends on it.

All sizes

Size	cm	Cast on	Yarn
Short	56.1 × 24.8	128	200 m
Long (double loop)	130 × 29.7	300	555 m