Dorotea Cowl
€6
The Dorotea Cowl combines texture with stocking stitch to create a deep, shaped nd cowl that is so easy and cosy to wear. The shaping keeps it narrower, snug and draught proof at the neck and wider to sit nicely on the shoulders. There is also sufficient length to pull it up over the head snood style.
The pattern includes instructions to knit this cowl with 2 weights of yarn, 4ply fingering or sportweight. In both cases it’s perfect for leftovers, and yarns can be held double to work to the appropriate gauge. For example, the Green main colour sportweight versions uses Malabrigo lace held double for the contrast section. A lace plus a fine mohair silk blend would also work wonderfully.
This pattern uses an optional provisional cast on, picot edges and hems at the top and bottom which elevate the cowl to a very stylish accessory and an accomplished piece of knitting.
Full detailed instructions for the provisional cast on are provided, as is a photo-tutorial for the folded and knit down hem: the hem is knit in place as you cast off in a single process. Pictures of the wrong side of the cowl are provided here so you can see how neat this looks.
Sizes
60cm/23.5 inches around at the top
84cm/33 inches around at the bottom
56cm/22 inches height
Yarn
Sportweight
Main Yarn – 347m/379yds
Contrast Yarns – 243m/266yds – 7g/24m for each of the 10 contrast stripes.
4 ply
Main Yarn – 366m/400yds
Contrast yarn – 240m/262yds – 6g/22m for each of the 10 contrast stripes.
Gauge
Sportweight: 17. 5 sts x 35 rows 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) in stocking st
4 Ply: 22 sts x 35 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) in stocking st
Needles & Materials
Sportweight: 4.5mm/US7 60cm/24 inch circular needle
4 ply: 3.75mm/US5 60cm/24 inch circular needle
Tapestry needle
Stitchmarker
Format – The pattern is supplied as an 8 page English Language PDF download.
Pages 6&7 provide a step by step photo-tutorial for the knitted down hem finishing
Page 8 provides full written instructions for the optional Provisional cast on.
To find or more about the inspiration behind this design and the name ‘Dorotea’ please check out this blog post.
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