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Wintergreen Cowl

A fun and engaging knitting project, perfect for chilly days or as a gift. Fully reversible and warm. Video tutorials included.

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  • Video tutorials

Sizes
One size: 64 cm / 27" around and 25.5 cm / 10" high
Yarn
Approx. the following amounts of sport weight wool: Main color: 140 g / 490 m / 535 yd Contrast color: 35 g / 123 m / 134 yd
Needles
3.25 mm / US 3 in the following length: 35 cm / 14" circular A second circular of the same size for the grafting 3.5 mm / US E crochet hook for the provisional cast on
Gauge
23 stitches and 26 rounds = 10 cm in stockinette, knit in the round, after blocking
Notions
Waste yarn, 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle
Techniques
Provisional cast on, knitting in the round, stranded colorwork, bobbles, Kitchener stitch

The Wintergreen Cowl is for the cold, clear days when a scarf is too much fuss and a bare neck is not an option. It is soft, double thick and dotted with little red bobbles, like berries on snow.

Method

The cowl is knit in the round as one long tube, starting from a provisional cast on. When the tube is long enough, you give it a half twist and graft the two ends together with Kitchener stitch, so there is no seam and no visible join. Because it is a tube, the cowl is fully reversible and twice as warm as a single layer.

What you get

  • The written pattern as a PDF, with the chart for the bobbles (in both cm and inches)
  • Video tutorials for all the trickier techniques: the bobbles, the provisional cast on and the grafting

About the yarn

The sample was knitted in Rauma Finull, color 400 (white) for the main color and 418 (crimson) for the bobbles. Finull is a classic Norwegian yarn: 100% Norwegian wool, 175 m / 191 yd per 50 g, light and airy, and it blocks beautifully.

In Finull you need 3 skeins of the main color and 1 skein of the contrast color. Any sport or fingering weight wool that gives you the gauge will work.

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