Crystal Palace Yarns - FREE PATTERN - Knit
Description: This cowl pattern was adapted from the Silken Ease Scarf, originally knitted in Panda Silk. A soft, lacy wide cowl that works up quickly in an easy lace pattern, with a border of garter stitch. This cowl is worked in the round on circular needles.
Level: Intermediate
Size: 9½" high x 22" circumference
Materials:
Gauge: 6 sts=1" in patt st
Abbreviations: BO- bind off; CO- cast on; garter- when knitting in the rnd, k 1 rnd, p1 rnd, etc. to form garter ridges; k- knit; k2tog- knit 2 together; p- purl; p3tog- purl 3 stitches together; rep- repeat; rnd- round; RS- right side (outsidde of project); sl- slip; ssk- slip, slip, knit; St(s)- Stitch(es); St st- stockinette stitch (k the right side rnds and p the wrong side Rnds); yo- yarn over
INSTRUCTIONS
CO 132 sts. Join and begin working in the rnd. Work 1" of garter stitch, ending with a k rnd.
Begin Vine Pattern:
Rnd 1: Work row 1 of chart to end of rnd.
Rnd 2: K.
Rnd 3: Work row 3 of chart to end of rnd.
Rnd 4: K
Rnd 5: Work row 5 of chart to end of rnd.
Rnd 6: K
Rnd 7: Work row 7 of chart to end of rnd.
Rnd 8: K
Repeat these 8 rnds until piece measures 9" from cast-on edge, ending with a Rnd 8.
Then work 1" in garter, ending with a p rnd. BO loosely in k. Weave in ends.
October 2012