Ardmore is a tubular colourwork cowl with an original brocade-style stranded colourwork pattern. The join is decorated with a pretty Latvian Braid, breaking up the pattern so you don’t need to worry about matching row gauge to get the size you want. The exposed three- needle bind off is incorporated into the braid, so no grafting is required. Single loop shown.
Technical Editing by Laura Cameron

Size
Single Loop (Double Loop)
Circumference: 29 (58)” / 73 (147)cm
Depth: 7.5” / 19cm

Yarn
Sport weight yarn in two shades. Shown in: Malabrigo Arroyo (100% superwash merino wool; 335 yds / 306m per 100g skein)
» MC: approx. 330 (760) yds / 301 (694)m, shown in 685 Greenish Blue
» CC: approx. 270 (540) yds / 246 (493)m, shown in 063 Natural

Needles and Notions
» US 4 / 3.5mm circular needle, 16” / 40cm
» an additional circular needle in the same size or
smaller
» US size D (3.25mm) or E (3.5mm) crochet hook
» smooth waste yarn, for provisional cast on
» stitch markers
» tapestry needle

Gauge
32 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10cm square in stranded colourwork St st, after blocking
Gauge is not critical for this project, but changing the gauge will affect the finished size and yardage requirements.

Skills: Crochet provisional cast on, working stranded colour work from a chart, three-needle bind off.

3 page PDF pattern with colourwork chart. Measurements in metric and Imperial.