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If your hands have yet to know the delightful brps and brks of tuck stitches or you’re a master tuck stitch artist, this cowl is perfect to get your feet wet or fall in love with tuck stitches again in combination with some new techniques. This elegant texture interrupted by solid lines is beautiful and airy if draped around your neck once as an accent to your outfit or a cozy, dense last line of defense against wind if wrapped twice.

The cowl is worked in the round bottom up. The bottom edge begins with a fold created by knitting the provisional cast on round together with live stitches. The body is worked in a simple, textured and easy-to-remember tuck stitch pattern adapted from Nancy Marchant’s excellent book, Tuck Stitches. The three Tuck Stitch Sections are separated by welts created by knitting together two rows on the WS and finished off with one last welt binding off as you go.

SIZING

4 sizes: Baby (Child, Adult S-M, Adult L-XL)
2 versions: Single wrap (with an optional tie) and
double wrap
2 yarn weights: Fingering and DK

YARN

Two colors of the same weight. You can also use a
different CC, or even MC and CC combination for
each tuck stitch stripe to use up scraps or minis.

The pattern is written for 2 weights:

Fingering (415-460 yd / 380-420 m per 3.5 oz
/ 100 g). Sample knit in The Fox and the Knight
Merino Fox Socks’ (75% Superwash Merino/25%
Nylon, 465 yd / 425 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g); in
colorways MC - Pirate Angel (dark purple), CC -
Your Bucky (light blue)

DK (220-285 yd / 200-260 m per 3.5 oz / 100
g). Sample knit in The Fox and the Knight Pete
Knight DK’ (100% merino; 246 yd / 225 m per
3.5 oz / 100 g); in colorways MC - Boomer Boomer II (dark
purple), CC - Hibiscus (white)

NEEDLES

Fingering - Suggested Size: US 6 / 4 mm
DK - Suggested Size: US 8 / 5 mm

GAUGE

Fingering weight
Stockinette: 20 sts by 28 rnds
Tuck Stitch Pattern: 20 sts by 60 rnds

DK weight
Stockinette: 17 sts by 23 rnds
Tuck Stitch Pattern: 17 sts by 50 rnds

NOTIONS

Waste yarn in same weight and contrasting color
(choose a smooth yarn that is easy to unravel),
crochet hook G / 4 mm, 1 stitch marker, tapestry
needle, scissors.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES

Provisional Cast On
Knitting in the round
Simple tuck stitches
Reading charts (optional)
Creating welts
Grafting with Kitchener Stitch (optional)
I-cord tie (optional)
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If you have any questions about the pattern, please email me at mieka@saltandstoneknits.com.