This cowl was designed for Shall We Knit?’s retreat in November 2017, using the featured yarn that attendees received in their goodie bag. Lynne Sosnowski and I were challenged to each design new pattern using the same yarn. I created this buttoned cowl and Lynne designed Benmiller Rendezvous Mitts.

The inspiration for the cowl came from S Curve road signs.

Skills Required:

• Working Cables
• Working with Charts
• Working with two strands of yarn held together
• Buttonholes
• Blocking

Sizes Available: One size
Finished Size (blocked): 11.5”/29.25 cm wide by 32.25”/82 cm long

Other Tools:

• Buttons, 1 3/8”/35 mm (3)
• Cable needles (2)
• Tapestry needle
• Unwaxed dental floss (to attach buttons)
• Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions)
• Tpins

Yarn: 350 yards/ 320 meters of a worsted weight yarn that knits up to 4.75 to 5 sts/inch or 350 yards/320 meters of 2 fingering weight yarns held together.

Shown In: (knit with one of each strand held together, except for final rows before cast-off edge which is worked in one strand)
Koigu ‘Painter’s Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM)’, (175 yards/160 meters; 100% merino; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein), 2 skeins in P333A.

Filatura Di Crosa ‘Superior’, (328 yards/300 meters; 70% cashmere, 25% silk, 5% merino; 0.88 oz/25 grams per skein), 1 skein in shade 68. Buttons sourced from Shall We Knit?.