Starlight Cowl by Robin Allen

Starlight Cowl

Knitting
November 2013
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette stitch (blocked)
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
220 yards (201 m)
Two versions--see description
English
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A simple stranded cowl featuring an allover graphic star pattern. Pattern includes instructions for two versions--an Everyday version in worsted weight yarn and a Luxury version in yarns of cashmere and silk.

Features

  • Knit in one piece
  • Bottom-up construction
  • No shaping

Skills Required

  • Knitting
  • Purling
  • Working in the round
  • Two-color stranded (Fair Isle) knitting
  • Working from a chart

EVERYDAY VERSION SPECS

  • Size: Circumference: 22”/56cm, unstretched; Height: 7.5”/19cm
  • Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes™ worsted (100% Peruvian Highland wool; 110yd/101m per 50g skein); MC: Solstice Heather, 1 skein; CC: Lake Ice Heather, 1 skein.
  • Needles: 1 24” US 7/4.5mm circular needle.
  • Gauge: 24 stitches and 24 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stranded stockinette stitch (wet blocked).

LUXURY VERSION SPECS

  • Size: Circumference: 24”/61cm, unstretched; Height: 6.5”/16.5cm
  • Yarn: MC: Knit Picks Capra (85% merino wool, 15% cashmere; 123yd/112m per 50g skein); Black, 2 skeins. CC: Knit Picks Diadem (50% baby alpaca, 50% mulberry silk; 329yd/301m per 100g hank); Moonstone, 1 hank.
  • Needles: 1 24” US 5/3.75mm circular needle.
  • Gauge: 24 stitches and 26 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stranded stockinette stitch (steam blocked).

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