Sunday Supper Cowl by Mary O'Shea

Sunday Supper Cowl

Knitting
February 2023
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Sport
+ Lace
= Sport (12 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in blocked colorwork using mohair along with main yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
480 - 960 yards (439 - 878 m)
30-inch Moebius Twist and 60-inch Infinity Loop
English
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The Sunday Supper Cowl uses a smooth sport-weight worsted wool yarn along with a strand of mohair/silk laceweight yarn for maximum coziness. The mohair is carried along with every other color of main yarn, adding just enough softness but with fewer strands to carry along at one time.

This design can be worked as a tubular Moebius-style cowl or a long infinity loop cowl. It uses sport-weight worsted-spun Maine wool yarn in 6 colors. The sample shown is the 30-inch Moebius cowl.

This name of this design honors our post-pandemic tradition of bringing family and friends together for Sunday supper most weeks—the colors represent seasonal hues from snowy winter white through spring and summer greens to autumn yellows and gold. The colorwork pattern is simple and repetitive, and could easily be worked in fewer colors, or a completely different palette.

SIZES: Two Sizes, Moebius Twist (Size 1) and Infinity Loop (Size 2)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Size 1: Circumference—30 inches, Width (across doubled fabric)— 8.5 inches
Size 2: Circumference—60 inches, Width (across doubled fabric)— 8.5 inches

GAUGE: 21 sts and 26 rnds = 4”/10cm on gauge size needles (over blocked colorwork pattern using mohair along with the main yarn).

NEEDLES:
US size 6 (4.00mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
Choose needle types base on your preferred method of working small circumferences in the round—a 16-inch circular needle, magic-loop on a 32-inch circular needle, or 2 24-inch circular needles.
You will need a second needle (of a similar size) for grafting the ends together.

YARN:
Jaggerspun Heather 3/8,100% wool, 50g/166 yards (or another worsted sport-weight wool yarn)
Color #yards: Size 1 (2)
Edelweiss: 80 (160)
Maize: 80 (160)
Gold :80 (160)
Amber: 80 (160)
Hayfield: 80 (160)
Moss: 80 (160)

Biches & Bûches Le Petit Silk & Mohair, 25g/230 yards (or another lace-weight mohair-blend yarn)
Color #yards: Size 1 (2)
Yellow Mustard: 80 (160)
Medium Green: 80 (160)
Off White : 80 (160)

NOTIONS: stitch marker, tapestry needle, smooth waste yarn for provisional cast-on, crochet hook

SKILLS USED: working in the round, using a chart, 2-color colorwork, grafting (Kitchener Stitch), provisional cast-on.