Button Cowl Knitting Pattern

Get this FREE Button Cowl Knitting Pattern. Knit flat with super bulky yarn, it has 3 chunky cables, knit it with or without button holes. :)

About the Pattern

Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
Bonus: Video, Checklist
Pattern Name: Friendship

Techniques

Here are some of the knitting skills you need to know before getting started:

Knit Flat (Back & Forth)
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitch

Yarn & Substitutions

Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 125 – 130 yards (114 – 119 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick

Alternative Yarn Substitute Options:

• Lion Brand Hometown Yarn (acrylic option)
• Cascade Yarns Pacific Chunky
• Hobbii Umami
• Rico Designs Creative Twist
• Rowan Big Wool (100% wool)
• Yarn Bee Dream Supreme
• Paint Box Yarns Wool Blend Super Chunky

Check out Yarnsub’s for more yarn substitutions.

Needles & Notions

Needle Size: US 13 (9mm) Knitting Needles
Extras: Cable Needle, 3 Buttons

Gauge

11 STS & 13 rows per 4″ (10cm) square, knit in the pattern below

Details

Measurements, before seaming: 26″ wide x 10″ height (66cm x 25cm)
Gauge: 11 STS & 13 rows per 4″ (10cm) square, knit in the pattern below
Weight, without buttons: 7.3oz (207g)

Notes

Not reversible.
CO edge is the height.
Knit using the cable knit stitch.
This cowl is knit flat, when you’re finished knitting you’ll sew the CO & BO edges together making it a cowl.

Video

Knitting Abbreviations

*– * – repeat between * to end of round
BO – bind-off
C6F – cable6front (Transfer 3 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 3 stitches and then knit the 3 stitches off the cable needle)
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
INC1 – make 1 stitch (I used a backwards loop)
K – knit stitches (K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
P – purl stitches (P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
RS – right side
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side

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Pattern Instructions

CO 30 STS

Row 1, 3, 5, 7 (WS): *P2, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P2*

Row 2, 4, 6 (RS): *P4, K6, P2, K6, P2, K6, P4*

Row 8 (RS): *P4, C6F, P2, C6F, P2, C6F, P4*

Repeat rows 1-8, 9 more times

Row 81 (WS): *P2, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P2*

Row 82 (RS): *P4, K6, P2, K6, P2, K6, P4*

Row 83 (WS): *P2, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P2*

Make button holes, if desired, if not repeat EVEN and ODD rows above:

Row 84 (RS): P4, *K2, BO3, K1, P2* P4

Row 85 (WS): P2, *K2, P2, INC3, P1* K2, P2

Row 86 (RS): *P4, K6, P2, K6, P2, K6, P4*

Row 87 (WS): *P2, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P6, K2, P2*

Row 88 (RS): BO in pattern

Reinforce buttonholes, if desired.

Weave in the ends

Block, if desired.

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