About:

• Available Sizes: One
• Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
• Pattern Language: English
• Skill Level: Beginner
• PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
• Bonus: Video

Techniques:

• Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
• Knit & Purl Stitches

Materials:

• Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
• Yardage: 300 – 310 yards {274 – 283 meters}
• Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
• Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
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Details:

• Measurements, before seaming: 64″ wide x 10″ height {162cm x 25cm}
• Gauge: 9 STS & 15 rows per 4″ {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
• Weight: 17.4oz {494g}

Notes:

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

Video:

Click here to watch the “Chevron Seed Knit Stitch” video tutorial.

Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:

• CO 24 STS
• Row 1 {RS}: *P1, K3*
• Row 2 {WS}: K1 *P5, K1, P1, K1* P5, K1, P1,
• Row 3 {RS}: K2 *P1, K3* P1, K1
• Row 4 {WS}: P2, K1, P1, K1 *P5, K1, P1, K1* P3
• Repeat rows 1-4 for 64″, or desired length.
• BO in the P1, K3* pattern.
• Sew the CO & BO edges together.
• Weave in the ends.
• Block, if desired.
• Modification option:
• The sides curl a little bit, so you could add a few stitches to create a border on each side

Abbreviations:

• * – * – repeat between *
• BO – bind-off
• CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
• 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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