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Grab this Friendship cowl knitting pattern. This cozy cable cowl is knit flat with buttons.
About:
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
PDF Bonus: Ad-Free Video, Checklist
Techniques:
Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitch
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 125 – 130 yards {114 – 119 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 13 {9mm} Knitting Needles
Extras: Cable Needle, 3 Buttons
Yarn Substitutes:
Cascade Lana Grande
Lang Yarns Virginia
Phildar Phil Alaska
Rowan Big Wool Yarn
MillaMia Super Chunky
Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.
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:
Click here to watch the “C6F” video tutorial.
Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:
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.
Abbreviations:
* – * – repeat between *
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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