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Grab the Resourceful cowl knitting pattern, knit flat and then seamed. Learn the basket cable stitch, which includes a how-to video!
About:
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
PDF Bonus: Ad-Free Video
Techniques:
Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Knit & Purl Stitches
Cable Stitches
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 200 – 210 yards {183 – 192 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 11 {8mm} Knitting Needles
Extras: Cable Needle
Yarn Substitutes:
Phildar Phil Alaska
Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.
Details:
Measurements, before seaming: 26″ wide x 10″ height {66cm x 25cm}
Gauge: 10 STS & 18 rows per 4″ {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 10oz {283g}
Notes:
Not reversible.
The CO edge is the height.
Knit using the basket 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 “Basket Cable Knit Stitch” video tutorial.
Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth}:
CO 38 STS
Row 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 {WS}: *P*
Row 2, 4, 8, 10 {RS}: P3, *K* P3
Row 6 {RS}: P3 *C8B* P3
Row 12 {RS}: P3, K4 *C8F* K4, P3
Repeat rows 1-12, 6 more times, for a total of 7 repeats.
To end: repeat rows 1-10 and BO in all purl STS.
Weave in the ends.
Block, if desired.
Abbreviations:
* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
C8B – cable8back {Transfer 4 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the back of your work, knit the next 34 stitches and then knit the 4 stitches off the cable needle}
C8F – cable8front {Transfer 4 stitches to a cable needle and hold it in the front of your work, knit the next 4 stitches and then knit the 4 stitches off the cable needle}
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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