Berkshires Cowl: Power Tools.
The Berkshires Cowl is a perfect introduction to the Pattern Tailor, elongated stitches, and horizontal and vertical stripes in the form of a simple cowl!
Horizontal becomes vertical in a four-row / four-stitch elongated slip stitch pattern using two (or more) colors. Simplicity never looked so good!
Achieve maximum flexibility when you enter a few key numbers as directed into the Pattern Tailor, to create your personal version of Berkshires Cowl to suit your gauge, yarn, and preferences!
Use the Jill Wolcott Knits Pattern Tailor to get a custom-generated Berkshires Cowl pattern to suit your yarn, needles and gauge.
Berkshires Photos:
Berkshires Cowl Video Help:
I’ve done 9 videos to help you with each aspect of this design and pattern process.
To see what Berkshires Cowl looks like on me, look at Video 9 first. I am 5’8″ / m cm and weigh 145 pounds if that matters to you. My upper body is fairly unpadded, but I do have a little bit of poor posture.
Video 1: Introducing the ITR swatch, aka the I-cord swatch (01:05)
Measuring the Floats Video 2 (00:58)
Video 3: Measuring Gauge on an ITR swatch (02:35)
Measuring the Wearer for Size Video 4 (01:01)
Video 5: Working Extra Wraps: Continental (01:33)
Working Extra Wraps: Throwing Video 6 (01:45)
Video 7: Working Extra Wraps: Scooping (01:20)
Dropping Extra Wraps Video 8 (01:20)
Video 9: Wearing Berkshires Cowl (00:48)
Draft of Berkshires Cowl
This has been tech edited, although the Pattern Tailor isn’t functional yet.
Start with section 1 of 4: moderate / ITR / 2 colors, slip stitches / flexible long-tail cast on, JSSBO, k1-wrapping yarn 2/3 times, k2tog
- formatting,
- how to proceed,
- table of contents
Move to section 2 of 4: any weight yarn / elongated slip stitches / simple cowl
- jill’s commentary
- measurements
- unblocked & blocked gauge
- needles & supplies
- sample information
Download swatch instructions in section 3 of 4: written & charted s swatch instructions
- road map
- schematic
- techniques
- calculator links [these are currently broken and in the process of being repaired]
- abbreviations & symbols
Go to the Pattern Tailor to generate section 4 of 4: written & charted pattern instructions + Pattern Tailor inputs
- Any weight yarn!
- Elongated slip stitches
- Simple Cowl
