| Sizes | S (L) |
|---|---|
| Gauge | Blocked Horizontal Rib: US size 7[4.5mm] 4.25 sts/1″ and 8.5 rows/1″ OR 17 sts to 4″ and 34 rows to 4″ | Needles | US size 7[4.5mm] 40″ / 101.6 cm or longer circular needles OR size to obtain gauge |
| Supplies | Stitch markers, tapestry needle. Optional: narrow ribbon | Yarn | Powder River DK from Mountain Meadow Wool, 60% Mountain Merino, 30% American alpaca, 10% black Rambouillet, 100g or 3.5 oz/255 yds (233 m). |
| As Shown | Model Size is L in Natural |
Granite Cowl in Powder River DK
$6.00
Description
Granite Cowl
Granite cowl is a comfortably squishy cowl with a stylish twist. Begin with Cat Bordhi’s moebius cast-on and work horizontal ribs through the singular magic of a moebius.
A single eyelet round expands into more than it appears. Can you tell where this begins or ends?
Flexibility is a key element here: end the horizontal ribs when needed to stay within your skein of yarn, or keep going. Follow this link to my blog post on figuring out how much yarn you’ll need for your JSSBO so you can knit with confidence and just enjoy the pleasure of knitting a moebius.
Granite Cowl — What’s in There
The pattern includes both written instructions and Action charts; there is a Road Map as well to help you see the shaping.
The pattern is a total of 8 pages.
Everything you need is included in the pattern, or linked to any outside sources. Get my descriptions of these techniques, along with links to the original sources.
Yarn Used in Granite Cowl
Powder River DK from Mountain Meadow Wool, 60% Mountain Merino, 30% American alpaca, 10% black Rambouillet, 100g or 3.5 oz/255 yds (233 m).
Model in Natural used approximately 100g/255 yds (233 m).
I design with yarns I love. Mountain Meadow Wool is a company I’ve know nearly since the beginning of their adventure in hand knitting yarns. This yarn uses carefully sorted alpaca from American Alpaca growers that is a nice mocha color, along with a merino specially blended with black Ramouillet to achieve the subtle gray. Twisted together this yarn has luster and depth that can’t be beat, whether used in the natural color blend, or one of the four over-dyed colors. It is special to me because I “discovered” it in a pile of mistake yarn. My hand reached to it, and my enthusiasm set off the Powder River Collection.
Photo by Nancy Rothstein Photography ©2014
