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Granite Cowl

Granite Cowl in Powder River DK

$6.00

Categories: Moderate, Patterns, Accessories, Women's Sweaters & Wraps Tags: 1 skein, accessory, Cat Bordhi's Moebius Cast On, cowl, DK, eyelet, horizontal rib, horizontal ribs, ITR (in the round), JSSBO, moderate, moebius, moebius cast on, mountain meadow wool, one skein, powder river collection, Powder River DK, size 7(4.5mm) ndls Pattern Level: Moderate
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Sizes

S (L)
Finished circumference 16.5 (30)” / 41.9 (76.2) cm
Finished depth 6.5″ / 16.5 cm

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).
1 skein

As Shown

Model Size is L in Natural

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.

  • Cat Bordhi’s Moebius Cast on
  • JSSBO / Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off

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

Outside North America?

I am using PayHip because they take care of VAT! You can purchase the pattern there and get exactly what I have here in terms of downloads and information. Click here to buy the Granite Cowl in Powder River DK pattern on PayHip.

Techniques Used

JSSBO or Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off
Working first row of Moebius cast on
Cat Bordhi’s Moebius cast on

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