A simple striped cowl to show off fade sets and mini skeins
Size
Width (doubled): 9 ½” / 24 cm
Circumference: 38 ½” / 98 cm
Materials
(10% buffer has been added to amounts)
MC: 540 yards / 494 meters in fingering weight. To make your cowl look like ours, you’ll need 12 colors, 45 yards / 41 meters per color
CC1: 162 yards / 148 meters
CC2: 162 yards / 148 meters
We used
MC: Cape May Fiber Under the Sea 12 skein Mini Set (75% SW Merino, 25% Nylon, 92 yards / 20 gram per skein) Colors: Flotsam and Jetsam, Ursula, Prince Eric, Vanessa, Flounder, Grotto, King Triton, Pufferfish, Scuttle, Queen Selina, Ariel, Sebastian
You can get the set here
CC1: Light Grey fingering weight.
CC2: Dark Grey fingering weight.
Tools
- US Size 4 (3.5mm) 24” (60 cm) circular knitting needle
- 1 stitch marker
- waste yarn and crochet hook for provisional cast on
- spare circular needle that is ~ a US Size 4 (3.5mm). Size doesn’t have to be exact.
Gauge
23 sts, 40 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in stockinette stitch after blocking.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.