Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Finished Circumference 48″ / [122 cm] x 7.75″ / [19.5cm]
Gauge: 10 sts and 26 rnds = 4” [10cm] in Garter patt; one Garter Slipped patt rep = 3” x 1.25”
Materials
Yarn: Knit Picks Bare Wool of the Andes Bulky Yarn (100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 137 yards [124 meters]/100 grams): 23856 Natural (2 skeins)
Needles: US size 13 (9 mm) 24” / [60 cm] circular
Notion: Stitch markers, tapestry needle
Special Stitches
Garter
Rnd1: Knit.
Rnd 2: Purl.
Rep Rnds 1-2 for patt.
Garter Slipped (worked over 8 sts)
Rnd 1: Sl1 p-wise wyib, k7.
Rnd 2: Sl1 p-wise wyib, p7.
Rnds 3-4: Rep Rnds 1-2.
Rnd 5: K4, sl1 p-wise wyib, k3.
Rnd 6: P4, sl1 p-wise wyib, p3.
Rnds 7-8: Rep Rnds 5-6.
Rep Rnds 1-8 for patt.
Pattern Notes
Cowl is worked in the rnd from the bottom up. Pattern can be worked from text or chart.
Pattern
CO loosely 120 sts. Pm and join to work in the rnd, careful not to twist sts.
Rnds 1-4: Work Garter patt.
Rnds 5-12: Work Garter Slipped patt.
Rnds 13-44: Rep Rnds 5-12, 4 more times.
Rnds 45-48: Work Garter patt.
BO loosely in knit.
Finishing
Lightly block to measurements. Weave in ends.