Maurits

CONSTRUCTION

• The cowl is worked as a tube, beginning with a Provisional Cast On, alternating stripes and stranded colorwork patterns.
• The beginning and end of the cowl are grafted together using Kitchener Stitch.

GAUGE

• 23 stitches & 36 rounds = 4″ in stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
• 23 stitches & 26 rounds = 4″ in charted colorwork pattern with Size B needle, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Striped Sections)

• One 16″ circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: US 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size B (for Charted Colorwork Sections)

• One 16″ circular needle two sizes larger than Size A needle
• Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 17½” wide; Version I: 45¼” long, Version II: 59” long

Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• 545 (655) yards of Color 1 (C1)
• 440 (575) yards of Color 2 (C2)

YARN
  

• 2 (3) skeins each of C1 & C2 of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Version I: Photographed in colors Homemade Jam (C1) & Pumpernickel (C2)
• Version II: Photographed in colors Fossil (C1) & Button Jar (C2)

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern

• Speed-Swatching for Circular Knitting
• Provisional Cast On
• Color Dominance (in Stranded Knitting)
• Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)