New “Tech” (Techniques) Cowl is a great stashbuster. The knitter starts with one block and then the rest of the cowl is built along the circumference from that first block until the last block connects the cowl into a circle. After that, the edges are picked up and knit and voila, there’s a cowl with no sewing to be done, just ends to weave in.

Pattern is 8 pages.

Skills Required:

• provisional cast on
• picking up stitches
• working with multiple colours
• knitting in the round
• decreasing

Finished Size (unblocked):
Large - 54”/137 cm circumference by 8”/20 cm wide
Medium – 36”/90 cm circumference by 8”/20 cm wide

Other Tools:

• Smooth waste yarn and US H/5 mm crochet hook for provisional cast on
• Stitch marker (1)
• Tapestry needle
• Large stitch holders (2) or waste yarn
• Blocking wires and pins

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Yarn:
Large: 585 yards/535 meters of 100% wool or wool-blend sport weight or heavy fingering yarn in 4 colours that knits up to 6 sts/inch
C1 – 130 yards/119 meters C3 – 210 yards/192 meters
C2 – 100 yards/91 meters C4 – 145 yards/133 meters

Medium: 420 yards/384 meters of 100% wool or wool-blend sport weight or heavy fingering yarn in 3 colours that knits up to 6 sts/inch
C1 – 110 yards /101 meters C3 – 190 yards/174 meters
C2 – 120 yards/110 meters

Shown In:
Multi-Colour (Large)
C1 - Freia Fine Handpaints ‘Ombre Sport’, (217 yards/200 meters;
100% wool; 2.64 oz/75 grams per skein), 1 skein in Vertigo.
C2 - Freia Fine Handpaints ‘Semi Solid Sport’, (145 yards/133
meters; 100% wool; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein), 1 skein in
Amethyst.
C3 - FreiaFine Handpaints ‘Ombre Sport’, (217 yards/200 meters;
100% wool; 2.64 oz/75 grams per skein), 1 skein in Cloud.
C4 - Freia Fine Handpaints ‘Semi Solid Sport’, (145 yards/133
meters; 100% wool; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein), 1 skein in
Swamp.

Four Colour (Large)
Indigodragonfly ‘MCN Sport’, (250 yards/229 meters; 80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon; 4.06 oz/115 grams per skein), 1 skein each of:
C1 - Oooo…Shiny
C2 - Don’t Wear This on Star Trek
C3 - May Contain Nuts
C4 - More Sea Than Sky

Other Possible Yarns:

• Kauni ‘Wool 8/2 Effektgarn’ & ‘Wool 8/2 Solids’, (660 yards/604 meters; 100% wool; 5.29 oz/150 grams per skein).
• Cascade Yarns ‘Cascade 220 Sport’, (164 yards/150 meters; 100% wool; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
• Schoppel-Woole ‘Zauberball Stärke 6’, (437 yards/400 meters; 75% wool, 25% nylon; 5.29 oz/150 grams per skein).
• String Theory Hand Dyed Yarn ‘Blue Faced Sport’, (252 yards/230 meters; 4.02 oz/114 grams per skein).
• Noro ‘Silk Garden Sock’, (328 yards/300 meters; 40% wool, 25% silk, 25% nylon, 10% mohair; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
• madelinetosh ‘pashmina’, (360 yards/329 meters; 75% merino; 15% silk, 10% cashmere; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).

Hard (paper) copies of this pattern may be available from your local yarn shop. Please contact them for more details.