Ansgarius is an origami style, 3D knitted cowl design. It can be knit in any yarn; although solids, tonals, and ombre yarns will show off the shadow effects of the dimensional knitting best without distracting from the design. Depending on the yarn used, as well as your personal gauge, you may need different sized needles. I recommend doing a test swatch to determine what works best for you.

This design is written to be knit as a cowl, but with additional skeins could be beautifully knit as a wide scarf and not joined.

The design is meant to be close at the neck and therefore fits snugly over the head.

Origami knitting utilizes a technique known as a “twisted stitch”. There are a number of video tutorials online for learning this style of knitting. I prefer the method in the link below. For this design, I have modified the two-stitch twist to create a triple-twisted stitch to allow for the angle of ridge lines that I wanted to see in the pattern. Additionally, there are lifted purl increases in this design. Recommendations for video tutorial below.

Twisted Stitch Tutorial: https://youtu.be/rdke9a0fbng
Lifted Purl Increases: https://youtu.be/M6Zcgs83eVI

Thank you for your support of my work. I wish you happy knitting and look forward to seeing your beautiful versions of this design.