Arctic Lights is a beautiful lacy cowl with beads for a bit of bling. It will keep your neck warm without adding bulk. The cowl is worked in the round with beads added using the crochet hook method. An easy, quick knit, perfect as a last minute present. Choose from three sizes.

Materials:
The Uncommon Thread BFL Light DK (DK; 100% superwash Bluefaced Leicester wool; 225m/246yds per 100g skein) x 1 skein. Shown in shade: Hi-vis Pink
4mm (UK 8/US 6) circular needles, (40cm/16in long)
Debbie Abrahams Seed Beads size 6, colour 224 Velvet x 143 (182, 225) beads (1 bag)
0.75mm (US 14) crochet hook (for adding beads)

Difficulty level:
Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):
Basic Skills: cast on, knit, purl, k tbl
Decreases: k2tog, ssk
Increases: yo
Lace (using Chart or Written Instructions)
Reading Chart (optional - see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts)
Russian Cast-off (see pattern)
Adding beads using the crochet hook method (see pattern)

Size:
Circumference: 49.5 (53.5, 57)cm/19¾ (21¼, 22¾)in
Depth: 18 (20.5, 23)cm/7¼ (8¼, 9¼)in

Tension:
21 sts and 33 rows over 10cm/4in in Chart after blocking.
Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

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