Difficulty Intermediate

Yarn Weight 3

Finished Size 34” circumference and 10 1/2” tall.

Yarn Blue Sky Fibers Brushed Suri, #905 Earl Grey, 3 skeins.

Needles Size 8 (5 mm) and 9 (5.5 mm): 32” circular. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers; tapestry needle.

Gauge 27 sts and 19 rows = 4” in Cowl Pattern stitch on smaller needles.

NOTES
• For techniques you don’t know, please visit our online knitting glossary at www.interweave.com/interweave-knitting-glossary.

• This cowl is worked in the round from the bottom up.

• The larger needles are used for the cast-on and bind-off edges to counteract the denseness of the twice-knit stitch.

• Twice-knitting is a technique where each stitch is worked together with both the stitch that precedes it and the stitch that follows it. It requires knitting or purling two stitches together throughout the round, but the number of stiches on the needle will remain the same. Twice-knitting produces a dense fabric that contrasts beautifully with the rows of eyelets and elongated stitches in this pattern.

• In Round 11 of the pattern, each knit stitch is separated by 3 yarnovers. The yarnovers are dropped in the following round. The yarnovers serve to measure out extra yarn for those knit stitches, elongating them. After each repeat of the 14-round stitch pattern, stretch the fabric by grasping the cast-on edge of your cowl and pulling it firmly away from the needle to move that extra yarn into the knit stitches.