comforting cowl by Susan Ashcroft

comforting cowl

Knitting
April 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
273 - 437 yards (250 - 400 m)
listed as DK but easily adjustable (cast-on numbers are given for Aran weight too)
English

Part of an ebook of comforting cowls.


Specially commissioned artwork by gomunro - click here for her Instagram account.

This is the little sister to Make your Marl.

Designed to be comforting to make and to wear.

  • instructions are charted and written so you choose the way you like to work

  • it’s tapered shape means you don’t have to worry to much about sizing, you start and each time you decrease you can check if you like the fit and then either knit straight or keep on decreasing.

  • every 2nd round is just knit, so there are plenty of rest rounds.

  • on the lace rounds, it’s easy to see on your knitting what you need to do.

  • I actually find having a little something to do more relaxing that just plain garter stitch or stockinette because it holds my attention and calms my breathing (with just stockinette or garter my mind wanders)

You can make it as a marl - holding 2 yarns together -
or with a single yarn. Stitch counts are given for several weights.

Many thanks to the testers:

carolsumie
LauraGB
maddy18
vhglass
clementineknits
RetiredInspired
distelmum