This quick, warm, reversible cowl is a nice project for a first go at double-knitting. Not only is it worked in the round (so you won’t ever have to follow the chart “from the wrong end”), but every even-numbered round is the same as the preceding one - which means that on every other round you won’t need to look at the chart at all.

Use equal amounts of DK yarn in two colours that will get you the right tension (gauge). I used Drops Karisma, 100 g each in Dark Purple and Wine Red.

You will also need a 4mm circular knitting needle, 100 cm long, or two shorter ones.

Skills required: cast on (ordinary two end / long tail cast-on), knit, purl. It’s also very helpful to know a technique for carrying two yarns, as you would in stranded knitting. My favourite for double-knitting is to carry one yarn on each hand, but other techniques will work as well.

Written instructions are given for construction, double-knitting technique and reading the chart. The pattern repeat itself is charted (not written out line by line).

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