Kiss and Shell by Wendee Shulsen

Kiss and Shell

Knitting
May 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
4.5 stitches = 1 inch
in garter
US 6 - 4.0 mm
225 - 250 yards (206 - 229 m)
One Size
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This stylish kerchief is meant to be a little looser around the neck, while the cowl-style keeps it from slipping off your
shoulders. When knit in “assigned pooling” yarns, the placement of the pattern stitch is mostly determined by the color pops in the yarn, which creates that “just one more row” excitement.

Originally designed for the 2024 Puget Sound LYS tour with a special assigned pooling yarn color.

Yarn: Hazel Knits Lively DK - 1 skein, Rose Garden, available here.

Helpful video links for pattern stitch:
Shell Dip Stitch:
https://bit.ly/SHELL-DIP - The video uses two colors, disregard. The (RS) SHELL stitch starts at minute 2:00. The (WS) purl stitch is worked at minute 5:50, Row 8. This video demystifies and simplifies the “purl through back loop” stitch.

Mattress Seaming Bind-off (or cast-on) edge to Stockinette side:
https://bit.ly/seaming1 - this pattern looks best with RIGHT SIDES facing out (wrong sides facing each other.)