This rad cowl honors the decade of bright colors, big hair, and of course, the mixtape. It was a time when we sat quietly by our tape deck listening to the radio to capture our favorite song. Portable music found its feet with the invention of the Walkman, and our musical lives have never been the same.

To make the Mixtape cowl, choose two contrasting solids (or a solid and a multi) and use your locked floats skills to make this retro cowl covered in unwound cassette tapes. To make each round a cinch to follow, the chart is separated into three pages.

This project is worked on circular needles in the round and uses knitting knowledge including:

• German twisted cast on
• Knitting/purling
• Reading charts
• Locking floats
• Binding off in pattern

Watch tutorial videos supporting this pattern HERE.

Scan the QR code in the pattern to get a playlist full of gnarly tunes that will keep your needles clicking!