Unicorn Stripes Cowl by Mary W Martin

Unicorn Stripes Cowl

Knitting
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Fingering
= DK (11 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
600 - 700 yards (549 - 640 m)
S, L
English
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Use your mini-skeins with no ends to weave in!
This quick to knit reversible cowl is a great use for that special gradient set, your gorgeous miniskeins or the scrap yarn. It can be made holding fingering weight yarn double or with worsted weight yarn. The tails of your yarn will tie the cowl together (literally) and form the fringe.

The cowl is shown using Stitchnoir’s Be A Freaking Unicorn Gradient. The beauty of each of seven colours is gloriously highlighted in the coloured stripes on one side of the cowl. Turn the cowl over and watch your main colour soften and blend all the colours together.

Try Marianated Yarns Phoenix Feather Gradient for a darker, moodier cowl shown. Her Racing Silks gradient will create a brilliant jewel toned cowl. Using only six mini-skeins allows you to repeat the beautiful colour sequence one extra time.

If you have lots of scraps (who doesn’t?), try a different contrast colour and watch it change the character of the fabric. It is so much fun! Please look at the project pages to see how others have played with their scraps.

Sample shown:
Finished Sizes before folding:
Small: 29 in/ 74 cm length; 6.5 in/ 17 cm width
Large: 35 in/ 89 cm length; 7.5 in/ 19 cm width
Yarn: fingering weight; 340 yd/ 311 m of Main Colour and same total yardage of Contrast Colours. This sample used 7 colours in equal quantity, approx 49 yards/ 45 metres of each colour.
Recommended Yarn: Stitch Noir Basic Sock in Full Moon, 1 skein & Basic Sock Gradient Set in Be a Freaking Unicorn
Needles: 5 mm/ US #8 circular needles 32 in/ 80 cm
Gauge with yarn held double: 19 st and 32 rows to 4 in/10 cm in garter stitch

$173 CAD was donated to The Aids Network (https://aidsnetwork.ca/about/) from the proceeds from the sale of this pattern.

Tech editor: Kate Atherley

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