September 07, 2012
The easy lace cowl
I love it when an easy project flies off the needles, is wonderfully wearable and easy to boot. Love it.
Such was the Easy Lace Cowl. I decided I needed a cowl. Didn't really find anything that was what I was looking for. So I made one up. Easy stitch pattern, rough guesstimate of numbers, off I went.
And I promise that it's easy! a simple six stitch, four row repeat. And two of those rows are plain knit rows.
Specs:
Pattern: Easy Lace Cowl (by me!) You can get it for free from Ravelry here.
Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton DK in "Misty" from Calico & Ivy, 3 balls.
Needles: I used 4mm, which means that everyone else should probably go with 4.5mm.
The finished cowl is 23cm wide and 130cm long. Goes twice around my neck nicely!
I'm really happy with this! The only stitches you'll need to know are Knit, purl, yarn over and a centred double decrease, which is much easier than it sounds. It's worked over three stitches, and you just slip 2 stitches together as if you're going to do a knit-2-together, then K1, and then pass the two slipped stitches together over the Knit 1.
It makes a lovely pattern that looks harder than it is.
You can find the pattern for free on Ravelry - Easy Lace Cowl pattern
Posted by Donna at September 7, 2012 10:07 PMComments
Love the cowl. I like the long cowls as they can be worn different ways.
Posted by: Suzanne at September 8, 2012 09:54 AMLooks great & a perfect match of yarn & pattern. I love easy patterns too as it makes the knitting so enjoyable.
Posted by: Ann Lim at September 9, 2012 11:59 AMLovely, Donna. Thanks for making the pattern available for others to enjoy.
Posted by: Lynne at September 9, 2012 05:37 PMgorgeous! great colour, and the stitch pattern is perfect in that smooth yarn. are you sure you dont need to charge at least $4 for the pattern!!?
Posted by: drk at September 10, 2012 02:25 PMperfect! I love the drape when worn long, and the cosiness of it when with doubled.
Posted by: kgirlknits at September 10, 2012 04:04 PMlove it , thanks for sharing
Posted by: Rachel at September 11, 2012 08:56 PMLooks great! I love seeing it on the front page of the popular cowls on rav too ...
Posted by: Ailsa at September 13, 2012 01:07 PM
I think I have become a long cowl convert! Yours is a very nice version!
Posted by: RoseRed at September 8, 2012 01:05 AM