Hooded Cowl

Hooded Cowl



This Hooded Cowl is a great accent piece over any jacket or coat and is particularly good when the weather is undecided. Snow? Just pull up the generous hood and not only are you dry, you're gorgeous too! Knitted in Coralita in an easy rib stitch.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Circumference 44", at widest

MATERIALS: 12 (50g; 27yd) balls Schachenmayr select Coralita (50% wool, 50% polyamide) color #04902 Midnight

Size 19 US (15 mm) 32" circular needle OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Stitch markers, stitch holders, cable needle, yarn needle

GAUGE: 6 sts x 9 rows/rnds = 4" in pattern.

TO SAVE TIME, TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE.

DESIGNER NOTE

Piece is worked in mds beg at lower edge. At front neck, piece is divided and worked back and forth in rows to form hood.

STITCH GLOSSARY

k1b (knit 1 below) Insert RH needle through center of st in row/rnd below and knit a new st; drop original st from LH needle.

MAIN PATTERN WORKED IN RNDS (multiple of 3 sts)

Rnd 1: *P1, k1, p1; rep from * around.

Rnd 2: *P1, k1b, p1; rep from * around.

Rep these 2 rnds for Main patt worked in mds.

MAIN PATTERN WORKED IN ROWS (multiple of 3 sts)

Row 1 (WS): *K1, p1, k1; rep from * across.

Row 2: *P1, k1 b, p1; rep from * across.

Rep these 2 rows for Main patt worked in rows.

INSTRUCTIONS

COWL

CO 66 sts. Pm for beg of rnd. Join to work in the rnd, being careful not to twist. Work in Main patt worked in rnds until piece measures about 153/4" from beg; end with a Rnd 2.

Front Opening

Next row: Work in Main patt worked in rnds as established over first 24 sts, BO next 15 sts (first bound-off st is a 2nd purl st), work in Main patt to end of rnd [51 sts]. Cut yarn. With RS facing rejoin yarn at beg of rnd. Work in Main patt worked in rows beg with a RS row and work first and last st inside selvage sts as k1 b, until piece measures 19" from beg; end with a WS row.

Shape Hood

Row 1 (RS): Work in Main patt as established over first 23 sts, p2tog, k1b, p2tog, work in patt to end of row. [49 sts].

Row 2: Work in patt as established to end of row.

Row 3: Work in patt over first 23 sts, sl next 2 sts as if to k2tog to RH needle, sl same 2 sts back to LH needle so that k1 b st is now first st, insert RH needle through center of st in row below and si the k1 b st off the needle, k2tog, psso [2 sts dec’d], work in patt to end of row [47 sts].

Row 4: Work in patt as established to end of row.

Rows 5-8: Rep Rows 1-4 [43 sts].

Rows 9-11: Rep Rows 1-3 [39 sts].

Row 12: Work in patt to center 5 sts, k2tog, p1, k2tog, work in patt to end of row [37 sts].

Row 13: Work in patt to center 3 sts, remove marker, dec 2 sts as on Row 3, work in patt to end of row [35 sts].

Rows 14-21: Rep last 2 rows 4 more times [19 sts rem].

Row 22: P8, p2tog, p9 [18 sts].

Sl 9 sts each to 2 separate needles and graft live sts with Kitchener stitch.

FINISHING

Pin piece to measurements and block with damp towels. Cut 2 strands of yarn each strand about 71" long and make a twisted cord. Beg and end at center front about 93/4" up from lower edge, thread cord behind each k1b stitch. Tie ends into a bow.