Knit Cowl Pattern

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Learn how to knit an airy ribbed cowl with this excerpt from
Learn how to knit an airy ribbed cowl with this excerpt from "Yarn Works" by W. J. Johnson.
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“Yarn Works” is the ultimate sheep to sweater reference book for fiber enthusiasts everywhere.
“Yarn Works” is the ultimate sheep to sweater reference book for fiber enthusiasts everywhere.

In Yarn Works (Creative Publishing International, 2014) W. J. Johnson shares her fiber arts expertise with a scientific approach to spinning and dyeing the perfect yarn for your project and a variety of delightful patterns created for each of the fiber groups she describes. The book is divided into four main sections—Fiber Workshop, Spin Workshop, Dye Workshop and Knit Workshop—and includes a brief history on each subject. Johnson herself is a photographer, media and installation artist, educator in fiber arts and fiber artist with more than thirty years of experience spinning, dyeing and knitting yarn. This knitted cowl pattern comes from “Part 4: Knit Workshop.”

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Knit Cowl Pattern

For this light cowl I chose a ribbed pattern stitch that has great elasticity to allow it to either caress the neck or be used as a head wrap. Knit to the optional length of 18 inches (46 cm), this would be a soothing chemotherapy headcover. I call this a “parachute” cowl since it has the qualities of parachute silk—the ability to be condensed into a tight structure and dramatically open up into a larger form.

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  • Published on Sep 11, 2014
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