SWEETBAY COWL
Sweetbay Cowl draws its inspiration from the graceful leaves and delicate blooms of the sweetbay magnolia, a tree that flourishes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
This design combines a look of a triangular shawl with effortless styling and coziness of a cowl. Interesting shaping cuts off the bulk of the fabric at the back neck making the cowl easy to wear under jackets and coats, and also makes it possible to complete the whole piece in under two skeins of DK weight yarn.
The main textural elements of Sweetbay Cowl are composed of traveling stitches - paired increases and decreases - which have the appearance of cables without the need to actually cable. Directions are both charted and written out. Videos for tricky techniques provided.
YARN
440yds / 400m of DK to worsted weight yarn
Sample cowl: Juicy DK from Farmers Daughter Fibers (100% superwash merino; 3.5oz / 100g, 274yds / 250m), in color Clay Dreaming
Solid to tonal colorways will show the stitch pattern best
NEEDLES
US 6 / 4mm needles, straight or circular, or the size needed to obtain gauge
A spare pair for provisional cast on
GAUGE
23sts and 33 rows in 4" / 10cm in Moss Stitch, unblocked
21sts and 31 rows in 4" / 10cm in Moss Stitch, blocked
Difference in gauge will affect the required yardage and the finished size of the cowl
NOTIONS
Crochet hook matching needle size for nupps
Stitch markers, 2
Small stitch holders or safety pins, 2
Tapestry needle
Waste yarn
FINISHED SIZE
Height at the deepest point 25" / 64cm, adjustable
Circumference at the midneck 24" / 61cm
