Bubbles Bandana Cowl
This slightly asymmetrical cowl looks like a shawl when worn, but it will never slip off! The pattern is a great next step for knitters looking to expand their skills by learning short rows and challenging enough if you are already a short row master!
The best effect for bubbles is created when you choose a high-contrast variegated yarn with some long sections of colours (at least 50 cm / 20”), but any skein of fingering yarn can be used. Each bubble uses approximately 120 cm / 47” of yarn.
This cowl is knit flat in one piece and seamed at the back of the neck. Increases are made to form a modified triangle and then a straight section is worked with short-row bubbles. It has incorporated i-cords for structure and clean lines.
Craft Knitting
Skill Level
Rookie-Apprentice-Virtuoso-Genius
Skills knit, purl, short rows (German method)
Sizes one size (option to make it looser)
Yarn weight Fingering
Suggested yarns
Knit Picks Felici Fingering Weight
Yardage 270 - 400 yards (247 - 366 m)
Gauge not crucial - approx 25 sts and 44 rows = 10 cm (4”) in garter st on 3.75 mm after blocking
Needles 3.75 mm (US 5) 24 or 32” circular or size needed to obtain gauge
Other Materials
- tapestry needle or teeny crochet hook
- 3 ring markers
- 1 locking marker
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Languages English
Published October 2020