Fall Aspen Cowl

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About the Pattern

I love to contemplate the beauty of nature and its cycle through the seasons. While flora and fauna instinctively follow this cycle, we knitters typically do, too. Whether it’s designating summers for knitting lace or reserving heavier yarns for winter, we often let the seasons influence our projects. Although the final product and its intended use surely play a part in when we knit a particular type of pattern, there is much to be said about the process and how we feel while we are knitting.

Having grown up in Colorado, nature created a spectacular backdrop to my childhood. I especially loved the Aspen trees near my home. This collection of patterns is inspired by those striking trees. The Fall Aspen Cowl features a tessellated pattern that captures my memories of an Aspen’s delicate golden leaves glittering in the bright fall sunshine.

This cowl is a great project to begin your stranded knitting journey where you can learn to read a colorwork chart and hone your stranded knitting skills. The double-layered cowl is the perfect accessory for crisp fall weather.

The Fall Aspen Cowl is worked in the round with two colors. It starts with a provisional cast-on that will later be grafted with the bind-off edge using Kitchener Stitch. This method creates a double-layered cowl that has no visible wrong side. Written with one circumference, the height of the cowl is adjustable.

Yarn

You will need two high-contrasting, fingering-weight yarns in approximately 348 yds (319 m) / 88 g of Color A and 474 yds (433 m) / 120 g of Color B.

The sample was knit with:

Tosh Sock, Super Fine, 100% Superwash Merino Wool, 395 yds (361 m) / 100 g

Color A (dominant): Rye Bourbon (1 skein) 

Color B (background): Antler (2 skeins)

Needles

US 5 (3.75 mm) needles for knitting in the round.

Gauge

27 sts x 30 rnds = 4 in (10 cm) worked in stockinette stitch in the round, measured after blocking.

Size

24 in (61 cm) circumference, 12.75 in (32 cm) in height. Once seamed, the finished cowl will be half the height of the knitted piece. Length before seaming will be 25.5 in (64 cm).

Modifications

1 pattern repeat (14 sts) adds 2 in (5 cm) to the circumference.

1 chart repeat (28 rnds) adds 3.75 in (9.5 cm) to the length before seaming, or about 2 in (5 cm) to the finished height.

Notions

Crochet hook and scrap yarn for provisional cast-on

1 BOR marker and 11 regular stitch markers to separate repeats

Additional circular needle for picking up cast-on sts

Darning needle

Special Techniques

Skills

Provisional Cast-On 

Kitchener Stitch

Ladder Back Jacquard 

Stranded Colorwork 

video tutorials for all skills are included

All of my patterns are professionally tech-edited and test knit in order to give you the best knitting experience possible. If you feel like there is a mistake in the pattern or you have questions feel free to email hello@just1morethingdesigns.com