just keep swimming
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Just keep swimming cowl is inspired by aquatic sports. The instructions are for a short distance swim cowl, which forms just one loop around the neck. A long distance cowl can be made by adding in extra pattern repeats.
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The cowl uses a combination of intarsia and stranded colourwork. Two bobbins of main colour (MC) are needed to work either side of the pool ends, and a small bobbin of contrast colour 1 is handy for knitting the diver’s feet at the beginning of the chart. No additional bobbins are necessary for CC2 or CC3 – floats can be carried across the back of the work for the two lines of water, and for the start/finish line. The cowl is worked back and forth, end to end. The ends are then grafted together.
Part of the commonwealth cowls series -- inspired by the Commonwealth Games coming to my then home city of Glasgow in 2014! 💚
materials
aran weight yarn | MC: 150m | CC1: 50m | CC2: 50m | CC3: 50m
Sample was knitted in Drops Nepal shades 8038 (MC), 8783 (CC1), 0501 (CC2) and 4399 (CC3)
notions
4.5mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) + spare needle of same/similar size (for grafting)
Crochet hook & scrap yarn (for provisional cast on)
Darning needle (for kitchener stitch, and weaving in ends)
I would love to see your projects on ravelry or on instagram - use #justkeepswimmingcowl #commonwealthcowls and/or tag me @hannahmadeinscotland so I can find them! ♡
🏊🏊♂️🏊♀️
The cowl uses a combination of intarsia and stranded colourwork. Two bobbins of main colour (MC) are needed to work either side of the pool ends, and a small bobbin of contrast colour 1 is handy for knitting the diver’s feet at the beginning of the chart. No additional bobbins are necessary for CC2 or CC3 – floats can be carried across the back of the work for the two lines of water, and for the start/finish line. The cowl is worked back and forth, end to end. The ends are then grafted together.
Part of the commonwealth cowls series -- inspired by the Commonwealth Games coming to my then home city of Glasgow in 2014! 💚
materials
aran weight yarn | MC: 150m | CC1: 50m | CC2: 50m | CC3: 50m
Sample was knitted in Drops Nepal shades 8038 (MC), 8783 (CC1), 0501 (CC2) and 4399 (CC3)
notions
4.5mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) + spare needle of same/similar size (for grafting)
Crochet hook & scrap yarn (for provisional cast on)
Darning needle (for kitchener stitch, and weaving in ends)
I would love to see your projects on ravelry or on instagram - use #justkeepswimmingcowl #commonwealthcowls and/or tag me @hannahmadeinscotland so I can find them! ♡
