Honeylocust Loop - PDF Knitting Pattern
Please note: This listing is for a downloadable PDF knitting pattern - not an actual knitted item.
Inspired by the brilliant gold leaves of the honey locust trees lining the streets of downtown Philadelphia, this single-loop cowl features a graduated leaf motif anchored by contrasting decorative borders. This cowl is recommended for experienced stranded knitters who are comfortable reading from charts and knitting in the round. Beginning with a provisional cast-on, the cowl is knit in the round to form a tube, and then the ends are grafted together. The cowl pictured above was created with Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in colorways Penumbra, Silver Fox, and Candlewick.
Materials
• Approximately 420 yards of main color (background) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• Approximately 50 yards of contrast color 1 (decorative borders) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• Approximately 200 yards of contrast color 2 (leaf motif) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• One 16” circular needle, US size 2.5
• Additional circular needle, US size 2.5, 16” or longer, for grafting
• Waste yarn for provisional cast-on, optional crochet hook
• Darning needle for grafting and weaving in ends
• 3 removable stitch markers
• Blocking wires and pins
Gauge: 30 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in the stranded pattern. Gauge is not critical, but will affect the size of the finished item as well as yarn requirements.
Finished measurements (blocked): approximately 30” in circumference, and 8” wide. Length is easily customized by reducing and/or lengthening segments of the pattern.
Skills required to complete this project
• Provisional cast-on
• Knitting in the round
• Stranded colorwork
• Reading from charts
• Kitchener stitch in the round
Inspired by the brilliant gold leaves of the honey locust trees lining the streets of downtown Philadelphia, this single-loop cowl features a graduated leaf motif anchored by contrasting decorative borders. This cowl is recommended for experienced stranded knitters who are comfortable reading from charts and knitting in the round. Beginning with a provisional cast-on, the cowl is knit in the round to form a tube, and then the ends are grafted together. The cowl pictured above was created with Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in colorways Penumbra, Silver Fox, and Candlewick.
Materials
• Approximately 420 yards of main color (background) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• Approximately 50 yards of contrast color 1 (decorative borders) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• Approximately 200 yards of contrast color 2 (leaf motif) in fingering/sock weight yarn
• One 16” circular needle, US size 2.5
• Additional circular needle, US size 2.5, 16” or longer, for grafting
• Waste yarn for provisional cast-on, optional crochet hook
• Darning needle for grafting and weaving in ends
• 3 removable stitch markers
• Blocking wires and pins
Gauge: 30 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in the stranded pattern. Gauge is not critical, but will affect the size of the finished item as well as yarn requirements.
Finished measurements (blocked): approximately 30” in circumference, and 8” wide. Length is easily customized by reducing and/or lengthening segments of the pattern.
Skills required to complete this project
• Provisional cast-on
• Knitting in the round
• Stranded colorwork
• Reading from charts
• Kitchener stitch in the round
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