Queen of Hearts Cowl

A beautiful cowl worked in the round with a rib and a heart stranded colour work pattern. Model is wearing the large version. Pink version is knitted in Spectrum Fibre and blue/purple version is knitted in Hjertegarn Merino Cotton.

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Materials:

Hjertegarn Merino Cotton (DK; 50% superwash wool/50% cotton;120m/131yds per 50g ball) x 2 balls. Shown in shade: 1800 Amethyst (C1) & 1620 Baby Blue (C2) x 1 ball each

(If you wish to use the same colour for both ribs, you will need two balls of that colour)

OR

Spectrum Fibre Superwash Merino DK (DK; 100% Superwash Merino; 230m/252yds per 115g). Shown in shades: April 2024 Yarn Club (C1) & Love Struck (C2) x 1 skein each

3.75mm (UK 9/US 5) circular needles (40cm/16in long)

Size:

Circumference: 53 (57.5)cm/21¼ (23)in

Length: 22cm/8¾in

Tension:

25 sts and 30 rounds over 10cm/4in in Chart after blocking.

Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

Difficulty level:

Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see below for abbreviations):

Basic Skills: cast on, knit, purl, cast off

Reading Chart (see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts)

Stranded Colour Work (Fair Isle - see Course bit.ly/ScandinavianColour)

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