Calamus Cowl
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£3.50
£3.50
Originally published in Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 22 Autumn 2017
CONSTRUCTION
Calamus is worked in the round, starting from a band of twisted rib. The colourwork chart is then completed two and a half times before finishing with a second band of twisted rib.
YARN
J.C. Rennie & Co Unique Shetland (4ply / Fingering weight; 100% wool; 215 m / 236 yds per 50 g ball)
Yarn A: Coffee (191); 2 balls
Yarn B: Pistachio (417); 1 ball
Yarn C: Putty (221); 1 ball
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
3 mm / US 21⁄2 circular needle, 100 cm / 40” length
Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.
One stitch marker
GAUGE
27 sts & 33 rows = 10 cm / 4” over colourwork pattern on 3 mm needles after blocking
SIZE
One size: 136.5 cm / 531⁄2” circumference x 18 cm / 7” deep
SKILLS / PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
chart
in-the-round
ribbed
schematic
seamless
stranded
written-pattern
CONSTRUCTION
Calamus is worked in the round, starting from a band of twisted rib. The colourwork chart is then completed two and a half times before finishing with a second band of twisted rib.
YARN
J.C. Rennie & Co Unique Shetland (4ply / Fingering weight; 100% wool; 215 m / 236 yds per 50 g ball)
Yarn A: Coffee (191); 2 balls
Yarn B: Pistachio (417); 1 ball
Yarn C: Putty (221); 1 ball
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
3 mm / US 21⁄2 circular needle, 100 cm / 40” length
Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.
One stitch marker
GAUGE
27 sts & 33 rows = 10 cm / 4” over colourwork pattern on 3 mm needles after blocking
SIZE
One size: 136.5 cm / 531⁄2” circumference x 18 cm / 7” deep
SKILLS / PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
chart
in-the-round
ribbed
schematic
seamless
stranded
written-pattern
