Websley Cowl

The Websley Cowl combines lovely lace patterns that create a scalloped edge as they work on the bias and a contrast I-cord on both edges to perfect accentuate this shaping.

It’s a simple lace pattern that is quick and easy to memorise so deceptively easy and quick to knit.

You can choose between a single or double wrap version and both the additional wrap on the double wrap version, and the height of the single wrap version, allows the light airy fabric to be not only incredibly wearable but also surprisingly warm. 

Sizes

Double Wrap - 150 cm x 22 cm / 59 in x 8.5 in

Single Wrap - 60 cm x 15 cm / 24 in x 10 in

Yarn

Susan Crawford Fenella.

100% British wool - 75% Exmoor Mule, 25% Bluefaced Leicester

129 metres/141 yards per 25g skein

Double Wrap  - 2 x 25g Colour A + 2 x 25g Colour B

Single Wrap - 2 x 25g Colour A + 1 x 25g Colour B  

The Double wrap sample is worked in Verdigris and Melancholy.

The Single wrap sample is worked in Rannoch edged with Verdigris.  

Gauge

30 sts x 31 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches in stocking stitch worked in the round, after blocking.

Needles & Materials

3.5mm (US4) circular needle of appropriate length for your chosen finished measurements, or needles required to obtain gauge.

Stitchmarker

Tapestry needle

Format - The pattern is supplied as a 5 page English Language PDF download

The cowl is named for Websley Woods in Dorset close to where I grew up. The coppice woods and terraced glades were perfect for exploring as a child, and for learning the names of a wide range of trees, flowers and plants, birds and fungi. These experiences inspired my love of nature, and of losing myself in its shapes and patterns. The organic lace patterns and the way the bias means it travels around the cowl reminded me of being encircled in this woodland environment.