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<\/a><\/p>\nTo thank her for all this time, I designed a cowl for her, and I really hope she’s going to like it. \ud83d\ude42 The pattern is available on Ravelry<\/a>, Loveknitting<\/a> and soon Etsy and Patternfish.<\/p>\n This cowl uses an old German stitch pattern that I find extremely beautiful \u2013 I just had to use it! Doesn\u2019t it look gorgeous in the silky, shiny yarn from Switzerland?<\/p>\n The cowl is knit as a long scarf and then joined or seamed.<\/p>\n Size:<\/strong> Gauge:<\/strong> Materials:<\/strong> Skills needed:<\/strong> The lace pattern is charted as well as written out. A photo tutorial for the Cluster\/Gather Stitch is included.<\/p>\n Many thanks go to my Tech Editor cupani and my testknitters dancerdawnky42, FlatlanderKnits, pinhappy and Wolfen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I remember many happy hours as a child spent at the house of my father’s cousin and her husband during my holidays. They lived ca. 250 km north of my hometown and I loved going there, spending time at the sea or on a boat on a river or in their beautiful garden. I also …<\/p>\n
\nShort: 16 cm 6.3\u201d wide and 68 cm 26.75\u201d around
\nLong: 16 cm 6.3\u201d wide and 116 cm 45.67\u201d around<\/p>\n
\n1 pattern repeat (16 sts and 16 rows) is about 7.5 cm 3\u201d wide and 6.8 cm 2.67\u201d high
\n25 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm 4\u201d in stockinette stitch
\n(Gauge is not vital for this project, but it will affect the size of the FO and yardage.)<\/p>\n
\nSiidegarte Siide-Quirlig (110 g (3.9 oz), 440 m (480 yd), 70 % silk, 30 % SeaCell), 1 hank Hunggbl\u00fcemli
\nOr approx. 135 m (145 yd) fingering weight yarn of your choice for the short cowl
\nSiidegarte Siide-Fideel (120 g, (4.2 oz), 480 m (525 yd), 50 % silk, 50 % merino), 1 hank Tinteblueme or
\napprox. 225 m (245 yd) fingering weight yarn of your choice for the long cowl
\n3 mm (US 2.5) 40 cm (16\u201d) circular needle, or a size that gives you a fabric you like.
\n(Designer\u2019s note: I\u2019m a loose knitter, so you may want to try bigger needles if you aren\u2019t.)
\n2 stitch markers<\/p>\n
\nKnit and purl
\nK-tbl and p-tbl
\nLace knitting<\/p>\n