This pattern is so much fun to work on. I retired in Mar 2020. Then pandemic emerged. Wondering what to do with all this free time, I took up knitting and made my first hat in July so I am truly a beginner. I’m hooked! Getting bored with basic patterns , I sought out slightly more involved patterns that I might be able to handle. Your upbeat video was so motivating that I mustered up the confidence and gave it a whirl. You made it sound as simple as it is! Only repeating 7 stitches at a time, it’s very easy to keep track of where you are. Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t wait to be done and to give this gorgeous cowl to a friend for Christmas
Excellent tutorial! Your verbal instructions are clear and concise. Love this pattern... and bonus, I have this yarn in my stash. Thank you for sharing.
Hi, love your pattern and how you teach! I know I’m late, hope you see this and can answer. I never knitted in the round, will give it a try for this cowl. Don’t think I saw how many inches us the cowl in the round. Need to know how many stitches to cast on, the yarn we get here is different than yours, I’ll be using cotton since we don’t get much cold here. Right now, is Sept 22, we are still in winter in Asunción and the temperature is 33C = 92 F😮🥵 Will appreciate to know how long is the cowl. Thanks!!😊
Just watched your video and loved it. Thanks for making this pattern look so easy. I can't wait to try it. I see this as a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law. I might even make a pair of fingerless mitts to match.
Your needles are exquisite. Are they the KnitPicks Woods? I have the Caspians -they are a dream to work with. Thank you for this pattern KAL. Well done!
Hi Shauna. Yes, you can knit this stitch flat. To do that, you'll need to purl the wrong side rows (rounds 6 and 8) of the lace portion. If you choose to included the existing garter stitch edgings at the cast on and bind off edge, you'll need to knit every row rather than purling as shown on round 2. I would also recommend adding a few extra stitches to the width and working a built-in edging along the side edges to prevent curling. I hope this helps!
Loving this pattern! I know I’m late to the video, trying to figure out the multiple for this pattern so I can substitute sport yarn in. Any chance it’s 7? Lol I’m new to knitting 🧶
Hi. It would be a multiple of 7 plus however many edge stitches you would want on each side. So if you did 2 edge stitches on each side, it would be a multiple of 7 plus 4. Does that make sense? I hope this helps!
I think this pattern is beautiful. I would like to use the same pattern on a scarf would I do it the same way or differently because it would be on straight needles? I know the first few rows would be different but what about the lace part? Also how many multiples would it be?
Hi Missi! If you use this stitch pattern in a scarf, it will be similar, but not exactly the same as in the round. The lace is a multiple of 7 stitches, but for a scarf, you'll need a couple of edge stitches on each side. So choose a number that is divisible by 7, then add however many edge stitches you want for the total number you need to cast on. The only change for working back and forth is that you'll need to purl on all even numbered (wrong side) rows for the lace section. I hope this helps!
I have a question, if I was going off your printable pattern ONLY and not watching the video, the glossary “SL” doesn’t specify to slip knit wise. So I would assume to knit pearl wise. But I’m a newbie. I hear that if a SL is called for during a decrease sequence (in your case) “SL, K1, PSSO” then it’s supposed to be slipped knit wise even those that’s not stated. Is that true or did you not technically state it because there’s a diagram where you showed an example to SL knit wise? I’m just trying to understand because this was my first ever knit pattern and then I tried to start another project and realized I was SL my stitch wrong. I was slipping knit wise because I thought that was Normal but I guess the normal was is to slip pearl wise which I wouldn’t have know. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hi Jenn! Yes, in this pattern, the stitch is slipped knit wise. Instead of describing it as knit wise (which some knitters may not know what that means or how it works), I explained it in the photo tutorial in the PDF version as "insert the needle into the next stitch from front to back" (which means the same thing, but is simpler to explain for beginners). The photos in the pattern also show the needle inserted knit wise / from front to back. (This is in the section with photos showing how to do certain stitches.) When you insert purl wise, the needle goes into the stitch from back to front. Like you said, stitches are normally slipped knit wise for decrease sequences, but are slipped purl wise in other types of slipped-stitch stitch patterns. Hope this helps! Thanks!
If you use the magic loop method, it can work. However, using the needle normally, it would be too long, since the needle is longer than the cowl circumference. So if that is the needle you have, try using the magic loop technique. I hope this helps!
I am a beginner knitter and I would like to try to knit this cowl. Can anyone tell me how to do the gauge swatch? Do I have to do it in the round, and if yes: how do I do that? Do I do it flat, if yes: how do I do that? Thank you in advance.
Ideally, it would be best to knit the swatch in the round. The stitch pattern is a multiple of 7 stitches, so you would cast on a number of stitches that can be divided by 7. You want your cast on to measure at least 9 inches long before joining in the round. (This makes a tube that measures over 4 inches wide when laying flat.) Then, you would join in the round and knit in the stitch pattern according to the pattern instructions, until your tube is at least 4 1/2 inches high. Bind off, block your swatch, and then measure your gauge. I hope this helps! If you have any more questions, just let me know.
Hi Erin. When you finish casting on, you'll want to join to work in the round. Here's a tutorial on how to do that: knitfarious.com/how-to-join-knitting-in-the-round/ I hope this helps!
While that would accomplish the job of getting enough loops on the needle to begin knitting, it would be very difficult to make it look even and neat, and would be hard to knit into as well. If you prefer a different cast on technique than shown in this video, feel free to use another type of cast on. However, most cast on methods produce an edge that allows the yarn to slide back and forth between stitches, which evens them out and makes it easier to knit into. Slip knots would not allow the yarn to slide as a normal cast on would. I hope this helps!
Help! Are you supposed to have 105 stitches after each round? Because I come up wrong no matter what I do. I’m on my second try and concentrated so hard- still wrong count. I give up. So sad- I really thought I could do this!😞
Hi Carmen! Yes, you should always have 105 stitches at the end of every round. If your stitch count is off, this could be caused by one or both of two types of mistakes. With lace knitting, every yarn over adds a stitch, so requires an accompanying decrease. If you yarn over and forget to work the decrease, then you add a stitch without taking away a stitch to compensate. If this is the problem, you may have too many stitches. Or, if you decrease, but forget the yarn over, you take away a stitch without adding a stitch to compensate. If this is the problem, you won't have enough stitches. It is also possible to be doing a combination of both. I would suggest focusing on always making sure every yarn over you work has a decrease to go with it, and every decrease you work has a yarn over to go with it. As long as you have an equal number of decreases and yarn overs in your round, the stitch count will not change. Another thing that can help is running a lifeline through your work. Try searching RU-vid for "how to put a lifeline in lace knitting". A lifeline is a string that you run through all the stitches in your row or round. Once you have done a few rounds that were correct, you can put in a lifeline. After a few more correct rounds, and checking to make sure everything looks good, then you can remove the lifeline and put it in again on the current round. Then, if you make a mistake, you only have to unravel back to the lifeline, and you can put the stitches on the string back on your needle and keep going. I hope this helps!
Yay For Yarn Thank you so much for your reply. I am switching to a simpler cowl pattern for now, but I will give yours a try again in the future. It is so beautiful! I like the idea of a lifeline, I even thought of putting a stitch marker every seven stitches. Again thank you so much for taking the time to respond!
Hi Doris! I would not recommend using a 29" circular needle. The cowl is only 24" in circumference, so the 29" circular would be too long. The knitting would have to stretch a lot to get around the needle, which would throw off the gauge. You could use a needle much longer than 24" if you use the magic loop method to keep the excess cable out of the way. However, if you tried using the magic loop on the 29" needle, it would be hard to keep the excess cable out of the way since there isn't as much extra length in the cable. Hope this helps!
