MY first Knitting Design: MIL Cowl
I wanted to knit something for my mother-in-law for Christmas. I know that she doesn’t understand my obsession with knitting so all the more reason to make her something. I started knitting a lace scarf and it was going well, until I had a moment of frustration and had to frog back about 6 rows… I was less than halfway done so I decided to rip it all out and make something stress-free. If you are a lace knitter who finds lace “relaxing” then please pass me that crack you are smoking and disregard this anti-lace post. Okay, its not “anti-lace” but this certainly is a design to overcome stress during the holidays. Even if you are like me and you do very little Christmas shopping, very little gifting and avoid get-togethers like the Christmas plague, you still feel the stress of December. Knitting a lace scarf was the wrong idea for a December project! So I started knitting a cowl for the MIL and never looked back… and seriously, I made it up as I went along. then I decided to share it with anyone who has no clue what to make for that person on their list… but you know you want it to be a hand knit gift… Enjoy!
Do not stress during December!
MIL COWL
I used worsted weight wool, Madelinetosh Eyre. It is a blend of Merino, Silk and Baby Alpaca.
I used size (US) 10 needles.
Cast on 70.
Row 1- Knit.
Row 2- Knit 1, Purl 1, Knit 1, Purl 1, repeat.
Row 3- Knit.
Row 4- Knit 1, Purl 1, Knit 1, Purl 1, repeat.
Row 5-7- Knit.
Row 8-15- Repeat rows 1-7
Row 16- Knit 2, *Cable 3 forward-(place 3 sts on a cable needle or spare dpn, knit next 3 sts, then knit the sts you held forward from the needle or dpn) Knit 4, Cable 3 forward, Knit 4* repeat until last 2 sts, Knit 2.
Row 17-19- Knit.
Row 20-24- Repeat rows 16-19.
Row 25-28- Knit.
Row 29-33- Repeat rows 16-19.
Row 33-35- Knit.
Row 36-49 repeat rows 2-15.
Bind off LOOSELY. Weave in the ends.
Wrap and gift it!
NO STRESS AT ALL!!! I think I knit this in about 2 hours total, with wine and interruptions.
(Note: the bottom edge on mine tends to roll, I like this effect, but if you dont, Purl your last row.)
For personal use only please.
- Voila!
Time to mail this off to NY
I intend on re-posting this with some tutorial pictures for newbie-knitters. Stay tuned or bug me if I forget to do this in a timely manner! I know I only ever have about 3 people who post comments, but I know for a fact that I have a lot of readers every day. After installing my stats I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people visiting from all over! Thank you so much for reading and please feel free to leave a comment, email me at BattleofKnits@gmail.com or send me a message on Ravelry.com… find me as Slychikadee! If you knit this design, I would love to see a picture!