I consider cowls giant swatches where I can play around with different stitch patterns. Sometimes a small swatch doesn’t quite give you the feel for the yarn/stitch pattern combo, whereas a cowl gives you that space to really see and get a feel for what’s going on.
I’ve always liked the “Sand” cable stitch pattern and when I received Illimani’s new yarn “Santi ll” a bulky version of their wonderfully soft merino, baby alpaca, yak, mulberry silk-blend “Santi” yarn, I knew this yarn would show it off wonderfully.
Using 2 skeins of color “Primrose”, 131yd/120m 3.5oz (100g) each and US 13/8mm needles (16”/40cm in length) this pattern works up pretty quickly for the (at least) advanced beginner on up.
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
12/16/19: I forgot to add that I blocked the cowl with a wet cloth and my iron on a steam setting. Place the wet cloth over the cowl and continuously steam it. Leave it to dry before wearing.
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