Forest Edge Stranded Cowl by Anna Fedorova
PATTERN INFORMATION Finished Dimensions 35.5” (90 cm) circumference at bottom; 28” (71 cm) circumference at top; 16” (40.5) cm length Suggested Yarn Fingering weight (383-492 yard/3.5 oz or 350-450 m/100 g) 100% sheep wool yarn (preferably woolen spun) of two different colors: main color (MC) for the background and contrast color (CC) for the pattern Yardage Approximately 500 yards / 450 m of MC and 170 yards / 150 m of CC Gauge 28 stitches & 28 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in stranded colorwork from charts with Size A needles, after blocking Needles Size A (for stranded colorwork) One each 32” / 80 cm and 24” / 60 cm circular needles in size needed to obtain gauge listed Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6) Size B (for ribbing) One each 32” / 80 cm and 24” / 60 cm circular needles 0.5 mm narrower than Size A needles Suggested Size: 3.5 mm (US 4) Size C (for stockinette stitch) One 24” / 60 cm circular needle 1 mm narrower than Size A needles Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2½) Additional Tools Stitch markers, blunt tapestry needle for binding off and weaving in ends, T-pins for blocking Level Intermediate
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SCHEMATIC 71 cm Circumference at Top
6 cm Ribbing Length
40.5 cm Length
28.5 cm Stranded Section Length
6 cm Ribbing Length
90 cm Circumference at Bottom
NOTES ●● As the sibling of the Siberian Forest Pullover, the Forest Edge Cowl features similar but slightly simpler colorwork motifs. ●● The cowl is worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom up. ●● It incorporates floral motifs in shifting scales, and decreases form a funnel shape for a comfortable fit. ●● The cowl begins with a Long Tail Cast On. ●● Single color rounds between stranded rounds are knitted stranded too with two strands of MC yarn. This method helps to keep even gauge and thickness of fabric. ●● The cowl is completed with Outline Stitch Bind Off that matches the Long Tail Cast On. ●● Abbreviations are provided at the end of the pattern.
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STITCH PATTERNS 1x1 Ribbing (even number of stitches; 1-round repeat) Round 1: *k1, p1; repeat from * to the end of round. Repeat Round 1 for pattern.
CHART NOTES ●● There are three stranded knitting motifs: Trees and Ferns, Ferns and Flowers, Flowers and Leaves. ●● The stranded motifs involve rather long floats. It is recommended to trap them leaving floats no more than four stitches wide and placing traps so that there is at least one stitch column between trapped floats in consecutive rounds. The chart of each motif is given in two versions: with recommendations of places for traps and without them. ●● Switching from one color to the other, we either bring the new color over or under the old color. Yarn brought over (background yarn) will make tighter stitches. Yarn brought under (dominant yarn) will make looser stitches. The CC yarn should be dominant throughout all the stranded charts. ●●
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The idea of Single Color Stranded Knitting belongs to Assia Brill as well as the description of it.
PATTERN With Size B circular needle (Suggested Size: 3.5 mm / US 4) and MC yarn, cast on stitches using the Long Tail Method. Join for working in the round. Place a marker for beginning of round. Ribbing Next Round: Begin 1x1 Ribbing. To avoid the jog knit the first stitch using the tail from the cast on held together with the working yarn. Repeat Round 1 until ribbed hem measures approximately 6 cm from cast-on edge. Colorwork Change to Size A circular needle (Suggested Size: 4 mm / US 6) and join in CC yarn. Place a marker for beginning of round.
Work Flowers and Leaves Chart. This chart begins as a - stitch repeat and is worked times per round (Rounds ). You will have a total of stitches on your needle after completion of Flowers and Leaves Chart. Next Round: Change to Size C circular needle (Suggested Size: 3 mm / US 2½). Work this round in stockinette stitch with one strand of MC only. Ribbing Next Round: Change to Size B circular needle (Suggested Size: 3.5 mm / US 4). Begin 1x1 Ribbing.
Work Rounds of Trees and Ferns Chart. This chart begins as a - stitch repeat and is worked times per round. You will have a total of stitches on your needle after completion of Round of Trees and Ferns Chart. Work ting
rounds of Single Color Stranded KnitChart.
Work Rounds of Ferns and Flowers Chart. This chart begins as a - stitch repeat and is worked times per round. You will have a total of stitches on your needle after completion of Round of Ferns and Flowers Chart. Work ting
rounds of Single Color Stranded KnitChart.
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Repeat Round 1 until ribbing measures approximately 6 cm.
the first stitch off the needle. Repeat from * across the row.
Bind off all stitches using an Outline Stitch Bind Off.
You can keep the tension rather loose and tighten up the loops later, starting at the left edge and pulling gently on each loop.
FINISHING
ABBREVIATIONS
Weave in all ends on the WS of fabric. Wetblock garment to finished dimensions.
k knit
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
p purl
Outline Stitch Bind Off Work the last RS row of your fabric.
k2tog knit 2 stitches together (single right-leaning decrease)
Keep the side just worked facing you. Cut a length of yarn 3 times the width of the area to be bound off. Thread the yarn through a tapestry needle.
ssk slip next 2 stitches knitwise one at a time, pass them back onto left-hand needle, then knit through back loops together (single left-leaning decrease)
RS right side Work from Left to Right. *Keeping the working yarn above, go into the second stitch from WS wrong side the front, and into the first stitch from the back. Pull the wool through both stitches. Slip
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CHART SYMBOLS k1 with MC k1 with MC, trapping CC yarn k1 with CC k1 with CC, trapping MC yarn no stitch k2tog with MC ssk with MC
CHARTS Single Color Stranded Knitting
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Single Color Stranded Knitting
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with recommendations of places for traps
without recommendations of places for traps
Trees and Ferns
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with recommendations of places for traps
without recommendations of places for traps
Ferns and Flowers
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with recommendations of places for traps
without recommendations of places for traps
Flowers and Leaves
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