Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Girlie Moebius Cowl Pattern

This pattern was inspired by Haley Waxberg's Easy Moebius Cowl.

Girlie Moebius Cowl

Black Mobius Cowl

1 skein Homespun Lion Brand Yarn or ~120 yds of another Chunky Yarn
47” US 10 Circular needle

Use the Cast On procedure as described by Cat Bordhi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4

Cast on 66 stitches.
Place a marker after you cast on and join. Be sure not to twist stitches.
One round is when the marker appears again on the top needle.

Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.


Picot edge bind off

Remove stitch marker.
Cast on two stitches, using the cable cast on.
Knit one stitch, then knit a second stitch. You will have two stitches on your right needle.
Cast off the first stitch by pulling it over the second stitch. You have now cast off one stitch.
Repeat this and cast off four stitches in total.
Then repeat from the beginning, by casting on two stitches using the cable cast on. Cast off four stitches and repeat until you are at the end of the round and all stitches are cast off.

Cut the yarn and pull through, weave in the ends and you’re done!

Two Black Cowls

I think I'm only keeping one of these. I like my neck to be warm when it's super cold outside and I'm walking our dog, McCool or if it's just cold and I'm out.
They're made of acrylic Homespun Lion Brand yarn. It's cheap, but it's pretty soft really and washable. Since I wear it often, I like that it's washable. Also, wool that close to my skin tends to be itchy to me. I know that's harsh when I'm a knitter and all, but there it is.
These were super easy the Black Mobius Cowl is the one that looks like it's twisted, which it is. I altered the original pattern by adding an eyelet and a picot edge to make it more girly. It was just too bland for me. I like texture and knobby things on my knitted stuff. Black Mobius Cowl
The second one is my own design, and I added a picot edge to that one too. It might fit someone with a long smallish neck, but it does actually go over my big head, so you could wear it too! It's actually a black black, and just appears grey black because of the glare from the camera. It's hard to take pictures of black knits just like it's hard to take a picture of a black dog.
Feather cable cowl