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Free Knitting Pattern
This is a long cowl with a warming bandana point at the front. This covers those pesky neck openings in your coats without having to wind double around your throat. No more bulky lumps on your back just to get a warm front!
You get to play with colour, knitting in the flat and also knitting in the round for a seam free cowl. The plaid pattern may look tricky but its actually very simple with both written instructions and charts for you to choose what works best for you.
What You Need
Three colours of yarn:
MC Cream
CC1 Dusky Pink
CC2 Red
DK weight yarn, 50g balls of each colour.
3.5mm circular needles
Wool needle to weave in the yarn ends
Stitch marker
5 bobbins for the CC2 (the red vertical stripes)
Abbreviations
k knit
p purl
kfb knit in front and the back of the same st
kfbf knit in front, back and front in the same st.
st(s) stitch(es)
Charts
Worked Flat
Worked in the Round
Pattern Notes
The charts show the stitches within the 3st garter border. The italic sts at the start and end of every row are the 3st garter border.
Each horizontal line in the flat chart represents a knitted row and its matching purl return row.
Each block in the charts represent a single stitch.
The worked in the round chart shows the greater overall design; the repeat section is the darker squares with a row per round as there are now return purl rows when you work in the round.
Instructions
All stitches are worked in MC unless explicitly mentioned in the pattern. The Italic stitches at the beginning and end of each row are the border. The rest of the stitches are from the chart above.
Begin with a single slipknot in MC
Row 1: kfbf - +2sts
Row 2: k all
Row 3: kfb, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 4: k all
Row 5: kfb, k1, k1 cc2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 6: k3, p1 cc2, k3
Row 7: kfb, k1, k1, k1 cc2, k1 , k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 8: k3, p1, p1 cc2, p1, k3
Row 9: kfb, k1, k2, k1 cc2, k2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 10: k3, p2, p1 cc2, p2, k3
Row 11: kfb, k1, k3, k1 cc2, k3, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 12: k3, p3, p1 cc2, p3, k3
Row 13: kfb, k1, k9 cc2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 14: k3, p9 cc2, k3
Row 15: kfb, k1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 16: k3, p5, p1 cc2, p5, k3
Row 17: kfb, k1, k1 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k1 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 18: k3, p1 cc1, p5, p1 cc2, p5, p1 cc1, k3
Row 19: kfb, k1, k2 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k2 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 20: k3, p2 cc1, p5, p1 cc2, p5, p2 cc1, k3
Row 21: kfb, k1, k1, k2 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k2 cc1, k1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 22: k3, p1, p2 cc1, p5, p1 cc2, p5, p2 cc1, p1 k3
Row 23: kfb, k1, k2, k2 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k2 cc1, k2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 24: k3, p2, p2 cc1, p5, p1 cc2, p5, p2 cc1, p2, k3
Row 25: kfb, k1, k10 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k10 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 26: k3, p10, p1 cc2, p10 cc1, k3
Row 27: kfb, k1, k2 cc1, k2, k2 cc1, k5, k1 cc2, k5, k2 cc1, k2, k2 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 28: k3, p2 cc1, p2, p2 cc1, p5, p1 cc2, p5, p2 cc1, p2, p2 cc1, k3
Row 29: kfb, k1, k12 cc1, k1 cc2, k12 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 30: k3, p12 cc1, p1 cc2, p12 cc1, k3
Row 31: kfb, k1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 2, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 32: k3, (p2, p2 cc1) x 2, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 2, k3
Row 33: kfb, k1, k14 cc1, k1 cc2, k14 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 34: k3, p14 cc1, p1 cc2, p14 cc1, k3
Row 35: kfb, k1, K2, (k2, k2 cc1) x 2, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 2, k2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 36: k3, p2, (p2, p2 cc1) x 2, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 2, p2, k3
Row 37: kfb, k1, k16 cc1, k1 cc2, k16 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 38: k3, p16 cc1, p1 cc2, p16 cc1, k3
Row 39: kfb, k1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 3, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 3, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 40: k3, (p2, p2 cc1) x 3, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 3, k3
Row 41: kfb, k1, k1 cc1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 3, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 3, k1 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 42: k3, p1 cc1, (p2, p2 cc1) x 3, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 3, p1cc1, k3
Row 43: kfb, k1, k2 cc1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 3, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 3, k2 cc1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 44: k3, p2 cc1, (p2, p2 cc1) x 3, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 3, p2 cc1, k3
Row 45: kfb, k1, k1, k2 cc1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 3, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 3, k2 cc1, k1, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 46: k3, p1, p2 cc1, (p2, p2 cc1) x 3, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 3, p2 cc1, p1, k3
Row 47: kfb, k1, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 4, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 48: k3, (p2, p2 cc1) x 4, p5, p1 cc2, p5, (p2 cc1, p2) x 4, k3
Row 49: kfb, k1, k44 cc2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Row 50: k3, p44 cc2, k3
Row 51: kfb, k1, k2, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k5, k1 cc2, k5, (k2 cc1, k2) x 4, k2, k1, kfb - +2sts
Now we move to working in the round
After Row 51 cast on xx sts using the thumb method, join in the round and add a stitch marker for the start of the round.
Get your extra red (cc2) bobbins ready as were going to need them soon. You will be cutting the cc1 yarn either end of the first three round for this section, after that there is no need to cut the yarn it can travel up between rounds and around in floats.
Round 1: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * once more, p around
Round 2: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * once more, k around
Round 3: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * once more, p around
Round 4: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * around
Round 5 & 6: *k1 cc1, k1 cc2, K23 cc1; rep from * around
Round 7 & 8: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * around
Round 9 - 20: Repeat Rounds 5 - 8 three more times
Round 21 - 23: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * around
Round 24 - 25: k cc2 around
Round 26 - 30: *k1, k1 cc2, k3, (k2, k2 cc1) x 4, k4; rep from * around
Round 31 - 49: Repeat Rounds 4 - 23
Round 50: p around
Round 51: k around
Round 52: p around
Bind off
Now there's the matter of all those loose ends to weave in.... but I promise it's worth it.
My daughter loves wearing this as a hair band/wrap, which I'd not thought of.
How will you wear yours? Let us know in the comments and as always if you take progress pic please share them in Yarn Jugglers over on facebook or use the hashtag #Igotcraftywithbabs or #babsgetscrafty
Great Idea😁 I'm just knitting my Hubby a cowl at the moment but this looks great as an alternative.thanks for the pattern🙂👍