A quick new pattern, perfect for gifts!

Cross Stitch Cowls

Six patterns in one! Two sizes and three gauges make it easy to work up lots of these pretty cowls with ease. Barbara Walker’s Quilted Cross Stitch pattern is fun to work and is very cushy. The fabric stays flat, and looks great on both sides. Use fingering, worsted, or bulky weight yarn.

Sizes
Single loop (double loop)
20 (35)” / 51 (89)cm in circumference

Materials and Gauge
This stitch pattern is very dense, so the suggested needles are several sizes larger than what you would normally use for each weight. If you have a little more or a little less yardage than given, it’s easy to bind off early or make your cowl extra deep. Suggested stitch gauge refers to the gauge given on the label of the yarn.

Fingering/sock: 250 (400) yds / 230 (365)m, US 7 / 4.5mm circular needles
DK/Worsted: 175 (300) yds / 160 (275)m, US 10 / 6mm circular needles
Bulky: 130 (230) yds / 119 (210)m, US 17 / 12mm circular needles
Stitch marker and tapestry needle

Fingering weight double loop (silver), shown in Alisha Goes Around Richness of Martens Fingering, 1 skein.

Worsted weight single loop (copper), shown in Sliver Moon Farm superwash worsted, 1 skein.

More Info
2 page PDF pattern with measurements in imperial and metric. Purchase through Ravelry with Paypal (no accounts required).

$4.00 CAD

Cross Stitch Cowls on Ravelry!

I suck at hats. Really, I do. I have a big head and big hair, and what with dry heated air and static and all, I mostly just can’t be arsed to wear a hat. I keep buying hats, and making them, and wearing them once before giving up on them. I’m really more of an earmuffs gal. If I’m wearing one, it must be really, really cold outside.

But! This year I have made a hat that I think I really will wear.

It’s a simple pattern I whipped up for lettuce knit, along the same lines as our easy chunky mitts. I hardly ever use anything thicker than worsted weight to knit with, so it was really fun to pick up this stash skein (Malabrigo Rasta in Ravelry Red) and knit with the big needles.

The patterns for the lettuce knit bulky hat and chunky mitts are available through Ravelry for just $2 each!

(And they make fabulous, quick gifts!)