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Shelly
By Abigail Oakley
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Shelly, a quickand lovely cowlsuited foranyone. Not toogirly, with justenoughfeminine detail.Leave off theshell border andadd a couple of stitches to thegarter edgestitches for amoremanly/unisexlook.
Size:
21 ½” circumference, 9 ½” tall from the widest shell points
Gauge:
5 stitches per inch
Materials:
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~175 yds worsted weight (wool, wool blends, alpaca, alpaca blends, etc) I used locallygrown and spun Alpaca
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Size 7 10” straight needles
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H/ 5mm crochet hook
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Tapestry needle
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Smooth scrap yarn (such as cotton) yarn for provisional cast on
Gauge:
5 stitches per inch
Shelly
By Abigail Oakley
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Pattern Notes:Garter Rib Pattern (knit):
Row 1 (WS): *k2, p2* to end, k2Row 2 (RS): Knit
Shell Border (crochet):
Single Crochet into the first stitch, skip two stitches, 5 double crochet into the next stitch, *skip2, sc1, skip 2, 5 dc in next stitch* repeat to endFor additional info on the shell border please go here:http://www.crochetspot.com/crochet-pattern-basic-shell-edging/
Directions:
Body of the cowl:
Provisionally cast on 46 stitches (a minimum of 4 more if omitting the shell border) using thismethod:http://rosemarygoround.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-it-monday-already.html You will begin by chaining a few stitches with your crochet hook and then crochet the stitcheson to the needle.Begin working in Garter Rib Pattern starting with Row 1. If you are omitting the shell border anyadditional stitches you cast on will be knit at the beginning and end of the row. If you cast on 4additional stitches then your row one will look like this: k4, *p2, k2* to end, k4.Continue in the Garter Rib Pattern until the piece is 21 ½” long, ending with Row 1.Slip the live stitches onto some scrap yarn and cut a long tail. Block the piece flat, with theribbing stretched.Put the live stitches back on the needle. Unzip the provisional cast on and place those stitcheson the needle as well.Use the Kitchener stitch to graft the two ends together. It should look continuous as your firstand last row was *k2, p2* and the joining row is the knit row.
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