Glenolden Cowl

Pick two highly contrasting colors and watch the bold graphic design of Glenolden emerge as you knit. This is a
“choose your own adventure” knitting project: you choose what type of cast on and joining method to use, and
you can vary the number of repeats you work of each chart to create a unique accessory.

SKILL LEVEL Slate Heather (Color A) and Maize Heather (Color

Advanced Beginner B).

SIZES NEEDLES
One size US size 4 (3.5 mm) 16” circular needle, or size
needed to obtain gauge.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Measurements taken after joining and blocking with NOTIONS
cowl laid flat. Stitch marker
Width: 9” Waste yarn for provisional cast on (if used)
Circumference: 30” Yarn needle

YARN
Fingering weight yarn: 270 yards each of Color A
and Color B.
Sample shown is worked in Merino Superwash Sock
Twist by Cloudborn Fibers, 80% Superwash Merino
Wool, 20% Polyamide, 467 yds/427 m, 3.5 oz/100 g,
GAUGE
In Stockinette stitch in the round, 28 sts and 26 rnds
= 4” after blocking.
While exact gauge is not crucial, it will affect the
finished size of the cowl and the amount of yarn
used.

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 NOTES & TECHNIQUES
• The cowl is worked in the round in a tube. You can use a provisional cast on and graft the
two ends together when finished OR you can use a standard cast on, bind off when finished
and sew the two ends together.
• Yarns are carried up inside the cowl as you work.
• The pattern is charted.
• All charts are read from right to left

ABBREVIATIONS
Beg: beginning St(s): stitch(es)

COWL
Using your cast on of choice, cast on 126 sts. Join for working in the round, taking care not to twist stitches.
Place marker for beg of round.

Work Chart A for a total of 19 times, then work Chart B for a total of 9 times.

If you’d like your cowl to be the same the entire length (no reversal of colors), work either chart for a total of 28
repeats.
If you’d like your cowl to reverse halfway, work 14 repeats of each chart.

FINISHING
If you used a provisional cast on, slip those cast on stitches to a spare needle and graft the ends of the cowl
together.
If you used a standard cast on, bind off all stitches and sew the ends of the cowl together.
Block to finished measurements.

Chart A Chart B

Chart key

Color A

Color B

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