The Buttermilk Cowl is an infinity scarf worked in the round and packed with small but mighty cables plus a generous helping of seed stitch for maximum texture and squishiness. Each row of the pattern repeat is easy to memorize, giving you a visually complex surface texture with that’s a breeze to knit.
This pattern is for you if… You are an unabashed lover of 2×2 cables, you can’t get enough of seed stitch, and the thought of combining the two leaves you breathless.
Move along if… Lots and lots of cables are not your idea of a good time.
This pattern matches the Buttermilk Toque.
Pattern Details
Size
One size, unstretched, approximately: 54”/137cm circumference, 9.5”/24cm tall
Yarn
542 yards (495 meters) / 282 grams (10oz) worsted weight yarn.
Sample knit in: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted (110 yards/101 meters per 50 grams/1.76 oz; 100% wool; 6 skeins) in colour Indigo Heather.
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Gauge
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches in charted cable pattern
Needles
Size A: 1 US 6/4mm 32”/81cm circular needle, or size necessary to obtain gauge
Size B: 1 US 7/4.5mm 32”/81cm circular needle, or size necessary to obtain gauge
Notions
stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Techniques
knitting in the round, making knit and purl stitches, increasing and decreasing stitches, making cables using up to four stitches
Both charts and written instructions are included for the stitch patterns.
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