This was looking like a great pattern, and I was excited to get started on the cowl. I thought I'd found yarn with plenty of magenta to keep me happy, but here I go again. As I neared the center of the skein, I just didn't care for the white/bright strand following the teal/green. To solve that problem, I broke the yarn, and started knitting again with the teal. All of this reminded me of being a kid.
When given an oatmeal cookie, I'd take a look, pick out the raisins, politely I
hope, eat the cookie, and have a little stack of raisins on my napkin,
ready to be thrown away. While my children were growing up, I do not
think we had raisins in the house, and we solved the cookie problem
with this Choc-Oat Chip cookie recipe. And now I have another problem, no kids to help eat that batch of cookies, so first things first, let me give you a great 1/2 recipe.
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter - softened3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 Tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup Quaker Oats
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts - chopped
preheat oven to 375F.
Beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well.
Add flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in oats, chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet.
Bake 9-10 minutes at 375F.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack. Cool completely, and store in container.
Dessert
First Cowl
Marilynn
Blacketer '15
The Dessert
First Cowl is a companion to the the Dessert First Mitts and Hat.
The
Fancy Cable is fun to work, and
the knitter is given the choice of a few vertical cables working
their way toward the top, or
fancy cables throughout. The
cowl can be knit in a weekend, or two, making it the perfect gift or
accessory. This
may be considered an intermediate level pattern because knowledge of
cables is helpful. If finished neatly, the cowl is interestingly
reversible!
Finished
sizes:
Large
: flat 36”, stretches to 48”circumference, height 8”
Small: flat 16”, stretches to 24”circumference,
height 10”
Gauge: 4.5
stitches = 1” It's a cowl, check yarn label, and softness of fabric
is more important.
Materials:
Yarn:
cotton or wool blend in worsted weight
Large
: 400 yard/ 7oz; Small: 200
yards/ 3.5 oz
Photo: Dessert First Cowl is knit in Universal Yarn
Classic Shades worsted;
70% acrylic/ 30% wool; 197 yards
/
100
grams
color #726 Pompidou (2 skeins)
Needles:
Size US#8, 24”or 16” circular needles, Size US#9 needle
for Bind Off
Notions:
Stitch
markers, cable needle, tapestry needle
Abbreviations:
CO = cast on k=knit p=purl cn=cable
needle pm = place marker
Rnd/s=round/s
sts=stitches c8B=cable 8 Back c8F=cable 8 Front
Special
Stitches:
c8B
= cable 8 Back = slip 4sts to cn and hold in back, work 4sts on left
needle as presented
(k1,
p2, k1), work sts from cn as presented (k1, p2, k1)
c8F
= cable 8 Front = slip 4sts to cn and hold in front, work 4sts on
left needle as presented
(k1,
p2, k1), work sts from cn as presented (k1, p2, k1)
Special
Stitches: Fancy Cable (these
20 stitches and 10 rounds make the fancy cable)
Rnds
1-9: * Knit 2, purl 2; repeat from * to end
Rnd
10: K1, c8B, c8F, k1, p2
Directions:
Directions are written for size large [small directions are in
brackets] (Notes in Italic)
With
size US#8, 24”[16”] circular needles, use long-tail cast-on
method, cast on 240 [120]stitches.
Place
marker & join together by knitting first stitch being careful not
to twist.
Cowl:
(the
first 20 stitches and 10 rounds make the Fancy Cable)
Rnds
1- 9: * Knit 2, purl 2; repeat from * to end
Rnd
10: * K1, c8B, c8F, k1, p2, (k2, p2) ten times, pm; repeat from * to
end (60st repeat)
Optional
Extra Fancy Rnd 10:* K1, c8B, c8F, k1, p2, pm; repeat from * to
end (24st repeat)
Work
cowl with Fancy Cable pattern for 8” [10”] ending on rnd 9.
For
a taller cowl work extra rounds of pattern before starting the bind
off.
With
size US#9 needle, Bind Off loosely in pattern.
Finishing:Cut
12” yarn, tie off neatly, and weave in tails for a very reversible
cowl.
Fancy
Cable Chart
Key:(Rnd
10) knit , cable8B >//<, cable8F >\\<, k
, purl - , p -
This
pattern is available on MarilynnsGardenKnitDesign.blogspot.com
pattern pdf is available on Ravelry.com (login needed)
Copyright
2015, Marilynn Blacketer. All rights reserved.
5/1/15
For
pattern support please contact: marilynnblacketer@gmail.com
This pattern is available on MarilynnsGardenKnitDesign.blogspot.com
pattern pdf is available on Ravelry.com (login needed)
Copyright
2015, Marilynn Blacketer. All rights reserved.
5/1/15
For
pattern support please contact: marilynnblacketer@gmail.com
