Deep Grooves Cowl

Advancing Beginner Skills.
Knit, Purl and Slip.
Worked Flat and Joined with a 3 Needle BO or Graft.
Optional Decorative I-cord.

Includes both line-by-line abbreviated instructions and a chart.

Tidy Slipped Stitch Selvage Edges.
Fully Reversible.
Fast and Fun with Impressive End Results.

A “trick” with overlapping placement of simple knit and purl checks makes a deeply dimensional texture.

Especially fun with high variegate yarns, but any color type is lovely.

Adjustable to maximize yarn on hand =knit to desired length or almost out of yarn.

The tighter the stitches the deeper the grooves! Tested beautifully with a lighter yarn and more open gauge as well, so any Yarn Needle pairing is fair game!

Blocking is not required - but you can. Treat your gauge Swatch as you will your FO.

Yarn

420 yards (394 m) DK Weight Yarn
~ Sample used 2 Hanks - 420 yds /384 m
Malabrigo Dos Tierras in Diana

50% Merino, 50% Alpaca (Tightly Plied) @
210 yds (192 m) per 100 g

Note: Dos Tierras is dense and tightly plied so, though the yardage is comparable to a Worsted, it knits up like a DK.

Needles and Notions

US 6 (4 mm) Needles
~Or size that gets gauge/desired fabric.
Crochet Hook
Row Counter
Stitch Markers 2 + 1 Removable
Tapestry Needle
Scrap Yarn

Measurements

32” (82 cm) Circumference by 15” (38 cm) Tall
Tall Measurements Taken Flattened.

Gauge

Gauge Is Not Critical But Will Affect Size And Yarn Requirements.

Sample Gauge:

In As-Knit and Gently Flattened Deep Grooves Pattern
22 sts by 40 R = 4” (10 cm) Square

Notes and Tips

Suggest placing a Removable M on Right end of RS
as a visual reminder = It can get difficult to judge RS from WS.

Tech edited by Anita Li Reinehr.
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