Coming soon as a pdf pattern available from Heather’s Ravelry and PayHip stores!

This asymmetric stranded colorwork cowl is a great option for learning or improving your steeking skills.

Worked flat at the beginning with simple ribbing and small buttonholes, a steek is cast on and the body is worked in the round in stranded colorwork. Only two colors are used at a time. Once the colorwork is complete, the steek is bound off and the upper ribbing is worked flat. After the steek is reinforced and cut, the button bands are added.

Using only 6 colors of sport weight yarn, some in small quantities, it’s a great stash busting project as well!

Quantities of Yarn Used:
Color A: a dark brown, about 80 yds.
Color B: a taupe, about 30 yds.
Color C: a white or cream, about 65 yds.
Color D: a dark blue or dark green, about 40 yds.
Color E: a light blue or light green, about 45 yds.
Color F: a yellow or coral or red, about 5 yds.

Info specific to the Knitrino Version:
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About the Pattern
There is so much to love about the Flower Fantasteek Cowl by Heather Storta, from the asymmetric design, the Fair Isle colorwork motif in 6 colors, to the tidiest buttonholes. But best of all: this pattern is an excellent way to learn or improve your steeking skills. A steek is a method used in knitting to knit in the round, typically colorwork, and then cut it to make an opening for garments or shaping.

Construction
This cowl begins with ribbing knit flat, with buttonholes, then 5 stitches are added for the steek column and it is joined to work in the round for the colorwork. Once the colorwork is finished, the steek column is bound off and the top ribbing is again worked flat. After binding off the cowl, you’ll reinforce the steek stitches using the crochet method, and then cut. Then you will pick up stitches along the cut edges for the button bands, block, and sew on the buttons.

Yarn & Kit info
This beautiful cowl features a Fair Isle motif in 6 colors in our very own Shepherding Yarn, and we have a few kits available with just the right amounts. Down the winding dirt roads is a small Merino farm with wool that is unsurpassed. It’s softly spun in a full palette of both natural colors and colors we hand dyed ourselves–we hope you’ll feel the love that is infused throughout! (We couldn’t decide which cheerful pop of color we loved the most so you’ll receive both Baby Flamingo and Canary. Pick the one that suits you best!)

Yardage needed
Color A Falcon (dark brown) 80 yards/ 73m
Color B Sparrow (taupe) 30 yards/ 27m
Color C Egret )white) 65 yards/ 59m
Color D Heron (dark blue) 40 yards/ 37m
Color E Indigo Bunting (light blue) 45 yards/ 41m
Color F Canary (yellow) 5 yards / 4m

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