Jamestown by Martha Wissing

Jamestown

Knitting
February 2026
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Pattern St
US 8 - 5.0 mm
220 - 440 yards (201 - 402 m)
Circumference 23(54)" /58(137) cm
English
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Jamestown is knit in the lovely Urth Yarns Uneek Worsted yarn. It’s a long gradation, colorful self-striping yarn and enhances the chevron pattern stitch. The expanded eyelet chevron pattern is easy to memorize and looks much more complicated than it is!

There are two ways to make the cowl. Cast on and knit flat, like a scarf, bind off and sew the cast on edge to the bind off edge. OR, begin with a provisional cast on using waste yarn, the cowl is then knit flat, like a scarf, and use the three needle bind off to join the ends into a cowl.

Finished measurements
Circumference 23(54)“ /58(137) cm
Width – 9” /22.9 cm

Materials
1(2) Hank(s) URTH YARNS UNEEK WORSTED (100 g / 220 yds), #4020
Straight/circular knitting needle(s), size 8 (5 mm) OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
4 stitch markers
Waste yarn for provisional cast on (optional)
Spare needle size 8 (5 mm) or smaller for three needle bind off (optional)

Gauge
25 sts = 4” /10 cm; 26 rows = 4” /10 cm in Eyelet Chevron Pattern stitch
TO SAVE TIME, TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE

Pattern stitch is written and charted.

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