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The Leerdam Advanced Cowl is made of repeating stripes of the three-color and two-color mosaic tweed pattern, the lacy Pillar stitch and the cable-like Valley stitch. A bit of stockinette stitch in between further accentuates the textures and provides a perfect place to seamlessly graft your cowl together.

SIZES

1 sizes: 27.5/ 70 cm in circumference by 10 / 25 cm high

YARN

Fingering-weight yarn (~415-460 yd / 380-420 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g) in 3 colors:

Main color (MC) 600 yd / 550 m;
Two contrasting colors (CC1 and CC2) 80 yd /
70 m each

The pattern is designed in collaboration with Sonder Yarn Co. with their Grace’ yarn base (75% merino, 15% cashmere, 10% silk; 490 yd / 448 m per 4.1 oz / 115 g) in exclusive colorway Salt and Stone’ as MC and their Sock Minis (80% merino, 20% nylon; 80 yd / 73 m per 0.7 oz / 20 g) in colorways Fleur’ (CC1 coral) and Glace’ (CC2 light mint)

NOTIONS

Waste yarn in same weight and contrasting to MC (choose a smooth yarn that is easy to unravel), crochet hook F / 3.5 mm, 1 stitch marker, cable needle, tapestry needle, scissors.

GAUGE Per 4 / 10 cm, after wet-blocking

Stockinette: 26 sts by 37 rnds on Needle A
2-color Tweed Mosaic: 26 sts by 63 rnds on Needle B
3-color Tweed Mosaic: 26 sts by 63 rnds on Needle B
Pillar Stitch: 26 sts by 48 rnds on Needle A
Valley Stitch: 28 sts by 48 rnds on Needle A

NEEDLES

16/ 40 cm circulars in two sizes:

Needle A: (2 sets, or 1 extra set in an even smaller size) Suggested Size: US 3 / 3.25 mm (or size to get gauge in stockinette)
Needle B: (1 set) Suggested Size: US 5 / 3.75 mm (or size to get gauge in 3-color Tweed Mosaic)

CONSTRUCTION

The Leerdam Advanced Cowl is knit sideways in the round to create a long tube for double the warmth and a seamless look. It starts with a provisional cast- on and a stockinette band followed by a slip stitch section (including 3 different patterns arranged symmetrically), then another stockinette band with valley stitch in the middle. This whole sequence is worked a total of 2 times with a bit of color variation, so you can always choose which section you want to wear to the front that day. The cowl finishes with another stockinette band, making it very easy to graft the last round to the cast on with Kitchener Stitch to join the tube into a loop.

PATTERN TECHNIQUES

Provisional Cast On (using waste yarn and crochet hook) see below
Knitting in the round
Slip stitch patterns
Reading charts (optional)
Grafting