Tiling Twists Cowl by Janelle Martin

Tiling Twists Cowl

Knitting
February 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 31.5 rows = 4 inches
in over Chart A, blocked
US 7 - 4.5 mm
436 yards (399 m)
One Size
English
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The elongated basket weave and mini cables of this stitch pattern combine to create a reversible fabric with two distinctly different, yet attractive, looks.

Pattern is 5 pages.

Skills Required:

  • Working in the round
  • Following charts
  • Blocking

Finished Size (blocked): 55”/132.08 cm circumference by 8.75”/24.765 cm wide

Other Tools:

  • Stitch markers (1)
  • Cable needle
  • Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions)
  • Fine cotton thread in contrasting colour for life-lines
  • Tapestry needle
  • Blocking wires and Tpins

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Yarn: 436 yards/400 meters of alpaca worsted weight yarn that knits up to 5 sts/inch.

Shown In: Misti Alpaca ‘Best of Nature’, (218 yards/200 meters; 100% baby alpaca; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein). 2 skeins in BW04 Colorado.

HiKoo by skacel ‘Simplinatural’, (183 yards/167 meters; 40% merino, 40% alpaca, 20% silk; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein). 3 skeins in 010 Deep Turquoise.

Other Possible Yarns:

  • Aslan Trends ‘Royal Alpaca’, (220 yards/201 meters; 100% alpaca; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
  • Cascade Yarns ‘Pure Alpaca’, (220 yards/201 meters; 100% alpaca; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
  • Misti Alpaca ‘Tonos Worsted’, (218 yards/199 meters; 50% alpaca, 50% merino; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
  • The Fibre Company ‘Road to China’, (69 yards/63 meters; 65% alpaca, 15% silk, 10% camel, 10% cashmere; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
  • The Fibre Company ‘Canopy Worsted’, (200 yards/183 meters; 50% alpaca, 30% merino, 20% bamboo; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
  • Juniper Moon Farm ‘Moonshine’, (197 yards/180 meters; 40% alpaca, 40% wool, 20% silk; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).
  • Berroco ‘Ultra Alpaca’, (215 yards/197 meters; 50% wool, 50% alpaca; 3.53 oz/100 grams per skein).

Hard (paper) copies of this pattern may be available from your local yarn shop. Please contact them for more details.