Rhubarb & Custard Cowl free knitting pattern

Rhubarb & Custard Cowl

Amanda Hurrell Eight-by-Six©

Sizes and Materials List

Needles: 5mm circular needles with 40cm cable
knitters darning needle
scissors
one stitch marker

Hand-made label or wooden button

Yarn: I’ve used hand dye yard from sewhappycreative in Aran weight (200g) but you can substitute for any Aran yarn plain, multi coloured, self striping or maybe use up scraps to create a unique cowl. You can knit this in a few evenings, and it makes a very quick last minute gift. You can purchase an ad free pdf from love crafts.com

Pattern size of approx. 12 by 11.5 inches

Wash care instructions: machine washable 30 degrees, cool tumble dry, no iron, no dry clean

Colours used in order:

Pink, Cream fleck

Abbreviations

Skill Level: beginner
St: stitch
K: knit
P: purl
garter stitch (knit every row)

Pattern Instructions

This pattern is written in U.K. terms

Let’s start

cast on 100 stitches using 5mm circular knitting needles in your first colour, I’ve used pink. I use a cast on method called cable cast on, but you can use which ever you find easier.

We will be using Moss stitch for the first 5 rows.

Join in the round, being careful not to twist your stiches. I lay my needles onto a flat surface with the stitches facing on the outside.

I’ve added a few photos below to show you the joining in the round method I use.

Join in the round

Knit your first stitch, then pass the original first stitch on your right needle over the stitch you have just knitted. This gives a very even join. You can tug the original stitch tighter to close the small gap when you have knitted a few rows. Place a stitch marker on the first stitch of this round so that you know where the starting point is.

Pass your first knit stitch over to join

Place your stitch marker to mark the BOR

Continue to K1, P1 (Moss stitch) until you reach the beginning. Continue to use the same colour yarn and knit 5 rows, then knit 5 rows moss stitch. This is the pattern repeat.

Change colour to cream fleck and knit 5 rows, knit 5 rows moss stich, knit 5 rows, change colour.

Continue in the pattern set until you have 75 rows in total

Pattern:

5 rows Moss stitch

5 rows knit

5 rows Moss stitch

Note: for my test cowl I knitted 20 rows in one colour, repeat, my second follows 15 rows in one colour

Cast off in either moss stitch, knit or purl, depending on how you want the cast off edge to look. Sew in the ends securely.

You are welcome to use my pattern to make cowls to sell for personal use, but please do not copy or sell my pattern. Please credit me back with eightbysix, thank you.