Image: A bespectacled woman in short black hair leans against a chevron-patterned wall, wearing a soft pink coat, burgundy hat, and multicolored cowl. With her hands in her pockets, she looks slightly off to her left with a faint smile on her face. The cowl is knit out of a multitude of different colors with narrow bands of neutral cream tying them all together.
Image: A bespectacled woman in short black hair leans against an orange-colored wall, wearing a soft pink coat, burgundy hat, and black turtleneck sweater. On her outstretched right arm hangs a multicolored cowl, knit out of a multitude of bright colors with narrow bands of neutral cream tying them all together. With her other hand on her waist, she looks directly at the camera with a smile on her face.
Image: A bespectacled woman in short black hair leans squats in front of a heavily-graffitied wall. She is wearing a soft pink coat, burgundy hat, and multicolored cowl.
Cozy Creatures Cowl
The Cozy Creatures Cowl is one half of my advent patterns for the 2021 season, and is the result of my collaboration with Heathered Handmades.
This recipe is perfect for any advent calendars or scrap collections, and can easily be modified for length, gauge, and yarn weight! The best part is, because it’s knit in the round as a tube, you can just knot your ends together. (I won’t tell anyone, shhhhh!)
The sample pictured is knit from my scraps collection without too much thought to the order of colors. I used a neutral cream to tie everything together, but you can do whatever brings you joy.
If you purchased a 2021 Advent Calendar from Heather, the code you received in the box will be the one you use to redeem the pattern.
Shout out to my friend Sahar for modeling!
DETAILS
Sizes: One size, but as this is a recipe and not a pattern, the size of the cowl can be easily customized to the knitter’s preference.
Yarn: 1 skein of a coordinating neutral and as many advent minis or yarn scraps as you desire.
Recommended Yarn: This pattern was designed with Heathered' Handmades’ Cozy Creatures Advent Calendar in mind. The calendar includes a full sized skein of fingering weight yarn (438 yards) and 24 mini skeins (88 yards each).
This pattern is designed to suit a wide variety of yarns, whether it be hand-spun or big box acrylic. It all depends on your personal preference and what you envision for the finished project!
Needles: Circular needles in US 4 (3.5mm).
Gauge: Gauge is not critical, but should approximate to 22 stitches and 28 rounds after blocking for 4 inches squared in stockinette stitch, knit in the round.
Pay What You Choose: Financial accessibility is an important foundation of my design ethos. The prices for paid patterns are such that I am adequately compensated for a hopefully-sustainable design career. However, if you need, the following codes are available:
PatternsForAll1 : $2.00 off
PatternsForAll2 : $4.00 off
PatternsForAll 3 : $6.00 off
THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to Heather for the collaboration, and to Sahar for modeling.
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SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNER
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December 6, 2021