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Whitman Cowl

November29

Whitman Cowl knit out of Indigodragonfly Polwarth Silk
From “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman
“I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of
summer grass.”

Show off the beauty of your hand-painted yarn with this simple, graphic, lace pattern. The stitch pattern used for the body is a garter stitch version of the lace pattern “Leaves of Grass.”

Whitman Cowl knit out of Filatura di Crosa Zara Chine

Price: $5.00

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Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

Yarn: 360 yards/329 meters wool or wool-blend DK weight yarn that knits up to 5.5 sts/inch.

Whitman Cowl Detail, shown in Indigodragonfly Polwarth Silk
Shown In:

Indigodragonfly ‘DK Polwarth Silk’, (775 yards/709 meters; 75% wool, 25%; 8.82 oz/250 grams per skein), 1 skein in Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal (Wash).

Filatura Di Crosa ‘Zara Chinè’, (137 yards/125 meters; 100% merino; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein), 3 skeins in 1927 Ruby Chinè.

Finished Size (blocked): 51”/130 cm circumference by 9.5”/24 cm wide.

Other Possible Yarns:

  • Classic Elite Yarns ‘Wool Bam Boo’, (118 yards/108 meters; 50% wool, 50% bamboo; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
  • Rowan ‘Amy Butler Belle Organic DK’, (131 yards/120 meters; 50% wool, 50% cotton; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
  • Manos del Uruguay ‘Silk Blend’, (150 yards/137 meters; 70% merino, 30% silk; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
  • madelinetosh ‘tosh merino DK’, (225 yards/206 meters; 100% merino; 4.06 oz/100 grams per skein .
  • Lang Yarns ‘Seta Tweed’, (109 yards/100 meters; 75% silk, 25% cotton; 0.88 oz/25 grams per skein).
  • The Verdant Gryphon ‘Traveller’, (280 yards/256 meters; 100% merino; 3.63 oz/103 grams per skein).
  • Rowan ‘Tapestry’, (131 yards/120 meters; 70% wool, 30% soy; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).

    Other Tools:

  • Stitch marker (1, with an additional 16 to mark chart A repeats if desired)
  • Tapestry needle
  • Glow line tape (to mark current row on chart – optional)
  • Blocking wires and pins

    Skills Required:

  • lace
  • picking up stitches
  • working in the round
  • attached edging
  • increasing/decreasing

    Pattern is 8 pages.

    Jen is pensive in her Whitman Cowl

    Credits:
    Photographer: Shawn Miller, Distractions in Focus

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

    Once payment has been received, you will receive a link to download a PDF of this pattern.

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