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Colour Research Project Cowl
The Flowing River Cowl is FREE & all Fission Knitting Patterns are 25% off through November 30. No code required. Fission Knitting is reversible knitting like you’ve never seen before!
Watch me knit this cowl!
This cowl was originally designed as an experiment to see how colours combine in 4 colour Fission Knitting. As people started to knit it, I realized that this pattern gives you the opportunity to:
- use your mini-skeins and scraps of yarn (see below for the small required yardages),
- experiment with colour,
- learn the basics of 4 colour Fission Knitting (managing 4 yarns attached to your work),
- create a super squishy cowl in a fabric like you’ve never seen before in knitting.
The cowl shown above is knit in worsted weight held double and works up as quickly as a chunky weight project. The thick squishy lines are perfect on a little one.
Directions are also given for laceweight, fingering weight and DK yarns.
For colour inspiration, look at the completed projects!
The yardages given are for a snug fitting cowl approximately 6 inch/ 15 cm in height. You will need 4 colours of yarn for the body. Additional yarn is required for the top and bottom edges. Add repeats for a larger size and work to desired height.
Lace (Body 102 yd/ 93 m; Edge 22 yd/ 20 m)
Fingering (Body 50 yd/ 46 m; Edge 18 yd/ 16 m)
DK (Body 50 yd/ 46 m; Edge 26 yd/ 24 m)
Worsted (34 yd/ 31 m; Edge 18 yd/ 16 m)
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