I had just one 50 g ball of an unlabelled mystery wool yarn in a lovely shade of blue. Using a cast on of 120 stitches this little cowl was worked in the round. The finished cowl is 62 cm around and 14 cm deep, making it perfect as a neck warmer for the colder days.
Two different wavy stitches are used in this project, each one uses a 12 stitch repeat. The first produces the lovely scalloped edge effect and uses lots of purl stitches. I then switched to a wave crest pattern that has more eyelets and some defining rows of garter stitch which make the lovely waves.
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Knitting patterns with diagonal designs can be very attractive. In this scarf I have designed I used a solid diagonal pattern and a more open diagonal stitch to allow the inclusion of some beads. The scarf is 25cm wide and 190 cm in length, so long enough for a couple of wraps if desired.
I threaded the beads onto the yarn before commencing the knitting. Each lace panel used 40 beads and as there were 12 such panels it was quite a few beads! The beads were size 6 Japanese seed beads and were purchased online from Over The Rainbow: https://polymerclay.com.au/ The 8 ply knitting yarn used is called Milky Way. It is 84% wool and 16% milk fibre. It has a luxury feel and drapes beautifully. Bendigo Woollen Mills produce this yarn. The colour is called Jupiter. I like knitting cowls and this little lacey one was a relatively quick one to knit. Done in the round with a 144 stitch cast on, it uses a simple ribbed edging with 3 lace panels defined by a row of garter stitch. I have used a nice variegated 8 ply yarn called Bloom from Bendigo Woollen Mills. It measures 86cm in circumference.
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