Gentle Blooms Cowl

The Gentle Blooms cowl is perfect for using up those special skeins of yarn. The sample used leftovers from a larger shawl, as I didn’t want the beautiful yarn to languish in my stash. Gentle Blooms is a bandana-style cowlette, which means you get the beauty and fun of a shawl at a small scale but it’s easy to wear and will stay in position.

YARN

3 colours of yarn in 4ply/fingering weight yarn. Merino and merino/silk singles were used in the pattern but any 4ply/fingering composition should work well.

MC: Navy – 225m [247yds]
CC1: Cream – 85m [93yds]
CC2: Pink – 97m [107yds]

Yarn used in the sample
MC – Skein Queen Selkino (100g; 400m [438yds]; 70% merino wool, 30% silk) 4ply/fingering; colourway: Ink
CC1 – The Wool Barn Merino & Silk (100g; 400m [438yds]; 70% merino wool, 30% silk) 4ply/fingering; colourway: Powder
CC2 – Black Elephant Merino Singles (100g; 366m [400yds]; 100% merino) 4ply/fingering; colourway: Marina

SIZE

One Size
Neck Opening – 51cm [20”]
Back length – 19cm [7 ½”]
Front Length – 53cm [21”]

GAUGE

24 stitches by 36 rounds = 10cm [4”] in stocking stitch.
26 stitches by 32 rounds = 10cm [4”] in stranded knitting pattern.
Check your gauge.

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES

3.75 mm [US Size 5] – 60cm [24in] circular needles; or size to obtain gauge
6.5 mm [US Size 10.5] for cast off
Stitch markers x 4
Darning needle

TECHNIQUES USED IN THE PATTERN

• Knit and purl
• Slip stitches
• Working in the round
• Decreases (ssk, k2tog)
• Increases (m1l, m1r, yo)
• Texture stitch (video tutorial included)
• Stranded colourwork in the round

The pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knitted.