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RED HEART® Boutique Unforgettable®: 2 balls 3943 Stained Glass
Susan Bates® Knitting Needles: 4 mm [US 6] 24” (60 cm) circular needle Yarn needle
GAUGE: 26 sts = 4” (10 cm); 32 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
RED HEART® Boutique Unforgettable®, Art. E793 available in 3.5oz (100 g), 280 yd (256 m) balls
Cowl measures 38” (96.5 cm) circumference and 6” (15 cm) wide.
Special Stitch ssk (slip, slip, knit) = Slip next 2 stitches, one at a time as if to knit, to right needle, insert point of left needle through front of sts, knit these sts together through back loop – 1 st decreased. Notes. Cowl is worked in knit Entrelac. To begin, a tier of triangles is worked to form the base. The triangles are knit in short rows. Short rows are worked over only a portion of the stitches, then the work is turned leaving the remaining stitches unworked. Read the instructions carefully to ensure that the work is turned (or not turned) as indicated.
COWL Cast on 150 sts.
TIER 1: Left-Leaning Base Triangles First Triangle Row 1 (right side): K2, turn. Row 2 (wrong side): P2, turn. Row 3: K3, turn. Row 4: P3, turn. Row 5: K4, turn. Row 6: P4, turn. Row 7: K5, turn. Row 8: P5, turn. Row 9: K6, turn. Row 10: P6, turn. Row 11: K7, turn. Row 12: P7, turn. Row 13: K8, turn. Row 14: P8, turn. Row 15: K9, turn. Row 16: P9, turn. Row 17: K10, do NOT turn.
Next 13 Triangles Repeat Rows 1–17 of First Triangle until there are a total of 14 triangles.
Last Triangle Repeat Rows 1–16 of First Triangle. Row 17: K10, turn. Row 18 (wrong side): P10, do NOT turn.
TIER 2: Right-Leaning Rectangles First Rectangle With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of last base triangle, TURN. Row 1 (right side): K10, turn. Row 2 (wrong side): P9, p2tog (1 st from the current rectangle and 1 st from the next triangle), turn. Rows 3–18: Repeat Rows 1 and 2 eight times. Row 19: K10, turn. Row 20 (wrong side): P9, p2tog, do NOT turn.
Next 13 Rectangles With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of next base triangle, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Repeat these instructions until there are a total of 14 rectangles in this tier.
Last Rectangle Note: The piece is joined into a round as the last rectangle is worked by working the p2tog at the end of each wrong side row over 1 st from the current rectangle and 1 st from the first base triangle. With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of the remaining base triangle, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Row 21 (right side): K10, do NOT turn.
TIER 3: Left-Leaning Rectangles First Rectangle With right side facing, pick up and knit10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of last rectangle in previous tier, TURN. Row 1 (wrong side): P10, turn. Row 2 (right side): K9, ssk (1 st from the current rectangle and 1 st from rectangle in previous tier), turn. Rows 3–18: Repeat Rows 1 and 2 eight times. Row 19: P10, turn. Row 20 (right side): K9, ssk, do NOT turn.
Next 13 Rectangles With right side facing, pick up and knit 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of next rectangle in previous tier, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Repeat these instructions until there are a total of 14 rectangles in this tier.
Last Rectangle With right side facing, pick up and knit 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of the remaining rectangle of previous tier, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Row 21 (wrong side): P10, do NOT turn.
TIER 4: Right-Leaning Rectangles First Rectangle With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of last rectangle in previous tier, TURN. Row 1 (right side): K10, turn. Row 2 (wrong side): P9, p2tog (1 st from the current rectangle and 1 st from rectangle in previous tier), turn. Rows 3–18: Repeat Rows 1 and 2 eight times. Row 19: K10, turn. Row 20 (wrong side): P9, p2tog, do NOT turn.
Next 13 Rectangles With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of next rectangle in previous tier, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Repeat these instructions until there are a total of 14 rectangles in this tier.
Last Rectangle With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of the remaining rectangle of previous tier, TURN. Repeat Rows 1–20 of First Rectangle. Row 21 (right side): K10, do NOT turn.
TIER 5: Left-Leaning Rectangles Repeat Tier 3.
TIER 6: Right-Leaning Finishing Triangles First Triangle With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 10 sts evenly spaced across side edge of last rectangle in previous tier, TURN. Row 1 (right side): K8, ssk, turn. Row 2 (wrong side): P8, p3tog (1 from current triangle and 2 from rectangle in previous tier), turn. Row 3: K7, ssk, turn. Row 4: P7, p2tog (1 from current triangle and 1 from rectangle in previous tier), turn. Row 5: K6, ssk, turn. Row 6: P6, p2tog, turn. Row 7: K5, ssk, turn. Row 8: P5, p2tog, turn. Row 9: K4, ssk, turn. Row 10: P4, p2tog, turn. Row 11: K3, ssk, turn. Row 12: P3, p2tog, turn. Row 13: K2, ssk, turn. Row 14: P2, p2tog, turn. Row 15: K1, ssk, turn. Row 16: P1, p2tog, turn. Row 17: Ssk, turn. Row 18 (wrong side): P2tog, do NOT turn.
Next 14 Triangles With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 1 st at beginning of edge of next rectangle in previous tier, pass remaining st of previous triangle over the picked up st and off needle, pick up and purl 9 more sts evenly spaced across edge of same rectangle in previous tier. Repeat Rows 1–18 of First Triangle. Repeat these instructions until there are a total of 15 triangles in this tier and only 1 st remains on needle. Fasten off.
FINISHING Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS
k = knit;
p = purl;
p2tog = purl next 2 sts together;
p3tog = purl next 3 sts together;
st(s) = stitch(es).