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This pattern is also available on Etsy: Gamer Babe Designs.

Check out my other Knit the Season patterns:

• Knit the Season 2018
• Knit the Season 2019

Love the design but not into baseball? Check out the non-baseball version: Cainer Cowl

Hit a homerun, and wear something fun and different you’ve knit for your favorite baseball team’s season! First, a tube is knit in the round in a spiral pattern. Beads are used to keep track of each game’s score. Then at the end of the season, the ends of the tube are joined to make a cowl.

If you’re game, this pattern can be knit for different sports and the number of games in their season by adjusting the number of rounds knit per game. This is truly a unique accessory to show your love for your boys of summer!

This pattern can be knit for any season. The pattern is named for the season it was designed. Video links are provided.

The knitting of this pattern is based on events as they happen. Your color sequence is not known at the beginning, and you knit your colors as the season progresses. The surprise of the color sequence is what makes a project like this fun and unique.

You have the option to knit the tube with 4 colors to designate home wins and losses and road wins and losses. Or you can use 2 colors to designate wins and losses, regardless of home or road. Keep in mind that you will have all the balls of yarn attached to your project as you work. While 4 colors for the season is fantastic, if you would rather not deal with 4 balls of yarn for the (long!) season, you will want to take this into consideration when making your decision.

The circumference of the finished cowl depends on the number of games played by your team during the season. There are 162 regular season games. If your team does not make the postseason or if you choose not to knit the postseason, the approximate circumference is 65”/165 cm. If your team makes the postseason and you would like to include those games and depending on how many games they play in the postseason, the approximate maximum circumference is 73”/185 cm.

Materials (partial list - see pattern for complete list):
4-color version: approx. 355 yds/325 m of fingering weight yarn in each of 4 different colors for a total of 1,420 yds/1,300 m
OR
2-color version: approx. 602 yds/551 m of fingering weight yarn in each of 2 different colors for a total of 1,204 yds/1,102 m

US size 4/3.5 mm 16” circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge
A second US size 4/3.5 mm 16” circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge (for Three-Needle Bind-off)
Size F/3.75 mm crochet hook for crochet provisional cast-on
Approx. 800 size 6 Japanese seed beads in each of 2 different colors for a total of 1,600 beads
Note: Beads per gram can vary by manufacturer. By weight, 800 beads is between approx. 47 grams and 67 grams, depending on the manufacturer
1.0mm-1.15mm steel crochet hook for placing beads

Finished Measurements:
Tube: 8”/20 cm, measured flat; 16”/41 cm in circumference
Finished cowl: between 65”/165 cm and 73”/185 cm around

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