Powell Kerchief by Benjamin Krudwig

Powell Kerchief

Knitting
November 2016
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 7 - 4.5 mm
200 - 210 yards (183 - 192 m)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Ever since I was a child, I was obsessed with the cowboy life from the mid to late 1800’s in what is now Colorado. Thoughts of cattle-drives, horse-rustling, and all the John Wayne-esque gun-slinging raced through my mind. Now as an adult, I am revisiting some of these memories. This kerchief plays with the traditional triangular shape of a kerchief, but takes a modern turn. I used Mountain Meadow Wool Powell for this project, a 100% American Grown, Milled, and Dyed yarn, made in Wyoming.

Yarn: Mountain Meadow Wool Powell - Worsted
MC: 90 yards (82m) - Natural
CC: 110 yards (100m) - Fern
Needles: US Size 7 (4.5mm)
Gauge: 18sts X 30 rows = 4” square (10cm)
Finished Measurements: 31” X 15.5” (78.75 X 39.5)cm
Other Notions:
4 Stitch markers, button (optional)
Abbreviations
Sts - stitches
p - purl
k - knit
yo - yarn over
CO - cast-on
BO - bind-off
M - Place Marker
pm - pass marker