Quick Gifts 5: Easy Lace Loop & Cowl by Adriana Hernandez-Bergstrom

Quick Gifts 5: Easy Lace Loop & Cowl

Knitting
April 2013
DK (11 wpi) ?
18.5 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Acutiflora Lace (given in pattern as chart & text)
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
150 - 550 yards (137 - 503 m)
DK/8ply Cowl: ~24-26” / 61-66 cm Loop: ~44-48” / 112-122 cm | Fingering/4ply Cowl: ~22” / 61 cm Loop: ~44” / 112 cm
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The pattern is for 2 sizes: Cowl and Loop.
And given in 2 yarn weights: DK and Fingering. It’s a great pattern for stash-busting and using up variegated yarns.

SIZES
DK/8ply
Cowl: ~24-26” / 61-66 cm circumference
Loop: ~44-48” / 112-122 cm circumference
Fingering/4ply
Cowl: ~22” / 61 cm circumference
Loop: ~44” / 112 cm circumference

All have height ~10.5” / 26.5 cm

SKILLS
• knitting in the round
• slipping a stitch
• passing a slipped stitch over live stitches
• yarning over
• dropping stitches

MATERIALS
DK/8ply Yarn
Cowl – 150 yds / 137 m DK/8 ply yarn
Loop – 300 yds / 274 m DK/8 ply yarn
Fingering/4ply Yarn
Cowl – 275 yds / 229 m Fingering weight / 4ply yarn
Loop – 550 yds / 457 m Fingering weight / 4ply yarn

NOTIONS
1 stitch marker, tapestry needle

GAUGE
DK/8ply Gauge
18.5 sts and 22 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Lace Motif with US 7 / 4.5 mm knitting ndls
Fingering/4ply Gauge
24 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Lace Motif with US 4 / 3.5 mm knitting ndls