Ramsey Canyon Cowl by Martha Wissing

Ramsey Canyon Cowl

Knitting
November 2019
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in Seed St
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
200 yards (183 m)
One size
English
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A spring-fed stream, northeast orientation, and high canyon walls provide Ramsey Canyon with a moist, cool environment unusual in the desert Southwest. Lovely place for a Fall afternoon walk. Feels like New England!

For the cowl I chose to have yarns with a cashmere blend - pure luxury. The Ramsey Canyon Cowl uses less than 200 yards of DK weight yarn. The pattern stitch is both written and charted. It features a combination of right and left twist stitches on a stockinette stitch background, bordered with seed stitch.

Finished Measurements
Top Circumference 20” (51 cm) Depth of Triangle 11½“ (29 cm)

Materials
1 Hank ROWAN SULTANO FINE (50 grs / 246 yds), #302 Sangria
OR
2 Hanks AMANO MAYU (50 grs / 109 yds), #2017 Limestone
OR
1 Hank Anzula Cricket (100 grs / 250 yds)
OR
a strand of fingering yarn held together with a fine mohair
24” Length circular knitting needle, size 7 (4.5 mm) OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
Straight or circular needle, size 8 (5 mm) or one size larger than size to obtain gauge for bind off
Stitch markers
Waste yarn for provisional cast on

Gauge
22 sts = 4” (10.2 cm); 42 rows = 4” (10.2 cm) in Seed Stitch
TO SAVE TIME, TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE

The stitch pattern is written line by line and also charted.

The cowl is knitted top down and seamed at the back neck. Instructions are written using M1R and M1L. If you prefer, you may replace these increases with a backward loop cast on stitch. A circular needle is suggested to accommodate the growing number of stitches.