Clouds Cowl and Mitts by Diane L. Augustin

Clouds Cowl and Mitts

Knitting
October 2021
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
4 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
284 yards (260 m)
One size fits most. See Notes.
English
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Clouds Cowl
Isn’t it fun to look up and check out cloud formations, especially on those gorgeous, blue sky, fluffy white cloud days? How often do we take a moment to just relax and enjoy the clouds floating by?
It’s a delight to knit with this fun, soft, lofty, colorful yarn, coincidently named Cloud. It floats through your fingers like clouds passing by, drifting into the atmosphere.
The cowl is composed of stitch pattern sections named after a few types of clouds – Cumulus, Stratus and Cirrus.
The Nimbus mitts have their own stand-alone pattern. They and the cowl were knit from just one skein of Cloud. Enjoy the patterns!

Materials
One skein of Lang Yarns, Cloud, 284 yards. 60 grams of yarn used for the cowl (approximately 170 yards). The sample pictured is color #0002, Rainbow.
Bulky Weight. 90% Extra Fine Virgin Wool Merino/10% Nylon.
Or the same yardage of any bulky
weight yarn.
Size 9 needles, circular 16” or 24”, or straight in any length.
Stitch marker.
Yarn needle.
It is approximately 6 ½” wide x 36” in circumference.
Gauge: 4 sts./in., and not critical for this project. Both projects, the cowl and pair of fingerless mitts, were knit with one skein of Cloud.

Nimbus Mitts
Nimbus clouds are large and dark grey, bringing with them snow or rain.
You’ll have enough leftover yarn from knitting the Clouds cowl to knit these toasty Nimbus Mitts, just in time! Here we are again. It’s fall, but winter is coming. We all need a good pair of warm fingerless mitts to keep our hands toasty.
These are fast and easy! I hope you enjoy making them. Stay warm.

Materials
One skein of Lang Yarns, Cloud, 284 yards. 40 grams of yarn used for the mitts (approximately 114 yards).
The sample in the pictures is color #0002, Rainbow.
Bulky Weight. 90% Extra Fine Virgin Wool Merino/10% Nylon.
Or same yardage of any bulky weight yarn.
Size 7 double pointed needles.
Stitch holder.
Two stitch markers.
Yarn needle.
The mitts were knit in the round with double pointed needles. They are a women’s medium/large.
Approximately 9” long x 8” in circumference. Gauge: 5 sts./in.

Both projects, the cowl and pair of fingerless mitts, were knit with one skein of Cloud. The cowl used 60 grams of yarn (approximately 170 yards). The mitts used 40 grams of yarn (approximately 114 yards).

Thank you to Elizabeth for modeling!