To celebrate our 3rd annual Halloween MKAL, you can get this pattern for 50% OFF until October 1, 2025 (11:59pm ET). Use the coupon code PARTY at checkout.

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If you are purchasing the Halloween Party MKAL, make sure to purchase your other Halloween patterns in a separate transaction to use both discounts.

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You are cordially invited to the Halloween Party MKAL! Get ready for Halloween this season with a frightfully fun Mystery Knit-a-long. Using a combination of textural stitches and stranded colorwork, knitters will knit a Halloween cowl that is packed with knitting tricks and treats. Knitting begins October 1st with one clue a day for 13 days. That’s 13 days of Halloween knitting! The final clue will be released on the thirteenth, so you have plenty of time to wear and enjoy your cowl before Halloween. Let’s PARTY!

SCHEDULE
You will receive one clue a day for 13 days beginning on October 1st and ending on October 13th. That’s 13 CLUES!

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• seamless construction
• stranded colorwork
• textural stitches
• slipped stitches
• video tutorials
• Halloween knitting fun!

A portion of this cowl will be worked in textural stitches. These sections will be charted and include written instructions. I provide tutorials to help you through the textural stitches. This pattern includes stranded colorwork. In fact, most of this pattern will be worked in stranded colorwork. The stranded colorwork will be charted, but will not include written instructions. All stranded colorwork will be done in the round and you will never need to carry more than 2 strands at once. The Halloween Party cowl is intended for intermediate knitters who are comfortable with stranded colorwork.

SIZE
ONE SIZE : Adult

The overall shape & size of this cowl is NOT part of the mystery. This will be a shawl-shaped cowl. This is my absolute favorite shape for knitting a cowl. This shape is wonderfully wearable, and it is PERFECT for working colorwork in the round. If you have never knit one of my shawl-shaped cowls, check out the the cowls from my previous Halloween MKALs: the Witch’s Brew Cowl and the Haunted House Cowl.

FRONT LENGTH: 25 inches / 63.5 cm
BACK LENGTH: 12.5 inches / 32 cm
NECK OPENING: 19 inches / 48.5 cm

YARN
Fingering weight yarn in 6 colors

Color 1: 93 yards / 85 m
Color 2: 106 yards / 96 m
Color 3: 85 yards / 77 m
Color 4: 113 yards / 103 m
Color 5: 70 yards / 64 m
Color 6: 126 yards / 116 m

When you purchase this pattern, you will receive the GETTING READY GUIDE. You will not receive the pattern clues until October 1st. The 13 clues, & Supplemental Photo Tutorials will be delivered daily from October 1st through the 13th. Check out the kits available from Miss Babs OR from the list of dyers who have created something special for the MKAL. This project is also great for stash busting and using up leftovers!

NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5mm) 24-inch (60cm) circulars or as required to meet gauge

GAUGE
24 sts & 32 rounds = 4 inches / 10cm in stockinette flat & in the round after blocking
24 sts & 32 rounds = 4 inches / 10cm in stockinette stranded colorwork flat & in the round after blocking

TOOLS
4 stitch markers, measuring tape, blocking pins, & tapestry needle