Neck Thingum by Elizabeth McCarten

Neck Thingum

Knitting
December 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
2x2 ribbing is stretchy so gauge is difficult to calculate.
US 6 - 4.0 mm
150 - 200 yards (137 - 183 m)
Variable, depending on yarn and needles
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

These “Neck Thingums”, as we call them, are a critical element in our winter coping strategy. They’re unisex, can be worn indoors or out, folded over like a turtleneck (when it’s not minus 15C), pulled up over the lower face, scrunched up under the chin, or layered with a loose cowl (like the Bandanna Cowl). So cozy! No wonder we’ve been known to fight over them. Each one takes only 60-80g of non-superwash wool (you don’t want to lose the wool’s defining properties, after all). I like to use a soft non-superwash pure wool like Quince & Co’s Lark, or Cascade 220. The one pictured here took a little over one skein of Lark in Kittywake. Instructions, such as they are, follow. Hint: download a good audiobook or settle in for some binge watching on Netflix, ‘cause you’re in for some
b-o-r-i-n-g knitting.