Shifting Angles by Clare Devine

Shifting Angles

Knitting
March 2019
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Fingering
= Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch worked flat, with 2 strands of yarn, and blocked
US 8 - 5.0 mm
394 yards (360 m)
One size Finished size is approximately: 60cm / 24in circumference by 25cm / 10in deep (28cm / 11in deep at front of neck)
English
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Shifting Angles


Materials

The Knitting Goddess BFL Masham 4ply (fingering; 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Masham; 400m / 437yd per 100g skein)
Shade: MC | March 2019; 1 x 100g skein
Shade: CC | March 2019; 1 x 20g skein

Sample used 80g (320m / 350yd) of MC and 8g (32m / 35yd) of CC.
5mm / US 8 circular needle 60cm / 24in length or straight needles
Spare 5mm / US 8 circular needle 60cm / 24in length or straight needles to hold stitches of second half of cowl for three-needle bind-off and grafting.
Spare 5mm for three-needle bind-off
Waste yarn for provisional cast on (or spare cables if using the cast on method that uses a spare cable)
Tapestry needle for grafting
4 lockable stitch markers
Blocking wires and pins

Gauge

Always use the needle size that enables you to match the specified gauge.
18 sts and 32 rows over 10cm / 4in of garter stitch worked flat and blocked, using 5mm / US 8 needles and yarn held double

Size

One size
Finished size is approximately: 60cm / 24in circumference by 25cm / 10in deep (28cm / 11in deep at front of neck)

The sizing is easy to adjust if you want a shorter or longer cowl.