HALLOWEEN PARTY MKAL TEST
Finished
August 23, 2025
August 31, 2025

HALLOWEEN PARTY MKAL TEST

Tester project info
Halloween Party Cowl by Stephanie Lotven
Knitting
Neck / TorsoCowl
Needles & yarn
744 yards
Dale Garn Baby Ull
43 yards in stash
0.96 skeins = 173.2 yards (158.4 meters), 48 grams
Blue-green
Dale Garn Baby Ull
206 yards in stash
0.42 skeins = 75.8 yards (69.3 meters), 21 grams
Dale Garn Baby Ull
209 yards in stash
1.2 skeins = 216.5 yards (198.0 meters), 60 grams
Blue-green
Dale Garn Baby Ull
148 yards in stash
0.74 skeins = 133.5 yards (122.1 meters), 37 grams
Blue
Trysil Garn Babygarn
440 yards in stash
0.42 skeins = 80.4 yards (73.5 meters), 21 grams
801
1359, 1243, ...
White
Europris
Trysil Garn Babygarn
318 yards in stash
0.34 skeins = 65.1 yards (59.5 meters), 17 grams
803
900
Yellow
Europris
Notes

This was a secret test for one of my favorite designers. As always, it was a fun mystery with interesting sections and motifs. Recommanded!

My final gauge:

  • 24 sts in upper colorwork part, getting looser when coming to the lower parts (22.5 sts), maybe because it was stretched more at this points during the blocking.
  • 26 rnds in colorwork upper part, 25 rnds in lower part.

My final measurements, from edge to tip of last clue:

  • 1) Long edge/ front: 28”/ 71 cm
  • 2) Neck edge: 9 3/4”/ 24.5 cm
  • 3) Short edge/ back: 17 1/2”/ 44.5 cm
  • 4) Lower edge: 21 1/2”/ 55 cm

Needles:
3.25 mm Lykke interchangeables.

Summery of yarn amount used (NB: see my modification in last clue, switching C2 and C4):

  • C1: 73.5 meters (80.4 yards), 21 grams
  • C2: 158.4 meters (173.2 yards), 48 grams
  • C3: 69.3 meters (75.8 yards), 21 grams
  • C4: 59.5 meters (65.1 yards), 17 grams
  • C5: 198.0 meters (216.5 yards), 60 grams
  • C6: 122.1 meters (133.5 yards), 37 grams

Details for yarn and colors/ amount at start/ amount left at the end/ used total:

  • C1/ 801 White (39 g skein). 18 g left. 21 g used total.
  • C2/ 7502 Light green (11+48 g). 16 g left. 11+37: 48 g used total.
  • C3/4536 Purple (7+21+50 g). 7 g left of two small skeins (50-g-skein unused). 21 g used total.
  • C4/ 803 Yellow (49 g). 32 g left. 17 g used total.
  • C5/ 6714 Turquoise (15+49 g). 45 g left. 15+45: 60 g used total.
  • C6/ 5755 Dark blue (19 g ball + 18+40 g). Small skeins used up (40-g-skein unused). 37 g used total.

Clue details yarn amount used:
-1. C1: 5 g used (34 g left). C2: 2 g used (9 g left of 11)
-2. C3: 4 g used (3 g left of 7). C4: 3 g used (46 g left).
-3. C5: 9 g used (6 g left of 15).
-4. C2: 8-9 g used of 11-g-ball (less than 1 g left).
-5. C2: Less than 1 g used (all of 11-g-ball used up). C1: 4 g used (30 g left). C6: 9 g used (10 g left of 19-g-ball).
-6: C1: 4 g used (26 g left). C6: 19 g used (all used up of 19-g-ball).
-7: C3: 7-8 g used (7-g-skein used up and 21-g-skein started but 21 g left of this). C4: 4 g used (42 g left).
-8 and 9:
C2: 14 g used (34 g left of 48 g)
C4: 1 g used (41 g left of 42 g)
C5: 6+1 g used (0 g left of 6/15 skein and 48 left of 49 g skein)
C6: 11 g used (7 g left of 18)
-10: C4: 5 g used (36 g left of 41). C6: all used up of 18-g-skein (less than 1 g left).
-11 and 12:
C1: 8 g used (18 g left of 26)
C2: 2 g used (32 g left of 34)
C3: 14 g used (7 g left of 21)
C4: 2 g used (34 g left of 36)
C5: 3 g used (45 g left of 48)
-13: NB - colors switched for this clue, so I used more of C2 and less of C4 than in pattern. C2: 16 g used (16 g left of 32). C4: 2 g used (32 g left of 34).

Modifications and other notes:

  • Unintended modification in clue 2: I overlooked the garter stitch rows 2 and 4 and worked them as for stockinette.
  • Join to round: For a sturdier join, I crossed the last and the first stitch (like a 1x1 twisted cable).
  • Clue 11 modification: In rnd 4, I slipped all C3 stitches, so no need to twist long floats back the light ghosts.
  • Clue 13 modification: I switched colors C2 and C4, starting with C4 (yellow) and ending with C2 (green).

Notes from designer:

CLUE SCHEDULE:
Clue 1: Oct. 1
Clue 2: Oct. 2
Clue 3: Oct. 3
Clue 4: Oct. 4
Clue 5: Oct. 5
Clue 6: Oct. 6
Clue 7: Oct. 7
Clue 8: Oct. 8
Clue 9: Oct. 9
Clue 10: Oct. 10
Clue 11: Oct. 11
Clue 12: Oct. 12
Clue 13: Oct. 13

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August 31, 2025
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100% Merino
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  • Project created: August 19, 2025
  • Finished: September 1, 2025
  • Updated: September 4, 2025