SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- LION BRAND® WOOL-EASE® THICK & QUICK® BONUS BUNDLE® Grey Marble (1 ball)
- LION BRAND® circular needle size 13 (9 mm), 29" (73.5 cm) long
- LION BRAND® stitch marker
- LION BRAND® large-eyed blunt needle
SIZE:
Finished Circumference About 28" (71 cm)
Finished Height About 10 1/2" (27 cm)
GAUGE:
12 sts = about 4" (10 cm) in Pod Stitch.
EXACT GAUGE IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT.
DIRECTIONS:
STITCH EXPLANATIONS:M1P (make 1 st as if to purl) An increase worked by lifting the horizontal thread lying between the needles and placing it onto the left needle. Purl this new stitch through the back loop - 1 st increased.
(p1, k1, p1) in next st Purl in next st but do not remove st from needle. Take yarn to back between needles, knit the same st, but do not remove st from needle. Bring yarn to front between needles, purl the same st and remove st from needle - 2 sts increased.
Pod Stitch (multiple of 8 sts)
Rnds 1 and 2: *P5, k1, p1, k1; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnd 3: *K5tog, k1, M1P, (p1, k1, p1) in next st, M1P, k1; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnds 4-8: *P1, k1, p5, k1; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnd 9: *M1P, (p1, k1, p1) in next st, M1P, k1, k5tog, k1; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnds 10-12: Rep Rnd 1.
Rep Rnds 1-12 for Pod Stitch.
COWL:
Cast on 80 sts. Place marker for beg of rnd. Join by working the first st on left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle and being careful not to twist sts.
Work Rnds 1-12 of Pod Stitch twice (24 rnds total), then work Rnds 1-10 once more.
Bind off.
FINISHING:
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)(s)
k = knit
k5tog = knit 5 stitches together
p = purl
rep = repeat
rnd(s) = round(s)
st(s) = stitch(es)