New FREE Knitting Pattern - Bulky Mobius Cowl!

We've written up the free knitting pattern for one of our latest store samples, the Bulky Mobius Cowl in Malabrigo Rasta!

Bulky Mobius Cowl

Free pattern by Haley Waxberg

The pattern is very simple, fast, and satisfying for time when you just need to produce something FAST. It is knit in the round using a really long circular needle and a nifty little cast on just for mobius knitting. To learn this easy new skill you can watch Cat Bohrdi’s great Intro to Mobius Knitting tutorial on you tube. Cat’s instructions are clear and easy to follow and you’ll be an expert in no time!

Size 
S/M(M/L) 
tighter (looser) 
6.5” high unstretched 
Approx 13(14) inches long at bottom, lying flat

Materials 
1 skeins Malabrigo Rasta, 150g-82m, colour 853 
Abril 
10mm/36” circular needles 
1 Stitch Marker

Gauge 
8 sts & 21 rows = 4”/10cm in K3 rows, P3 rows rib

Techniques 
Intro to Mobius Knitting tutorial by Cat Bohrdi on you tube: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4

DOWNLOAD HERE

New FREE Pattern - Cowl in Coliumo!

We've got a brand new free knitting pattern for you - our Long Mobius Cowl in Araucania Coliumo!

Long Mobius Cowl

Pattern by Haley Waxberg

The pattern is very simple, fast, and satisfying for time when you just need to produce something FAST. It is knit in the round using a really long circular needle and a nifty little cast on just for mobius knitting. To learn this easy new skill you can watch Cat Bohrdi’s great Intro to Mobius Knitting tutorial on you tube. Cat’s instructions are clear and easy to follow and you’ll be an expert in no time!

Size 
Lying flat with mobius twist on top, measured across the 
middles, unstretched 
28” long x 5.25” wide

Materials 
2 skeins Araucania Coliumo Multi, 30% silk, 70% wool, 
100g-87m, colour 9 
8mm/36” (40” or 47” are also good) circular needles 
1 Stitch Marker

Gauge 
in knit 3 rows, purl 3 rows rib 
12 sts & 20 r = 4”/10cm

Techniques 
Intro to Mobius Knitting tutorial by Cat Bohrdi on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4

DOWNLOAD HERE

Sideways Coliumo Hat

Next up .... a sideways, short-row hat in Araucania Coliumo Multi (colour 8). The yarn is working up really beautifully, but I knew that it would. I was going to pass on this colour until the sales rep showed me the swatch - this particular colour knitted up so beautifully!  So now I'm  making a sample so you can see how beautiful it is too. The colours are a little washed out in the photo, the purples are getting lost. Hopefully I'll have better light next time I take a pic of it. 

When I'm done I'll publish the pattern .... gotta make sure it works first! :-)

Addenda:

since i wrote this post i have ripped the project ad worked it up as a brand new pattern. i'll publish ASAP and i'll be available on the website.

Araucania Mobius Cowl

This one is another updated sample of the Long Mobius Cowl, this time in Auraucania Coliumo Multi. I made some modifications, including casting on fewer stitches and working in groups of 3 row ribs. See the Ravelry page for details, I managed to work it up with 2 skeins. 

The Coliumo worked up beautifully! It is really lofty and warm and the colour distribution is nice and consistent (although nothing knits up in seed stitch like the Misti Alpaca Chunky Handpaints). 

Twinkle Karate Sweater

We finished the Twinkle  Karate Sweater in record time! Not surprisingly, it works up on 20mm needles. It also only took 3 skeins of Cascade Magnum, and it's so nice and stretchy it can fit anyone. 

Malabrigo Rasta Cowl

This is the last mobius cowl - for now.  They are addictive little things for sure. This is a version of the Easy Mobius Cowl in Malabrigo Rasta.  I made some modifications because the yarn is a bit thicker than called for: used 10mm needles, cast on 50 sts, etc, etc ... click on the link to see all the details. I think I could have gotten away with 46 sts, but I have a little head and neck. 

The Rasta was beautiful, once again!  The colour is so beautifully stunning, the texture soft, and the bulk works so well for this little accessory. I managed to get the whole thing from 1 skein - go me!  :-)

By the way, the pattern will be available soon, I just have to so dome web stuff. If you can't wait the day, it's available on paper in the store: Knit-O-Matic.

Tweed Hat in the Works

Onwards and upwards! Next on my needles is a Hat in the Berroco Blackstone Tweed. The tweed seems to be very stretchy, so I'm using a pattern that was designed with it - The Sarah Beret above.  I like the leafiness without any lacy overkill. 

So far, so good, although I have modified the pattern to make it smaller - I only cast on 80 sts. Better safe than sorry. I spent the whole weekend fighting with the yarn and don't have it in me to make another gargantuan hat.  By the way, if you want to make something fitted using negative ease, this yarn is great!  I also started making my M1 increases without twisting, but I'm regretting that decision and will rip back to the band when I am done typing. Instead I'll change the M1 in the chart to a M1R & M1L. 

Cowlus Maximus

This week is the week of the cowl. This is one of my Missoni Long Mobius Cowl updated in Manos Del Urugay Maxima.  It turned out nice and big and cozy!  Now I just have to make one for myself and I'll be set!