Knitting Dragonflies

Tiny Sweaters, more holiday knitting

2021-12-15T17:46:00.004-06:00

I made a series of Christmas stockings, and needed something small and fun to knit as a palate cleanser. I have always looked at the little sweater ornament patterns and thought they were so adorable. So I decided to give one a try.

I saw that Berroco yarns had their yearly ornament patterns out, Minutia 21, they are free and looked so cute!

It is just knitting a little sweater, just like a life size one! So cute.....I did all of mine one dpns, but I found a girl on YouTube knitting them on magic loop. She is the KnitYorker, video link here.

They were fun and didn't take too long to make.

If you want to look at some more, I'll link their other little sweater ornament patterns of the past years...

Minutia 20 , Minutia 18, Minutia 16,and Minuti 15.

After my first two tiny sweaters that were knit. I wanted to find a crochet sweater pattern ornament. I found one on Ravelry from Melissa Mall. (pattern link rav) Miniature sweater ornaments. I made two of those pretty quickly. I used fingering weight yarn, and they were even smaller. I did make some modifications to the pattern. I used slip stitch blo, along the cuff and collar and fpsc and bpsc along the bottom of the sweater for ribbing. I managed to embroider snowflakes on the fronts of them.

My husband started making little hangers out of copper wire. Very cute, and adds to the presentation if you are gift giving. If you are not super crafty with wire,

I found a tutorial on how to make them from paper clips!! (YouTube Link)

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.....

Cabled Fingerless arm warmers, mitts, free pattern link

2021-12-12T15:32:00.000-06:00

I wanted to try some fingerless mitts or arm warmers and thought that I would try a crochet pair. The pandemic has gotten me into crochet in a serious way. I love knitting and that is my primary love but crochet has really gotten me excited. It also helps me switch in between projects and keep my hand stress down.

Crochet is so much quicker than knitting. I've had fun comparing them and trying out all kinds of crochet patterns.

I found this one that was cute and had the cable detail but not too difficult. Pattern is free (rav link) from Julie Fort. Thanks Julie, it is called the Cable Wrist warmer.

The pattern is well written and I didn't have any trouble trying to figure out what to do as someone newer to crochet.

They fit very well. I love that they have an actual thumb shaping and this is specific for the right and left hand.

I used worsted weight yarn, Lion Brand Wool Ease and I'm definitely going to make another pair, the pattern is fairly quick to make and would be good for gifts.

Let me know if you have a favorite crochet or knit arm warmer pattern!

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

Another Stocking

2021-12-07T10:29:00.001-06:00

Holiday stocking number 4 done. I think this will be my last one. I saw this pattern & decided I had to try it. Well written & I love how it turned out.

The pattern is from Rachel Brockman, and called the Gingerbread stocking. (rav link). I did delete the first part of the pattern and substituted the name in that area, and then continued as written.

Used scrap yarn that I had in my stash.

I have decided after several stocking that I like the look of the afterthought heel, and the toe that is more like a regular sock toe. Some have a round toe that has equal decreased all around.

Ready for the heel here. Adding the dpns and cut out the waste yarn. I watched a video on YouTube the first time and this one was the one I understood best. From The Chilly Dog (youtube link). It really is a quick way to add a heel.

Left out the first pattern area and added a name. Just simple block letters.

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies

Christmas Stockings

2021-11-28T18:24:00.002-06:00

I started making Christmas Stockings and am still making them. The first one I made was a free pattern from Marly Bird, the Love Light Gleems stocking. I made it slimmer. Only doing two repeats instead of the three of the patterns. rav Link

I quickly started modifying the patterns on the designs, and had a lot of fun. I added an area to put simple block letters for the name.

I also found another stocking pattern that had more designs and was free also. It is the Cascade Christmas stocking. I used the designs for this one but kept the top picot edging and Latvian braid from the other pattern.

pattern link

Now I'm on another stocking. This one has cables on the top. The pattern for this one is from Rachel Brockman called The Gingerbread Stocking (rav link) When I saw this pattern I loved the rustic look of the colors and colorwork.

I think this will be my last one, I need to move onto other items.

Are you knitting any gifts?

May you needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

I’m on my 2nd stocking for the holidays.

2021-11-09T09:51:00.067-06:00

I finished the first one and was pleased with it. So decided I would try again.

Pattern is from Marly Bird, free pattern. It is the Love Light Gleems Stocking (rav link). She also has a video on her YouTube channel you can find and it shows how to make the whole stocking.

This is the first time I've made the Latvian braid and her video showed how to do it. I did modify the pattern to only 2 repeats of the design. It makes the stocking thinner. I added some stocking net area in-between the braid and the main design to include the last name.

For the heel I used 28 stitches and used the afterthought heel. It makes it quick to make the body of the stocking. I used the afterthought heel from Knitty Natty (you tube link)

I'll add a pic of my first stocking I made.

Enjoy and may your knitting needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

Started my Christmas stockings. I’m making one for everyone this year. Well, that’s the plan, pattern modified

2021-10-30T12:50:00.002-05:00

Beginning of my first stocking! I'm enjoying it so much I'm planning on doing more.

I did add some stocking net stitch to add a name and just made simple letters to fit on the cuff.

I did make the stocking more slender and kept it to 2 repeats. Only cast on of 56 stitches.

Almost done with my oversized hooded cardigan, pattern by Carrie chambers, free pattern.

2021-10-22T09:50:00.002-05:00

Jodi and my Oversized Hoodie on the porch. Yarn is scarfie, from Lion Brand, I did modify the arms & I added slash interior pockets. I'll add the details of my modifications in another post. I have plans to add a zip to it. So far I'm loving how it turned out!! I really love her patterns and highly recommend them.

Pattern is Oversized Hoodie from Carrie Chambers (crochet with carrie) blog link

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.....

Making the Any Time Cardigan by DoraDoes, free pattern . I decided to add ribbing on the edges & planning the same for the button placket.

2021-10-12T09:50:00.005-05:00

I'm working on the AnyTime cardigan pattern by Dora Does, it is a free pattern, (blog link)

I love her designs and I've knit top down sweaters, but haven't seen a crochet one. I'm loving the aspect that I can try it on as I go. It really helps get the fit/size correct.

I decided to add ribbing on the edges & planning the same for the button placket. I'm just going to use a single crochet in the back loop and slip stitch it on as I go.

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

Wearing my Live Your Magic Mobius Shawl by Bohdilifecrochet. Free pattern

2021-10-12T09:50:00.004-05:00

Pattern from Taylor OBrien. I saw her tutorial on YouTube (link) and had to make this. It was fun and fast!

I highly recommend you giving it a try.

Done with my Kayleigh cardigan

2021-09-29T18:50:00.003-05:00

Got my Kayleigh cardigan done. Pattern is from Ruby Webbs, I purchased it from her etsy shop (etsy link)

The pattern was easy to follow, I used Big Twist Tweed yarn.

The cardigan turned out good, but I had gauge issues from my original swatch. It turned out quite a bit smaller/tighter. (I think due to me switching hooks mid project)

I ended up trying to not rip the whole thing out so I added room on the arms by adding ribbing to the top shoulder area, and then adding short rows in the arm pit area to make it a little dolman sleeve like.

I like how the shape turned out. I would make it again and use the correct sizing.

I also had to add rows around the cuff to get the sleeves long enough.

Here you can see the original dimensions of the sweater.

And here you can see the added area of short rows

in the under arms.

Working on a round yoke cardigan, pattern is anytime cardigan by Dora Does. Pattern is free

2021-09-22T19:50:00.002-05:00

Free pattern from Dora Does, pattern is the AnyTime Cardigan, instructions are very clear!
Pattern Link (designers blog)

Working on a horizontal ribbed cardigan by Ruby Webb’s, pattern is the Kaleigh cardigan.

2021-09-15T09:50:00.002-05:00

This is my Kaleigh Cardigan, pattern is by Ruby Webbs, she has an Esty shop. I had gauge problems, I got gauge, and then just started like a fiend and kept crocheting! Well, I had changed hooks and somehow my gauge got quite a bit tighter. I should have frogged it. But I decided to try and salvage it. This pic, is how the pattern is intended to be done. I was really drawn to the horizontal ribbing.

Well I ended up making it work, I'll include those pics in another post. But I would like to try and make one as written & see how it goes!

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

Found this pattern on you tube Lionheart Mobius Cowl Pattern by Taylor wittke (Bhodi life crochet) free pattern

2021-09-14T13:43:00.003-05:00

Another pattern from Bodhi life crochet or Taylor Obrien (Wittke) I found this on her YouTube Channel. Fun and fast with options on how to wear it! Check out her video. (youtube link) I think it would make a good gift for any occasion.

I used a worsted weight yarn, her pattern calls for a bulky weight.

I adjusted the pattern by chaining 75, and using a 5 mm hook. For the next one, I would probably chain 80 and maybe use a slightly larger hook if using worsted again. .

May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies......

Finished by Cable Vest, free pattern

2021-09-08T11:35:00.003-05:00

Finished my Cable Vest ! Pattern is by Lisa Carnahan, free pattern (link)

I used Scarfie yarn by Lion brand. This pattern actually calls for a very bulky yarn. Thicker than scarfie. I would like to make it again trying two strands of worsted or maybe three to see how it turns out.

Buttons are vintage.

May your needles fly as fast as dragonflies.

Working on finishing up a knit cable vest

2021-08-29T15:35:00.003-05:00

Just need to pick out some buttons and finish this up.

I love how it looks, yarn is scarfie from Lion brand yarn. Pattern is free.

Got this cropped hoodie done in time for my nieces birthday 🥳

2021-08-29T09:35:00.004-05:00

Got this cropped hoodie done in time for my nieces birthday. The pattern is the Hooded Fall Cardigan from Crochet with Carrie, she has a YouTube video also. It was simple and clear, I love the look of it and added toggle buttons. Pattern is free. Pattern link (designers blog)

I'm really pleased with how it turned out & my Niece says she loves it!

I used 8 skeins of Wool Ease worsted weight yarn or about 1600 yards. For the size medium, cropped.

Wouldn't you love to be knitting here......

2021-08-18T16:02:00.001-05:00

I used to post this years ago and decided to revive it! Enjoy looking at lovely places, even if we cannot visit them right now

Photo from Gary Hewitt on Flickr, Meteor and Milky Way over the Mournes

Knit Cardigan (free pattern)

2019-07-27T15:19:00.000-05:00

Who isn't trying to decrease their stash or get more organized these day? I'm trying to use what I have, although often I "need" to purchase more yarn to make the project I'm planning "work" hehe.

While shopping my stash I had an idea to mix two strands of yarn, one solid and one dk weight multi color together and knit a simple cardigan. (and use even more stash up) It was easy and fast to make. I used a worsted weight yarn Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool in Beige 100% Wool, which I love, always a workhorse yarn for myself and always available at big box stores. The lighter weight (Yarn Bee Dee-Lish Boutique in the color almond bark, a Hobby Lobby brand yarn). I loved the long color change of this yarn and it seemed like it would be nice to add to the first without making the result too bulky. This yarn is listed as a DK weight but I think it is closer to fingering weight) it is 90% Acrylic and 10% Alpaca, so it has a little halo to it. I'm always a sucker for a halo.

Finding the right pattern took me some time, I wanted something very simple. When I saw the free pattern from Wool and the Gang, the Corrina cardigan, I thought it was perfect! Garter stitch to show off the color change and a rustic texture. Not to mention super simple to make.

Corrina Cardigan

I did alter the pattern and knit the back and then fronts separately instead of all one piece. Which was the most confusing thing about this pattern, if you use it, check on my Ravelry page and I've linked the knitter that contacted the company and she shows the clarification they sent. The Dee-lish yarn has very long color changes, so it was easy to try and get the darker bits to line up at the bottoms of all of the pieces.

It was a fast knit with two strands of yarn on size US 10.5 needles. I love the way it fits and I can dress it up or down. The pattern does not call for any ribbing thus making it even faster to complete. I had planned on making Elizabeth Zimmerman after thought pockets on it, but started wearing it as soon as I sewed it together. I've already bought more of the Dee-lish yarn in another colorway and a coordinating solid to make another one.

Corrina Cardigan

Pattern: Corrina Cardigan from Wool and the Gang, free pattern (link)

Happy knitting and let me know if you make this sweater!

Yarn Bombing a Trellis

2019-07-25T12:14:00.002-05:00

I was inspired by some yarn bombing I saw recently. When we returned home I started thinking about making something for our own yard. When I needed something for my morning glories to grow on I decided I would knit something.

Knitted Trellis

Finished Trellis

It turned out nice and I enjoyed looking at it under the vines all summer. I left it up all winter and it did fine until the very end when one strand broke and then the whole thing unraveled. Ugh!! So I would recommend taking it down if you have winter where you live.

Yarn used was some Red Heart Super Saver, I wanted something cheap, because I wasn't sure how it would turn out. I used one skeins to complete it, which was 436 yards (approx) of weight 4 or worsted weight yarn.

After experimenting I used size US 17 needles, I'll post the pattern below.

Advice, when you trying to see if your trellis is wide enough, stretch that sucker really tightly. I realized after the first rain that it grew, and ended up wider than I anticipated.

I would recommend knitting a swatch in the pattern below and wetting it to see how much it will grow! (or change size in all directions)

Knitted Trellis Pattern (finished size 36 long by 78 wide)

Needles: size 17 US

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Yarn one and a half skein, (worsted weight yarn, weight 4) 7 oz, 364 yds per skein, so total of approx 436 ish yards.

Cast on 37 stitches

Row 1, Knit

Row 2 Knit

Row 3 Knit

Row 4 (Knit 1 wrap around needle 2x), repeat this all across

Row 5 Knit all of the knit stitches and drop the wraps. This makes the larger spaced rows.

Repeat until wide enough.

Stretch this as much as possible when holding it up to see if it is going to fit.

To put up I just "sewed" it onto the poles. This is the one I made in 2018.

I ended up crocheting one in 2019. I'll make a post with that one also.

Trellis at end of summer

Enjoy! I'd love for you to tag me if you make one of these! I'm @knittingdragonflies on Instagram!

Crocheting a Cardigan

2019-07-06T16:45:00.004-05:00

I got the crochet bug at the beginning of this year. I was in a knitting slump and discovered videos on YouTube explaining crochet. I started with hats, and scarves and have moved on to cardigans.
This pattern is a paid pattern, but I fell in love with it and the designer has so many sizes (from 3 month baby size to adult 4XL tall). The designer is Ashlea Konecny and her website/blog is HeartHookHome (link) She has lots of free patterns available along with paid ones. So go over and take a look!

Cozy Coed Cardigan

I’m still not as confident with my crochet skills so I’m using 100% acrylic yarns. Right now my favorite is from Hobby Lobby. Their “I Love This Yarn” worsted weight. I had read good reviews on it and made my first cardigan out of it. After wearing it every day all winter I’m giving this yarn a big thumbs up. Especially for price and care in addition to the large selection of colors and prints, tweeds, etc.…..Go check it out!

This only took 4 skeins of worsted yarn. Their skeins of the solid colors are large 7 oz. and approx. 355 yards per skein, That is about 1420 yards of worsted weight #4 yarn to make this.
I did add patch pockets that I sewed all around except for the “ribbed” area at the top outside of the pocket. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’m planning on adding a zipper, but you know it takes me longer to get a zipper in than crochet the sweater. hehe

For the patch pockets I chained 25, then hdc in each stitch (making a total of 24 hdc), I continued until I wanted the ribbing part, for that I took one third of the total stitches, which for me was 8 stitches and started doing a fphdc, bphdc x4 then 8 hdc for around 4 rows. I did the mirror image for the other pocket and sewed them on.

No zipper yet but planning on making another one of these!
May your needles fly as fast a dragonflies!

A Creative Mania

2018-12-27T20:07:00.001-06:00

I put down two cardigans that I was knitting, one had a small amount of lace in it, and it is more of a summer cardigan. The other is a more complicated cable cardigan. I had decided to buy some cheap acrylic yarn and try a crochet cardigan.

I’ve never crocheted a cardigan. I’m not very crochet experienced, I can chain and single and double crochet, but mostly flat things. After I had tackled the cable sweater I felt fearless and started shopping around for some nice acrylic yarn. Google informed me that Hobby Lobby's I Love This Yarn was highly rated. The price was right. I wanted to feel like I could make it nice but if it didn’t work out I hadn’t spent a whole lot on it.

I had looked at a few crochet cardigan patterns and the Staycation pattern really caught my eye! I bought some bright red yarn from Hobby Lobby and went at it. It didn’t take me too long and I didn’t have much trouble. Before I knew it I had my Holiday Sweater!

With big patch pockets and an oversized fit! I have worn it everyday since I’ve made it. The pattern is free on the Make&DoCrew website, or you can pay a small amount and get it without the ads in it.

I’m loving the Hobby Lobby I Love this Yarn so much that I bought enough for two more crochet sweaters. It is soft and warm. Not squeaky or plasticky feeling.

At the same time I started a La Nuage wrap from Sewrella. I watched the YouTube video (blog link with video) and it seemed simple, so I looked in my stash and found some beige wool yarn and made that, It was good Netflix crocheting.

I also finished a Wurm Hat (free pattern) It is a fast knit and I used some leftover hand dyed. It is indeed Wurm and a good looking hat.

Feels good to be creating again. I’ve got more sweaters and hats in progress. More info soon. How is your making coming? Let me know in the comments if you have some favorite crochet patterns!

The Year of the Cardigans 2018

2018-12-13T15:25:00.001-06:00

I seem to have a lot of UFO cardigans around the house. I haven’t blogged in a while so I’ll do a quick catch up.

I started with the Berroco KAL in the summer and picked out the pattern Atwells Cardigan, a lacy cardigan made with Berroco Remix light, which is a cotton/silk/nylon/acrylic/flax blend, which is a DK weight. I would actually say it is thinner than DK. I think this is going to be a well loved cardigan when I get it finished. The pattern is fairly easy. Knit in one piece to the underarms and then spilt to the top, then pick up and knit arms to the cuff.

I stopped working on this to start the next Berroco KAL which was cables! I picked Arya pattern (free pattern), and choose the Berroco Vintage to knit it up in, a wool/acrylic blend that was surprisingly soft and nice to work with. Pattern is free, and knit in pieces flat, my least favorite method of making sweaters. I think this is when I stalled out. I had knitted a sleeve and realized it was too tight for my liking. I frogged it and had to move on to something else for a while.

While I’m in love with how these are turning out, I needed some potato chip knitting to make me feel like I was getting somewhere. I accidently fell into the crochet world!

I’m not a advanced crocheter at all, but found YouTube can fix that! I found the Make and Do Crew website and started making the Staycation cardigan pattern. (free pattern) I purchased some 100% acrylic yarn from Hobby Lobby (I love this Yarn) In red. I forgot how quick crochet was compared to knitting & am enjoying seeing the quick progress!

Well I’ve turned into a bit of a crochet nut now as I have 3 sweaters in progress and a number of hats/scarves and misc. projects!! More info soon. If you are interested in some free crochet patterns, check me out on Pinterest as I’m not into pinning them

https://www.pinterest.com/knitdragonflies/crochet-free-patterns/

https://www.pinterest.com/knitdragonflies/free-knitting-patterns/

Enjoy the links and let me know what you have been creating!!

Ribbing Redo

2018-07-06T15:15:00.001-05:00

I recently finished a sweater that had been in my knitting bag for 5 years. Whew, well it is only fitting that I frogged the ribbing around the bottom and reknit it. Good news is it only took me a day, now it was most of the day, and now I love it. The first ribbing was a k1, p1 and it was wavy and not tight enough. I was going to frog it and reknit in a tighter gauge (smaller needle size) but after I got it ripped back I thought, “what the heck!, I’m going to do a folded hem”, which I’ve never knitted.

This is the after pic, notice the hem is flat! Yay!

You can see the k1 p1 ribbing on the bottom was curling up. I had cast off with a knitted cast off. So I had to

Cut part of the very edge off to unravel it.
Then I reknit it in stockinette stitch with one purl row all around to make it fold over on itself and then tacked it down! Yay! Smooth, nice hem now.

Type of ribbing and hems
Ribbing
I used to think all ribbing was created equal! Not so! Ribbing in knitting is a combo of knit and purl stitches. Usually k1p1, k2p2, k3p3. Any of these would do the job, NO!, Some are more stretchy and better suited to pull in a cuff or bottom of a sweater. I almost always use k1p1, on a needle 2 sizes smaller than the main needle size. I’m a loose knitter and this gives me some stretch or a tighter gauge on the cuffs. Sometimes I don’t want as much of a size difference in the bottom of my sweater and I’ll usually do a k1pl on a needle one size smaller. (I did the above sweater originally on the same size needle and the result was a frogging after I was finished and wore it, not happy with floppy, loose ribbing) Also take into account the type of yarn that you are using. Wool = stretchy, cotton = not stretchy. As with all knitting projects, it saves time and heart ache to do a swatch with the ribbing you are thinking about adding. The swatch can be measured and you can see and feel how your ribbing is going to behave with the yarn you are using.
The other types of ribbing k2p2 is also fairly stretchy but not as much as the k1p1. I’ll link an article from The Spruce that explains why that is below. (Great article) It will help you decide what ribbing to use on all of your projects!
If you need a super stretchy and firm ribbing, you can knit the twisted rib, See this KnitPicks post (link) for more info on that, super easy, (knit through the back loops)
See The Spruce article on ribbing (excellent!!) (link here)
Folded Hems
Folded hems are easy and best suited for a area that you want to lay flat. It is simiply a stockinette stitch interrupted by one row of purl and then return to the stockinette stitch for about an inch and a half or so. This naturally folds over due to the purl bump, and then you just have to tack it down. Sweet!
For a post about folded hems see MsCleaver. (link here), Thanks Ms Cleaver!!
Rolled Hems
Super easy and simple, just keep knitting in stockingnette stitch and then bind off. This is a favorite for hats! Remember that this hem will roll up, and you will loose some length due to this. So whether you are making this on a cuff on bottom of a sweater, allow for a inch or two more to make sure it is not too short.
See this post from CreativeMissy for a free hat pattern with a rolled brim (Link here)
Enjoy your knitting!
May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies!

Too much knitting? Stretches for your body!

2018-06-20T20:57:00.001-05:00

This summer I’m participating in a number of KAL’s (knit along s). If you have never signed up for one I would encourage you to do so. The first one I did was the Berroco Lopi Sweater. It made me try new patterns and get out of my comfort zone. Plus I met so many nice people online and learned a lot.

There are all kinds of KALs available to you, for practically any type of knitted project. I’ll include more info on KALs soon. Ravelry is a great resource on finding/checking them out. Go to Ravelry, search in groups and type in KAL, and check the box (active in the last year). Browse around, if you see something that interests you click on that and the "guidelines” will be listed. The pattern may be free or need to be bought. Yarn can be your choice or sometimes from a specific company. The time it runs is stated.

But along with lots of knitting comes hand/arm/finger stress, and repetitive injuries. Protect yourself by doing some of the below stretches so you can knit for many years to come trouble free.

Don’t forget to stretch your neck and shoulders also!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOpDVR4UGTs (you tube link if the above vid does not work)

https://blog.weareknitters.com/knitters-life/hand-exercises-for-knitters/

https://knitfreedom.com/top-5-stretches-for-knitting-pain-relief/

http://www.dummies.com/crafts/knitting/ten-hand-and-shoulder-exercises-for-knitters/

https://www.theloopyewe.com/yarn-shop/blog/2017/04/exercises-for-knitters

https://www.sheeptoshawl.com/charity/archives/2007/02/entry_232.html

Enjoy your knitting and take care of your body!

Double Moss Stitch Cowl (knitted flat, free pattern)

2018-06-17T11:10:00.001-05:00

This yarn was an impulse buy, I had other yarn in my cart and decided to try it, since it was on sale. I bought it from Craftsy, it is the Sprightly brand, the acrylic wool worsted (link) It is similar to the Lion Brand Wool ease I believe from the label info. 80% Manufactured Fibers – Acrylic, 20% Wool. I’m hoping it does not pill up and is nice and warm. It is very springy and light, but not as soft as I had hoped. I’ll review it in a later post or on Ravely after my cowl gets some wear.

I used two strands held together and made up my own pattern, but looking on Ravelry I found one that was similar, so I’ll link to it also. This linked pattern is wider than mine (link)
Super simple and fast to knit, It was not boring, due to the knit, purl combo and it was so quick to keck out. I could have done it in two days easy. It took me longer because it is summer out and I wasn’t knitting steady on it. But I still had it done in 3 days.

Double Moss Stitch Cowl
Size of my cowl was 10 inches wide by 68 inches around, for a double wrap
I used size US needles 13 or 9 mm.
Yarn: (For Double wrap around the neck, you can use half and get a single wrap one) I used two skeins of the Sprightly worsted weight yarn (total of 432 yards), but you could use around 220 or more yards of bulky weight yarn. I think Lion Brand Thick and Quick (2 skeins) or if you want acrylic I have made another cowl using Lion Brand Hometown which is 100% Acrylic and super soft! (2-3 skeins)
Cast on 25 stitches, or more if you want it wider, in an odd number.
4 Row pattern, (First 2 and last 2 stitches are Knit to prevent curling)
Row 1: K2, (k1, p1)* repeat to last 2 stitches and then K2.
Row 2 : same as row 1
Row 3: K2, (pl, k1)* repeat to last 2 stitches and then K2
Row 4: same as row 3
Repeat these 4 rows until cowl is desired length, bind off. Then sew together. (I’ll add some mattress stitch links for info. on joining the ends together)
This is how I joined the ends of the scarf to make a cowl (link).
May your knitting needles fly as fast as Dragonflies