Octopus Cowl Kit in Saga

Soft, cozy, covered in octopuses: what more could you want in a cowl? Worked in the round using stranded colourwork, the Octopus Cowl lets you show your love for these fascinating creatures while keeping your neck toasty warm. The pattern includes tips for choosing your yarn, plus links to tutorials showing how to trap long floats in stranded colourwork. To make the Octopus Cowl, you will need to know how to do stranded colourwork from charts.

Size:  One Size.  Circumference: 61 cm/24 in; depth: 24 cm/9.5 in

Kit includes: 2 balls of Filcolana Saga and the Octopus Cowl pattern. 

• Crashing Waves: MC: 212 Navy Blue / CC: 257 Mint
• Graceful Gold: MC: 115 Captain Blue / CC: 366 Sugared Almond
• Pacific Dulse: MC: 130 Marsala / CC: 950 Winter Grey
• Starfish Beach: MC: 131 Dragon Fruit / CC: 951 Light Grey
• Under The Sea: MC: 207 Gasolin / CC: 111 Pumpkin
• Underwater Garden: MC: 953 Charcoal / CC: 376 Vibrant

Skills Required: Knit, purl, knitting in the round, stranded knitting, following a chart
Pattern: Octopus Cowl by Elizabeth Elliott
Needles and Notions: Purchased separately.

• 3 mm/US 2.5 16 in/40 cm to 24 in/60 cm circular needle, or size needed for correct gauge
• 2.75 mm/US 2 16 in/40 cm to 24 in/60 cm circular needle, or one size smaller than gauge needle.
• 3 stitch markers
• Tapestry/darning needle
  
• Wool Wash such as Eucalan

Sample photography © Gale Zucker 2024