Another beginner-friendly project – the Explorer cowl:
Just in case it’s not apparent from the picture there are actually four cowls here. They are made in King Cole Explorer super chunky, using colours Drake (x2), Cook and Marco Polo on a 12mm hook. The cowls are constructed as a continuous spiral of linen stitch, so there is no seam; and all the lovely colour-play comes from the variegated yarn, so there are only two ends to sew in for each cowl.
Mine are 57 stitches round, which gave me a cowl of 28cm wide and 15cm high. The yarn is 80m per ball, and I just kept going until I ran out of yarn, so they weigh 100g! I would like the chance to make one with slightly more than 80m of yarn, so am on the look-out for a good substitute.. Ideas anyone?
Simply hooked 