ChickenBetty's Random Plaids is a contemporary two-color cowl adorned with a plaid pattern. The pattern illustrates an easy way to knit plaid while not having to worry about intarsia and lots of little bobbins of yarn. By adding the vertical element in the purl columns of ribbing, your crochet slip stitches lay even with the surface of the knit stitches, keeping the illusion of a single knitted piece.
Sizes: Sport Weight (Worsted Weight)
Finished Measurements:
Circumference – 28 (32)"
Depth – 7 (10½)"
Yarn Requirements:
Sport Weight – Blue Sky Fibers Baby Alpaca Sport (100% Baby Alpaca; 50g/110yds), 2 hanks MC and 1 hank CC
Worsted Weight – 1 skein Valley Yarns Northampton (100% Wool; 100g/247yds), 1 hank Cascade Yarns 220 (100% Wool; 100g/220yds), and 1 hank Cascade Eco + (100% Peruvian Wool; 250g/478yds)
Needles:
Sport Weight – US 6 (4.00mm) 24" circular
Worsted Weight – US 9 (5.50mm) 24" circular
Hooks:
Sport Weight – H/8 (5.00mm)
Worsted Weight – K/10½ (6.50mm)
Other Materials:
Sport Weight – Eight ½" buttons
Worsted Weight – Three 1¾" buttons
Gauge:
Sport Weight – 5 sts and 8 rows = 1" in stockinette stitch
Worsted Weight – 4½ sts and 6 rows = 1" in stockinette stitch
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