Duplicate Stardust Cowl Knitting Pattern

Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash Stardust Cowl Knitting Pattern

Project Overview

The Stardust Cowl is a beginner-friendly knitting pattern designed by Shannon Dunbabin and published by Cascade Yarns. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a beautiful cowl using a distinctive stardust stitch technique worked in the round with two complementary yarn colors.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a finished cowl—a circular neck accessory that drapes elegantly around the shoulders. The cowl is worked seamlessly in the round, creating a continuous tube of fabric without seams. The two-color design alternates between Deep Sapphire and Green Apple hues, creating visual interest and dimension in the stitch pattern.

Techniques Used

• Knit in the round: The entire cowl is constructed using circular knitting needles, allowing for seamless, continuous rounds of knitting
• Stardust stitch pattern: A decorative stitch technique that combines yarn overs and passed stitches to create an openwork, textured appearance
• Knit and purl stitches: Basic knitting fundamentals form the foundation, with purl stitches used for edge rounds
• Yarn overs: Used strategically within the stardust pattern to create decorative holes and lacy effects
• Passed stitches: A decrease technique where stitches are passed over others to shape the stardust motif
• Stitch markers: Used to track the beginning of each round and maintain pattern consistency
• Wet blocking: Finishing technique applied as needed to even out the fabric and enhance the stitch definition

Stitches and Pattern Details

The pattern employs fundamental knitting stitches including knit (K) and purl (P) stitches, combined with yarn overs (YO) and passed stitch decreases to create the signature stardust effect. The stitch pattern repeats over four rounds, with the pattern shifting between the two yarn colors to enhance the visual texture. The cowl begins with 121 cast-on stitches and features a gauge of 3 stitches per 1 inch in the stitch pattern.

Materials Required

This pattern calls for Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash, a premium yarn crafted from 100% Superwash Merino Wool. The superwash treatment makes the yarn machine-washable, adding practicality to this luxury fiber. One 100-gram skein (3.5 ounces, 128 yards/117 meters) each of two colors is required: Color A in Deep Sapphire (#1959) and Color B in Green Apple (#802). Knitting needles needed include US 10.5 (6.5 mm) circular needles or the size necessary to achieve the correct gauge. One stitch marker completes the notions list.

Skill Level and Difficulty

Rated as a Beginner or Easy pattern, the Stardust Cowl is accessible to knitters new to the craft. While it introduces the stardust stitch technique, the pattern uses only basic knitting fundamentals and straightforward stitch abbreviations. The seamless in-the-round construction and two-color work provide gentle skill-building opportunities without overwhelming complexity.