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Time Required :
Over an hour
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lion brand® wool-ease® thick & quick® cheetah knit cowl

Be natural or be funky by pairing your favourite 3 colours of Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® for this knit cowl.
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Step 1

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: About 16"x12.5" (41 cm x 32 cm), measured flat
GAUGE: 10 sts + 11 rows = about 4" (10 cm) over Stockinette st in the rnd (knit every rnd), blocked; be sure to check your gauge
NOTES:
- Cowl is worked in one piece in the round, in stranded colourwork.
- Colourwork is worked in Stockinette st worked in the rnd (knit every rnd) following a chart. Read every rnd of chart from right to left.
- Carry unused yarn colour(s) across wrong side of cowl.
- It is normal for the colourwork to pucker before blocking. Wet block finished cowl to flatten out all sts.

Step 2
COWL:
Click here for the diagram.
Cast on 80 sts with MC.
Place marker for beginning of rnd and join by knitting the first st on the left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle.
Rnds 1-6: *K2, p2; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnds 7-8: K all sts.
CHEETAH COLOURWORK:
For next 18 rnds, follow chart. Each rnd will have 2 chart reps. Place marker (pm) after completing first chart rep. Keep floats loose behind work.
Cut CCA and CCB, continuing with MC only.
Next 2 Rnds: K all sts.
Next 6 Rnds: Rep rnds 1-6.
Bind off loosely in k2, p2 rib.
FINISHING:
Weave in yarn ends.
Step 3

ABBREVIATIONS:
CCA = Contrasting Colour A
CCB = Contrasting Colour B
K = Knit
MC = Main Colour
P = Purl
Rep = Repeat
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
St(s) = Stitch(es)

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Materials
Materials
 
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    You’ll Need: 2

    Lion Brand® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Yarn, Solids

    Item # 10223858 
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    • Color: Fisherman
    • Color: Fisherman
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    Lion Brand® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Yarn, Solids

    Item # 10362256 
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    $9.99
    • Color: Black
    • Color: Black
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    • Color: Black
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    Lion Brand® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® Solid Yarn

    Item # 10602777 
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    $9.99
    • Color: Peanut
    • Color: Peanut
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    • Color: Peanut
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Tools
Tools
 
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    809187863
    You’ll Need: 1

    Steel Yarn Needles by Loops & Threads™

    Item # 10154191 
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    $1.99
    • Size: #13
    • Size: #13
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    Jumbo Locking Stitch Markers by Loops & Threads™

    Item # 10396922 
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Instructions
Step 1

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: About 16"x12.5" (41 cm x 32 cm), measured flat
GAUGE: 10 sts + 11 rows = about 4" (10 cm) over Stockinette st in the rnd (knit every rnd), blocked; be sure to check your gauge
NOTES:
- Cowl is worked in one piece in the round, in stranded colourwork.
- Colourwork is worked in Stockinette st worked in the rnd (knit every rnd) following a chart. Read every rnd of chart from right to left.
- Carry unused yarn colour(s) across wrong side of cowl.
- It is normal for the colourwork to pucker before blocking. Wet block finished cowl to flatten out all sts.

Step 2
COWL:
Click here for the diagram.
Cast on 80 sts with MC.
Place marker for beginning of rnd and join by knitting the first st on the left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle.
Rnds 1-6: *K2, p2; rep from * to end of rnd.
Rnds 7-8: K all sts.
CHEETAH COLOURWORK:
For next 18 rnds, follow chart. Each rnd will have 2 chart reps. Place marker (pm) after completing first chart rep. Keep floats loose behind work.
Cut CCA and CCB, continuing with MC only.
Next 2 Rnds: K all sts.
Next 6 Rnds: Rep rnds 1-6.
Bind off loosely in k2, p2 rib.
FINISHING:
Weave in yarn ends.
Step 3

ABBREVIATIONS:
CCA = Contrasting Colour A
CCB = Contrasting Colour B
K = Knit
MC = Main Colour
P = Purl
Rep = Repeat
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
St(s) = Stitch(es)

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