Ljusej

~Shooting Stars Cowl~

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Overview
Preliminary Information
Supplementary Videos

This cowl consists of a center piece and two finishing borders. The center piece is knit flat on the bias in stripes of a main color and three contrasting colors and is accented with slipped stitch pattern. Its cast-on and top edges are grafted together to form a circular band. The finishing borders are knit in the round in stripes of the same colors running parallel to the center band. The borders feature the Horizontal Herringbone stitch, which gives the cowl stable structure, and the cowl holds its shape when hung from the neck even if it was knit with less elastic fibers such as alpaca.

573 yards/523 meters of fingering-weight yarn (Breakdown: 257yds/235m [MC], 113yds/103m [CC1], 103yds/94m [CC2], 101yds/92m [CC3])
Samples in The Fibre Co. Canopy fingering (stockist for Canadian knitters)
Colorway 1: River Dolphin, Purple Passion, Crocus, Obsidian
Colorway 2: Cloud Forest, Tanager, River Dolphin, Quetzal

Fiber content: 50% alpaca, 30% wool, 20% bamboo viscose

Alternative suggested yarns:

26 stitches × 33 rows = 4” square in stockinette stitch knit flat, blocked
42 stitches × 35 rows = 4” square in horizontal herringbone stitch knit in the round, blocked

One 32” (80cm) circular needle [Size: US 2.5 (3mm)*]

*The designer is a rather loose knitter, so if you’re a regular to tight knitter, US 3 (3.25mm) might be the right size for you

Width: 8” (20 cm) [Borders: 1.5” (4 cm) each], Circumference: 50” (128 cm)*

*The circumference can be adjusted

One stitch marker
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Scrap yarn for provisional cast-on
Two pieces of scrap yarn or embroidery thread (∼60”) in color different from project (optionally with dedicated tapestry needles)
One needle or hook of any type that is one size larger, for binding off [Size: US 3 (3.25mm)*]

*The size depends on your project needle size. If not available, bind off loosely with your project needle.

1. Getting Started with Center Band (for Continental knitters)
2. Getting Started with Center Band (for English knitters)
3. Attaching New Yarn, Carrying up Yarn, and Changing Colors
4. Joining Top and Cast-on Edges using Kitchener Stitch
5. Horizontal Herringbone Knit and Back-loop Knit
6. Getting Started on Borders and Finishing Ljusej

The suggestions below are based on the colors in The Fibre Co. Canopy Fingering that are available as of this writing.
These are just suggestions. Pick whatever color you like for wherever you want it to be. There are more colors in other suggested yarns—Woolfolk Tynd, Isager Alpaca 2, and Pascuali Balayage.