Shared Rib Scarf or Cowl
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Like two sides of the same coin, Adam and Eve shared a rib and a garden paradise lush with flora, fauna, and as it turned out, danger. This luxurious cowl, scarf, or infinity ring in multiple sizes is alive with organic movement in a rib motif that shares stitches back and forth. While visually complex, the cable pattern is surprisingly easy to work, having simple cable crosses only every sixth row. And if that weren’t enough, the truly minimal effort is rewarded with a fabric that reverses to a voluptuous, equally attractive texture. What’s not to love?
Shown here: small cowl and flat scarf in The Woolen Rabbit Dove, color Forbidden Fruit
Suggested Yarns:
Bare Naked Wools Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, Modern Deco Sport, Finn Dandy 3-ply Sport, Shetlandia Sport, or any soft fingering yarn that knits to pattern gauge. Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size, drape, and yardage requirement.
Finished Size:
flat or infinity scarf: 6 inches wide and 54 inches in length (washed and blocked) cowl: 24(48) inches in circumference and 12(6) inches in depth (washed and blocked)
Yarn Requirements:
400 yards for any piece
Gauge:
23 sts and 34 rows = 4 inches in stockinette on larger needle (unblocked)
size 6US (4.0 mm) 24-inch circular needle for body pattern (or size to obtain correct gauge) size 4US (3.5 mm) 24-inch circular needle for hems (or .5 mm smaller than gauge needle) cable needle a couple of sizes smaller than gauge needle