Easy Beginner Knit Cowl Pattern (I)

This Easy Beginner Knit Cowl pattern is a part of three designs that I thought would be great to improve your knitting skills. These cowls vary in size and you can customise them, once you get the hang of it.

As a beginner knitter, one thing you will find very rewarding is being able to design your own wardrobe! Nothing beats the feeling of wearing something you made.

Made in chunky yarn, used double stranded, this cowl whips up quickly, thus making the joy of completion close.

This project is knit flat (rows knit back and forth, rather than in rounds) then the ends sown together to form the cowl. It uses the stockinette stitch (where front side is knit and the wrong side is purl), which is very easy to learn. The stockinette stitch usually abbreviated as St st is also known as the stocking stitch.

Supplies to make the easy beginner knit cowl

Yarn: 2 balls of knit me 100% acrylic in two shades of cream

Needles: 6mm

Gauge: 9 st * 14 rows in a 4 inch square

Measurements: 11 inches tall, circumference: 25 inches

Instructions

cast on 56

R1- (k2, p2) till end of row, turn

R2 (k2, p2) till end of row, turn

R3: rep R2

R4: rep R3

R5: rep R2

R6: knit across

R7: purl across

repeat r6 and r7 till row 27 or till item measures 8.5 inches or till desired length

R28 (work ribbing) k2, p2 across

Bind off.

How to bind off

knit two stitches at once and then slip the stitch back to the needle on your left hand so that you do not have any stitch on your right hand needle. Repeat till there is no stitch on your needles.

do not cut yarn, use it to seam ends. Weave in ends.

Hope this easy beginner knit cowl pattern inspires you to keep knitting.

Be on the look out for cowl (II)

Cheers