December 2015 – OwlCat Designs

Fully written and charted instructions

Top down cowlette is started flat and first knit like a triangular shawl, then joined in the round in the classic cowlette shape. Quick to knit up, this easy to wear little gem that won’t slide off your shoulders adds just the right touch of elegance to any wardrobe!

Schaumkronen (lit. Crowns of foam) are what is commonly known as whitecaps or white foam crests, this happens at a strong breeze or at about a windspeed of 6 on the Beaufort scale.

Riversong

When storm clouds roll towards the shore
and seagulls’ cries, loud just before
get drowned out in the thundering sound
of waves that wash up and then pound,
up on the rocks, with shore in sight,
my waves are crowned in caps of white!

Fully written and charted instructions

Yarn
Sweet Georgia Cashluxe Fine 1 skein each in 2 colors (70% Superwash Merino, 20% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 400 yards / 365 m per 4oz/115g skein)
OR Fingering weight yarn 225 yards MC and 90 yards CC

Sample in MC ‘Hush’ and CC ‘Birch’

Needles
US 5 (3.75 mm) 24”/ 60 cm circular needle, or size to
obtain gauge

Gauge
22 st and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette st

Finished Size
25.5”/ 65 cm neck opening, 22”/ 56 cm depth at center
front, 6” / 15 cm depth at center back

Notions
5 Stitch markers
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All patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $7.

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Worked in one piece, the sole is knit back and forth and is HEAVILY thrummed to give extra cushioning. The sides are worked in the round and the instep is again worked back and forth with a few shortened rows to bring the back of the slipper up and leave the front lower for easy in and out!
And in case you are wondering, ‘Fingge’ simply means slippers in Swissgerman, my native tongue.
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Yarn
1(1, 2) skein(s) Briggs & Little ‘Heritage’ (100% Wool, 215 yds/197 m per
4 oz/113 g)
165(200, 240 yds) / 150(185, 220) m

Roving
Malabrigo ‘Nube’ (100% Merino, unspun wool roving 4oz/113 g)

Sample used 1 skein Briggs & Little in Mulberry and 3/4 braid Malabrigo Nube in Archangel

Needles
2 US Size 6 (4 mm) 24 or 32” circular needles, or needles for preferred method of working small circumferences in the round, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
14-15 st and 26 rows = 4”/10 cm in thrummed pattern
18 sts and 28 rows= 4”/ 10cm over plain stockinette st

Notions
2 stitch markers, optional suede slipper soles (or plush paint or silicone non-slip sealant)

Finished Sizes
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All patterns have been professionally edited and tested.

Available on Ravelry for $6.50

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