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Mossberry Cowl – Free Knitting Pattern

Every knitter needs to try knitting with super bulky yarn. You really do! The texture you can achieve is wonderful, and because the yarn is bigger, your project moves faster – especially useful when we find outselves 2 weeks out from Christmas with 10 gifts to make. This super bulky cowl is the perfect last minute gift item and it’s one that will actually get used, not thrown into the back of someone’s closet!

One of the cool things about this bulky cowl is it is reversible. There really is no right or wrong side, they both look the same.

I’m excited to offer two ways to make this cowl! The first is knitted in the round using circular needles, and the second is knit back and forth in rows also using circular needles. You might be able to squish the stitches onto a 16″ circular or your longest single points if that’s all you have in a size 11.

You may notice you will be casting on 2 more stitches for the flat cowl versus the one knit in the round. This is because we are using these stitches at each end as a selvedge stitch so we have some stitches to seam into, and they will kind of dissapear and get eaten up into seam.

Mossberry Cowl – Free Knitting Pattern

Supplies:

Approx. 120 yards Super Bulky Yarn (6)
For working in the round Size 11 (8mm) – 24″ circular knitting needles
For working in rows/flat Size 11 (8mm) – 24″ or longer circular knitting needles

Gauge and Measurements:

5 st and 8 rows in 2” pattern (double moss)
Approx. 9” tall by 13” wide (when laid flat)

Notes:

If you are using a natural animal fiber yarn, you may want to cast on 10 less stitches (60 for knitting in the round, 62 for knitting flat in rows), as the cowl will grow after washing or blocking.

Let’s Begin!

Version 1: Knitting in the Round

CO 70
Making sure your stitches aren’t twisted, join to work in the round (just start knitting basically)

1. K1, P1 around

2. – 5. Rep 1

6. K1, P1 around
7. P1, K1 around
8. P1, K1 around
9. K1, P1 around

10. K1, P1 around
11. P1, K1 around
12. P1, K1 around
13. K1, P1 around

14. K1, P1 around
15. P1, K1 around
16. P1, K1 around
17. K1, P1 around

18. K1, P1 around
19. P1, K1 around
20. P1, K1 around
21. K1, P1 around

22. K1, P1 around
23. P1, K1 around
24. P1, K1 around
25. K1, P1 around

26. K1, P1 around
27. P1, K1 around
28. P1, K1 around
29. K1, P1 around

30. K1, P1 around
31. – 33. Rep 30

Bind off in pattern (K1, P1, pass K st over P st. K1, pass P st over K st. P1, pass K st over P st, etc.)

Weave in ends.

Version 2: Knitting in Rows (flat)

CO 72

1. Sl first st KW, (K1, P1) until 1 st remains, K1

2. – 5. Rep 1

6. Sl first st KW, (K1, P1) until 1 st remains, K1
7. Sl first st KW, (K1, P1) until 1 st remains, K1
8. Sl first st KW, (P1, K1) until 1 st remains, K1
9. Sl first st KW, (P1, K1) until 1 st remains, K1

10. Rep 6
11. Rep 7
12. Rep 8
13. Rep 9

14. Rep 6
15. Rep 7
16. Rep 8
17. Rep 9

18. Rep 6
19. Rep 7
20. Rep 8
21. Rep 9

22. Rep 6
23. Rep 7
24. Rep 8
25. Rep 9

26. Rep 6
27. Rep 7
28. Rep 8
29. Rep 9

30. Sl first st KW, (K1, P1) until 1 st remains, K1
31. – 33. Rep 30

Bind off in pattern (Sl first st KW, K1, pass sl st over K st. P1, pass K st over P st. K1, pass P st over K st. P1, pass K st over P st, etc.)

Join sides and whipstitch or mattress stitch together. Weave in ends.