Rum Toddy
Rum Toddy showcases a beautiful repeating cable detail featuring both bold crosses and detailed ribs. The cowl is designed so the pattern begins and ends symmetrically for balance, and this incredible Cormo fiber feels cozy and soft and squishy against your neck.
I find it really hard to find a bulky yarn that can take a detailed cable, but this Elemental Bulky has fantastic stitch definition and loves a little texture.
There are detailed notes in the pattern about adjusting for either depth or circumference, and the cable pattern is both charted and written. Cowl is knitted from the bottom up, in the round.
One of the fun things about this simple cowl shape is how many ways it can be worn - look at the different ways Maya, Helen, and Jill chose to style and then fold or not fold theirs!
Photo credits: Photos with gray cowl, Jill Zielinski. Others, BabyCocktails.
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Yarn: North Bay Fiber Elemental Bulky (100% Domestic Cormo wool, approx 132yds/120m per 3.88oz/110g skein). Samples shown in Split Shot (purple) and Natural (white).
If substituting yarn, I suggest a bulky weight yarn in a soft wool with a bit of drape, and in an evenly spun fiber. Your colorway should be either solid or have a very subtle color variegation, such as a heather or tweed, in order for the cables to show up.
Gauge: 14 sts and 18 rounds per 4”/10cm in pattern
Needles: US#10.5/6.5mm
Size/Circumference:
Depth: 10”/25.5cm
Circumference: Just under 36”/91.5cm
Yardage:
2 skeins of Elemental Bulky needed to knit cowl as shown.
264yds/237m