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No Leftovers – Russian Wedding Band Cowl
3 interlocking rings…for the neck. With a Free party Game At The End.
Elen Pass Brandt, © 2013
For My Friends at Auburn Needleworks, ( www.auburnneedleworks.com)
Fashionistas, Stylistas, Frugalistas, Recessionistas, (well actually)
Depressionistas Unite!
Style is not about money – it is about being clever. We all have the ubiquitous stash of leftovers – those 30-75 (or more) yards of
something that you can’t bear to ditch. This is one of three “No Left-overs”
patterns designed to make the highest and best use of these semi-skeins. They
need happiness, they need a purpose – and you need to save cash and feel
creative.
The cowl is patterned after the Russian Wedding (interlocking) Band rings
featured by major jewelers (you know, blue box, red box…), which roll together
on the finger.
YARN: You can use 50-75 yards each of 3 colors. These were all knit with
Cascade 220 100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 220 yards = 100 grams. Probably
any DK or worsted weight. You want approx. 4 – 4 ½ stitches to the inch to
achieve a circumference of 21+ inches. Raid your leftover stash! If you have less
– make shorter (less high) bands – there are no rules.
NEEDLES/GAUGE: US 10 (6 mm) size circular (16”) needle and was able to do
approx. 4 stitches to the inch. You are aiming at about a “21 inch plus“ final
circumference, and the pattern can be modified to accommodate your yarn.
PATTERN: Just knitting in the round with enough stitches cast on to give you a
21”+ circumference. (To fit over the head.) This sample was knit in 85 stitches.
Note: Your 3 pieces will roll onto themselves – perfect, no problem, that is
what you are aiming at, we want roundness, roundness is a good thing.
Cast On 85 stitches of FIRST color and work as follows:
Join the stitches in the round (place a marker if you wish) be really careful not
to twist the stitches (this is not a mobius piece and will not play nice with the
others).
Knit like mad until the circle is 7” high. Bind off really loosely and weave in
ends.
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Cast On 85 stitches of SECOND color and work as follows:
CAVEAT – before you join the needles in the round – put them through the
center of the first finished ring (making sure you do not have twisted stitches) –
this is the interlocking thing. Don’t worry about direction because each roll can
be put in either an in or out direction afterward.
Knit like mad until the circle is 7” high. Bind off really loosely and weave in
ends.
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Cast On 85 stitches of THIRD color and work as follows:
Again, before you join the needles in the round – put them through the center of
both the first two finished rings (making sure you do not have twisted stitches).
Again…Knit like mad until the circle is 7” high. Bind off really loosely and
weave in ends. Okay, you are done. You can flip the rings to either side for
effect (ridges or smooth.) Again, your choice, there are few style rules – only
mechanical ones.
Issues:
Not enough yarn? If you don’t have enough of one color and it ends up only 3” -
6” – so what, it still works, you are the master of your universe.
Want more rings? You have my permission, go for it – but you might want to
keep them a little shorter (remember, every time you add one, it makes the whole
snugger around the neck). We try not to choke for fashion.
And for the special bonus……
WHY NOT A PARTY FOR THREE? (This is the Party Game Thing)
Back to that frugal, recessionista thing… if you want a cowl with three different
colors (yarns) but don’t want to buy 3 skeins. Then….
Three friends should buy one skein of Cascade 220 each (or whatever your
choice that provides enough yardage of the right size) – each in a different but
yet complimentary color. Two complimentary plus a “punch” color works well.
Over coffee, wine, or knibbly-bits…. (or all of the above)
Each one should knit a 7” high circle with their color of choice. (Per the above
directions/suggestions.) When done…each passes their skein to the one on their
left (clockwise).
Then each knits a 5” high circle with the second color (using the above
directions, bringing the needles through the previous circle). When this is
complete, each passes that skein to the one on the left.
You then each knit a final round through the first two circles. Because everyone
knits loosely, tighter or medium…there will be a variation on the final
“leftovers” – use what is left - whether smaller or up to 8”. Again, variety is the
spice of life. This last skein will probably go home with you if the party has gone
on too long.
If you are really anti-social - or have to come up with three identical gifts – just
use all three skeins by yourself and pass them to your other two personalities…