Necklaces, Snoods, Collar & Scarf in King Cole Cosmos - 4392 - Downloadable PDF

Necklaces, Snoods, Collar & Scarf in King Cole Cosmos – Pattern 4392

This King Cole pattern 4392 is a downloadable PDF designed for beginner knitters who want to create a collection of stylish, lightweight accessories using King Cole Cosmos yarn. The pattern covers four distinct designs: a Triangular Necklace, a Lace Snood, a Collar, and a Scarf. Each piece is quick to knit and makes excellent use of Cosmos's unique multi-strand, decorative yarn character, resulting in accessories with a rich, textured appearance that requires minimal knitting experience to achieve.

About King Cole Cosmos Yarn

King Cole Cosmos is a novelty-style yarn that combines multiple strands and textures into a single ball, producing a naturally decorative fabric without complex stitch work. The pattern is worked holding two strands together — a Main (M) yarn and a Contrast (C) yarn — throughout each design, which adds depth, colour variation, and body to the finished accessories. The yarn falls within the DK and thread weight categories, and the pattern calls for needles ranging from 4½ mm to 7 mm depending on the specific design, allowing each piece to achieve its intended drape and structure.

Triangular Necklace

Overview

The Triangular Necklace is a small, shaped knitted accessory that sits at the neckline, creating a decorative focal point similar to a statement jewellery piece. It is a beginner-friendly project that knits up quickly and fastens with a button and button loop closure.

Techniques and Construction

• Cast-on method: Thumb method, using one strand of M and one strand of C held together
• Shaping: The triangular form is achieved through decrease rows, using slip 1, k1, psso at the beginning and k2tog near the end of right-side rows, reducing the stitch count progressively
• Finishing: A button loop is made and attached to the side edge at the cast-on end; a button is sewn to the opposite side to correspond with the loop
• Blocking: The finished piece is covered with a clean damp tea towel and left until dry

Stitches Used

• Stocking stitch (st-st) forms the main fabric
• K2tog (knit two together) — a right-leaning decrease
• S1, k1, psso (slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over) — a left-leaning decrease

Materials and Tension

Worked on 7 mm needles, the tension is 14 stitches and 23 rows to 10 cm over stocking stitch. As with all designs in this leaflet, tension should be checked carefully — fewer stitches than stated requires thinner needles, and more stitches requires thicker needles.

Lace Snood

Overview

The Lace Snood is a circular neck warmer worked in two separate pieces that are joined at the seam. Despite the name, the lace effect is created through a simple yarn forward (yfwd) eyelet technique rather than complex lace knitting, making it very accessible for beginners. The resulting fabric has an open, decorative quality that suits the textured nature of King Cole Cosmos beautifully.

Techniques and Construction

• Cast on: 67 stitches using the thumb method with M and C held together, on 5½ mm needles
• Two-piece construction: The snood is made in two identical pieces, then joined
• Seaming: Pieces are joined at the seam to form the complete snood loop

Stitches Used