Lineal Cowl & Wristwarmers in SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted - Downloadable PDF

Lineal Cowl & Wristwarmers in SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted by Grace Verhagen

The Lineal Cowl & Wristwarmers is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern designed by Grace Verhagen and published by SweetGeorgia Yarns. This intermediate-level pattern offers two coordinating accessories — a cabled and seed stitch cowl and a set of wristwarmers — both worked in SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted yarn. The pattern was originally conceived as a Mother's Day gift, and its design philosophy centers on creating something feminine, structured, and elegant without the loose ends of a scarf or the complex shaping of a shawl.

The Lineal Cowl

The Lineal Cowl is a neck warmer that combines seed stitch and cablework to create an organic, textured fabric with a distinctive pucker that gives the finished piece a lively, almost sculptural quality. The cowl is designed to look polished whether casually draped over a jacket or blouse, making it a versatile everyday accessory.

Sizes and Finished Measurements

• Short version: uses 1 skein of yarn, producing a snug neck warmer
• Long version: uses 2 skeins, allowing the cowl to be wrapped multiple times around the neck for extra warmth and comfort
• Width: 6¼" / 16 cm

Techniques and Stitches Used

The Lineal Cowl is worked in the round on circular needles, making it a seamless, continuous tube of fabric. The key design element is the interplay between two classic knitting textures:

• Seed stitch: A classic alternating knit-and-purl texture worked so that stitches are offset on each row, creating a bumpy, non-curling fabric that adds visual interest and a tactile contrast to the smooth cables.
• Cablework: Specifically, a c4 over 4 right cable is featured, which involves crossing stitches over one another using a cable needle to create a twisted, rope-like column of texture. This cable repeat appears within a structured panel alongside purl and knit stitches.
• Twisted 1x2 Rib: The gauge is measured over a Twisted 1x2 Rib pattern, which contributes to the cowl's elasticity and close fit around the neck.
• Increasing and decreasing: Shaping techniques are incorporated, adding to the cowl's organic, three-dimensional structure.

The cable pattern is clearly charted within the PDF and written out row by row. The repeat follows a 10-row sequence, with the cable cross occurring on Row 5 and plain texture rows worked in between to allow the cable to stand out prominently against the seed stitch background.

Skills Required

• Knitting in the round
• Working cables with a cable needle
• Increasing and decreasing
• Reading stitch markers
• Basic finishing with a yarn needle

Materials for the Lineal Cowl

• Yarn: SweetGeorgia Trinity Worsted in Wisteria — 1 skein for the short version, 2 skeins for the long version. Each skein contains 200 yd / 182 m and weighs 4 oz / 115 g. The fiber content is a luxurious blend of 70% superwash merino wool, 20% cashmere, and 10% silk, giving the finished cowl exceptional softness, drape, and a subtle sheen.
• Needles: US Size 6 / 4 mm circular needle, 24" / 60 cm long for the short version, or 40" / 100 cm for the long version. Needle size should be adjusted as needed to achieve correct gauge.
• Notions: Cable needle, yarn needle, measuring tape, and 5 (short version) or 11 (long version) stitch markers

Gauge

24 stitches and 30