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Product Description
Choose your look with the reversible Alpha Chi cowl. In two punchy colors, you can choose a bold, trendy Greek key side, or a fun diagonal stripe to match your mood or your sweater, all while keeping warm and cozy.
Alpha Chi is shown in The Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet, colors Miss Manners (A) and High Cotton (B) and in colors Bohemian Blue (A) and Breakfast on Fifth (B).
To help with substitutions, the cowls uses approximately 350 meters of each color.
Please keep in mind that while gauge is not crucial for this project, any differences in gauge will affect yardage required to complete the project.
Alpha Chi Reversible Cowl by Meridith Shepherd
What is Being Made
The Alpha Chi is a reversible knitted cowl designed by Meridith Shepherd for Stacked Woolens. This intermediate-level project creates a finished cowl measuring 33 inches (84 cm) in circumference and 8 inches (20.25 cm) in height. The reversible construction allows knitters to display two distinct design options—a bold Greek key pattern on one side and a fun diagonal stripe on the reverse—making it a versatile accessory that can be worn to match different moods or coordinate with various sweaters.
Techniques Used
The Alpha Chi cowl employs stranded knitting, a colorwork technique that involves working with two colors simultaneously to create intricate patterns. This method requires knitters to carry yarn colors across the back of the work while switching between them according to a chart. The pattern utilizes turning rows during construction, which allows the knitter to work the piece in sections and create the reversible effect. The design is worked in the round using a circular needle, and knitters must be comfortable reading charts to follow the two distinct colorwork patterns (Chart 1 and Chart 2) that form each side of the cowl.
Stitches Used
The Alpha Chi cowl is worked primarily in stranded stockinette stitch, which creates a smooth, classic fabric base ideal for displaying colorwork patterns. The stockinette stitch provides the foundation for the two-color Greek key and diagonal stripe designs, with the gauge set at 30 stitches and 39 rows per 4 inches (10 cm) in stranded stockinette stitch.
Materials and Specifications
This project requires approximately 395 yards (360 meters) of fingering weight wool yarn in two colors. The pattern calls for The Plucky Knitter yarn in two specific colorways: Miss Manners (Color A) and Wintry Mix (Color B), with one skein of each color needed. Knitters will need a Size 3 (3.25 mm) circular needle measuring 24 inches (60 cm) in length, stitch markers (optional), and a tapestry needle for finishing. The yarn weight is specified as 3-ply and 4-ply fingering weight wool, which provides the appropriate drape and stitch definition for the stranded colorwork technique.
Skill Level and Requirements
The Alpha Chi is rated as an Experienced
Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | 3 Ply, 4 Ply |
| Featured Products: | Cascade Yarns Heritage Silk |
| Pages: | 3 |
| Designer: | Stacked Woolens |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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