Digital download (1 PDF).
Pattern language: English.

Pattern info

Amici - Italian for ‘friends’.
Valentina of SnailYarn and I started our first collaboration last year in Hamburg. This year we will meet again in Berlin. Berlin Knits is all about meeting friends, chatting, laughing and knitting, so we decided to put our heads together for a second collaboration.

With my friends in mind I designed this cowl and hat in a squishy, soft woolen yarn. New and old friends tested this set to complete the circle. Some of them will be in Berlin too and some of them just in mind.

The stitch pattern is easy to memorize and looks more complicated than is. The pattern is fully written with stitch counts and is also charted.

Yarn

2 skeins SnailYarn BFL/Masham DK (BFL/Masham British wool, 100 gr-262yds/240m). Sample yardage 476yds/435m in color Natural.
Or any DK weight yarn: approx. 437-492yds (400-450m).

Materials

24” (minimum 60 cm) circular or straight needles. US 6 (4.0 mm)
US 7 (4.5 mm)
Stitch markers, cable needle, tapestry needle.

Gauge - blocked 4" (10 cm)

Cable pattern, 26 stitches x 30 rounds.
Gauge is not that crucial, but will affect final size and yardage.

Finished dimensions

Approx. 25.6” (65 cm) circumference x 17.75“ (45 cm) height.

Adjustments

Different sizes and fits can also be achieved by altering yarn weight and/or needle size(s).