Outgard by Lanja Khon-Engheim
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Craft: Knitting
Outgard is a lacy cowl with mock cables and nupps (Estonian bobbles). It is designed to use 100 g of fingering weight yarn but can be easily adjusted for more/less yardage.
The pattern is charted. A link is provided for the nupp technique used in the original cowl, but the nupps can be omitted or replaced with a more conventional bobble if desired.
Instructions are provided to modify the height of the cowl as well as its circumference. A plain ribbing alternative to the picot edge is also available.
Outgard is part of my collection Among the Æsir, a series of cowls and scarves named for the Norse gods and their world. Útgarðar (the Outyards) is the home of the giant Útgarða-Loki, who challenges Thor to drain a drinking horn. Unbeknownst to Thor, the horn contains not mead but the seas. While he doesn’t manage to drink it all, the amount that he does drink results in the creation of the tides.
Suggested yarn
Yarn weight
Fingering (14 wpi)
Gauge
13 stitches = 2 inches in stockinette stitch
Needle size
US 4 - 3.5 mm
Yardage
410 - 437 yards (375 - 400 m)
Sizes available
height 19” / 48 cm; circumference 26” / 66 cm