How to Make a Knit Cowl, Vampire Style

Posted by CraftFoxes Staff on Sep 02, 2011

When midnight finds you under a full moon and nowhere to hide, cozy into your Under Cover of Midnight Hooded Cowl. From the book Vampire Knits: Projects to Keep You Knitting from Twilight to Dawn by Genevieve Miller, the free pattern for this knitted cowl is meant for someone with some knitting experience as well as a taste for blood.

--Reprinted by permission from Vampire Knits by Genevieve Miller. Photographs by Heather Weston. Published by Potter Craft / Random House, Inc.

Skill level: Intermediate

Size: One size

Finished Measurements: 18" x 32" (circumference at bottom edge) (46cm x 81cm)

Gauge: 14 stitches and 18 rows = 4" (10cm ) in stockinette stitch

Special skills: Cables

Materials: Materials: KnitPicks Cadena Bulky (70% wool, 30% alpaca, 31⁄2 oz/100g, 110 yds/100m): 4 skeins in Admiral - Size 101⁄2 (6.5mm) 16" and 24" circular needles Stitch markers Cable needle Tapestry needle