A Reversible Cowl Recipe

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  • Using a crochet chain provisional cast on with waste yarn and whichever of your two balls has less yardage (which for me was the Chroma), cast on 100 stitches to 24″ US size 8 circular needles; join to knit in-the-round

  • knit until the first ball is almost all used up. From here, you can join the second ball at the start of the next round, or you can do what I did and wet splice the beginning of the new yarn to the tail end of the old yarn and just keep knitting. The results look similar, but there are no ends to weave in with the splicing option. Also keep in mind that you can only wet splice natural animal fiber yarn, so this is not an option if you’re using acrylic or cotton.
  • Take a moment to count how many rows you knitted with the first yarn because you’re going to knit one less row with the second yarn and the grafting at the end will make both sides even. This is why you want your second ball to have slightly more yardage, so you can match the length you got using all of the first ball and still have enough left over for grafting! So for example, I knitted 73 rounds with the Chroma, so I then knitted 72 rounds with the Malabrigo, and the grafted edge at the end counted as 73.

  

  Reversible cowl in progress

  • When you’ve knitted the right amount of rows with the second yarn, you’re ready to begin finishing!
  • First you will need to rip out your provisional cast on and put those live stitches onto an extra set of 24″ US size 8 circular needles.
  • Next, pull the second yarn work down inside of the first yarn work, so their respective wrong sides are facing. Straighten the fabric so it is smooth and the stitches on both sets of needles are lined up.
  • With a yarn needle and a length of yarn at least 3x the circumference of your cowl, graft the ends together.
  • Weave any ends between the two fabrics, and you’re done!

  
  A provisional cast on and grafting at the end are the secret ingredients to making this seamless, reversible cowl!