I dug up one of my yarns from the bottom of a container a couple days ago. I really like the color but it was really hard for me to decide what to knit with it. So, it was in my yarn container a few years. This type of novelty yarn is called 'boucle' yarn. This beautiful yarn is originally from ICE (Yarn Paradise in Turkey). I think this yarn line is already not made anymore. (This is sad! I wanted to get other colors!) I was staring at the yarn ball for a while and waited for an idea came up -for what to make with it. This yarn has a strong character. Too strong....It may not good to make cable pattern - pattern would be hidden under this colors. I thought and thought....and finally I came to a conclusion. Strong/complicated character yarn needs simple stitches. My choice of stitch is garter stitch. It is a reversible look stitch. I decided to make a cowl with this yarn! My pattern is as follows. If you have a this kind of boucle yarn (this yarn has skinny part and thicker part), try this pattern to consume your yarn stash. I thought simple stitches worked great to make the yarn feature stand out.
Needle : Size us10 (6mm) circular needle - 32 inches of length
Yarn : Boucle type yarn 2 balls (about 440 m)
1 stitch marker
Cast on 200. Place stitch marker on the right-hand needle, and join to work in circle.
Row 1 : Knit.
Row 2 : Purl.
Repeat Row 1 and 2 in turn.
Keep working until you get 10 inches before binding off.
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