Spiders are good and natural... but the only time they’re cute is on knitwear. This hat and cowl set might make you shudder with every cabled stitch, but it knits up fast.
Cowl: 190 yards/174 meters worsted-weight yarn
Hat: 134 [160] yards/122 [146] meters worsted-weight yarn. Shown in Quince & Co. Lark, colorway Kumlien’s Gull.
US #8/5 mm (or size to get gauge) as follows:
Cowl: 16" circular
Hat: 16" circular and double points for crown
GAUGE
18 stitches = 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate (cables, knitting in the round, inserting correct motif round, following detailed chart)
SIZE/FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Cowl circumference: 21"/53 cm
Cowl height: 10"/23 cm
Hat circumference: 18.5”/47 cm [20”/51 cm], to fit 20”/51 cm [22”/56 cm] head
Hat height: 8"/20 cm at center Measured after blocking
10/2013 - Originally published.
10/1/2020 - Updated layout. The original pattern was correct, but we took the opportunity to change the edging for the cowl from rolled to ribbed, and made the chart the same for both the cowl and the hat.
10/28/2020 - Whoops. Instructions for edging at top of cowl should also be ribbed, not rolled, like bottom.