Coracle Cowl

The Coracle Cowl is an ideal gift for those hard to please recipients: all the effortless style of a casually draped triangular shawl, with a shape that’s actually fuss free. Simply throw it on over any outfit and walk out the door ready for anything! Coracle is all about cosy, classic texture and is as warm and practical for more rugged outings as it is stylish. The snuggly woven-look fabric is surprisingly easy and incredibly satisfying to work using only a few simple stitches.

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You’ll work Coracle flat, beginning at one upper corner and working diagonally to the opposite edge of the bottom triangle. The edges are shaped with simple increases and decreases. Before binding off you’ll work a ribbed border, which grows beautifully from the eyelet basketweave pattern and gives the bottom point a stylish asymmetric finish. After blocking you’ll complete the cowl with a short mattress stitch seam at the centre back.

A coracle is a small lightweight boat, which has been in use around the world since as far back as the early Bronze Age, and possibly the Ice Age. The size and shape varies but the traditional construction of a coracle is a round basketwork frame, held together with rope, and finished with a waterproof covering. With their woven construction, and heritage as the most likely first vessel used on water, Coracle feels like the perfect name for the first pattern in our collection of gifts to keep you and your loved ones cosy on adventures big or small.

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If it's been a while since you purchased this pattern please double check that your file names match the following before casting on:

Coracle v1.2

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