PRODUCT: digital hand knitting pattern for XOXO bandana cowl.

PUBLISHED: July 2022. Originally published June 2021 for Knit Stars Club Kit.

INTRODUCTION: I designed a cowl for Knit Stars Club Kit for their June 2021 club kit, the XOXO cowl. I partnered up with Moondrake Co. to bring this design to life. I was inspired by the colors in Chinese porcelain and thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to honor our Chinese heritage together as we collaborated. Rachelle of Moondrake Co. came up with this beautiful jade colorway called “heritage” just for this kit.

A little story of where the name of this cowl came from. I couldn’t come up with a name for this design. Since I love symbolism, I decided to name it XOXO cowl, not because of hugs and kisses but because Shelley of Knit Stars signed an email or two with “XOXO”. It struck me because I hadn’t seen this signature being used in so long, since my high school days, like XOXO from the original Gossip Girl tv show days. I thought it would be nice to bring the design back to who I was designing the cowl for, Knit Stars and the owner, Shelley.

XOXO bandana cowl is a for an easy to wear piece to add to your outfit!

DESCRIPTION: simple texture in knit, purl, and eyelet stitches in a bandana shape cowl, knit flat then knit in the round

NEEDLE: US 5/3.75mm circular needles at least 22”/55 cm long, or size needed to obtain gauge

GAUGE: 22 sts by 36 rows in 4”/10cm (in garter stitch after blocking)

NOTIONS: stitch markers, gauge ruler if needed

YARN: Fingering Weight

Sample knit with: Moondrake Co., 383 yds in 100g 80% SW Merino/10% Cashmere/10% Nylon, Color: “Heritage”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Approx. 18.5”/47 cm at longest and 25”/64 cm at neck opening circumference

Look up hashtags on Instagram with #XOXOBandanaCowl and#tinatseknits to share your progress and FOs and to find other projects! Also tag me@tina.say.knits.

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