The Moonflower collar is perfect for adding an extra layer of warmth under your coat while still staying stylish. The collar has a beautiful cable pattern on the front and the back as well as neat i-cord edges and a turtle neck.
The Moonflower collar is knitted seamlessly top down. The piece is started at the back neck and then increased to the full width of the back. After that stitches are picked up along the sloped shoulders for the fronts. Lastly stitches for the turtle neck are picked from the neck edges and worked in the round.
Size
One size
Length from shoulder to bottom: 32 cm / 12.5 inches
Neck drop: 11.5 cm / 4.5 inches
Width at top: 35 cm / 13.75 inches
Yarn
The pattern is written for using DK weight yarn with a strand of silk mohair, but you can substitute the yarns for a single strand of aran weight yarn. In that case, omit all instructions where it says “hold both yarns together” and follow the yarn requirements for DK weight yarn only.
300 m / 330 yards of DK weight yarn and 300 m / 330 yards of lace weight yarn.
Sample: 2 skeins of Black Isle Yarns Balblair DK (65% Gotland Wool, 35% Bluefaced Leicester; 210 / 230 yards per 100g), shown in colorway Heather gray (undyed) and 2 skeins of Knitting For Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway Rainy Day.
Needles
- 4 mm / US 6 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the neck and bottom ribbing
- 4.5 mm / US 7 circular needles with a cable of 40 cm / 16 inches for the main part
Gauge
21 sts and 26 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches of cable pattern according to the Back chart 2 on larger needles, after blocking
Notions
- 1 stitch marker
- 4 locking markers
- cable needle, if using
- waste yarn
- tapestry needle
- blocking tools
