Neck Cozies across the country

Neck Cozies make really good car knitting! I made eight of them while Peter and I were driving from New York to Idaho! I gave three away while we were in Idaho...and the five in the picture are gifts for people at home.



What is a Neck Cozy??? It goes over your head and sits around your neck as an alternative to a scarf. I was looking through a knitting book in the library and saw a neck cozy project that gave me the idea. Then I just used two different stitches...feather and fan for the scalloped "female" version and K2, P2 rib for the more tailored "male" version.

When I brought them to the Starbucks Knit Night Out, I promised to post the pattern on the blog, so here it is:

Materials: One skein of worsted weight yarn (about 200 yards)
Size 8 - 16" circular needle
One stitch marker

Gauge: 4 or 4.5 stitches to the inch

Cast on 84 stitches. Join and place marker (be careful not to twist the stitches).
If you are working the K2, P2 version, just do that until it measures 8 or 9 inches and then bind off in pattern. Weave in loose ends.

For the Feather and fan version work as follows:

Row 1: KNIT all stitches

Row 2: (K2 TOG) two times; ** (YO, K1) 4 times, (K2 TOG) 4 times; REPEAT from ** until the last 8 stitches; (YO, K1) 4 times, (K2 TOG) 2 times.

Row 3: PURL all stitches

Row 4: KNIT all stitches

Repeat rows 1-4 until it measures 8-9 inches. End with row 4 and then bind off. Weave in loose ends.