Accelerating Stripes Fingerless Gloves & Cowl Pattern

The Design

“Zippy stripes that race to the finish.”

We love stripes—big stripes, little stripes and everything in between. So when Alicia Vause created a pair of fingerless gloves that had all of the above, in stripes that zipped from 5 rounds to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1—we jumped on board. Then we just had to share the fun with our necks, revving our stripes from 18 rounds to 3 in a super-soft cowl that’s seamless in both directions. Snap!

See how we’ve used this pattern!

The Details

FINISHED SIZES
Gloves: 7″/18cm around palm x 10″/25cm long; small to medium.
Cowl: 26½”/67cm around x 7″/18cm deep.

YARN
Gloves: 175 yds/160m of fingering-weight yarn; 88 yds/80m each of 2 colors.
Shown in Rowan Finest (95 yds/87m each); 1 skein each, pale lavender Color 63 and cream Color 59.
Shown in dark and light grey Regia 4-Ply (230 yds/210m each), 1 skein each, Colors 522 and 1991.

Cowl: 380 yds/347m of fingering-weight yarn; 190 yds/174m each of 2 colors.
Shown in Rowan Finest (as for gloves); 2 skeins each color.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
Gloves: US 2½ (3mm) double-point needles, or size to get gauge.
Two stitch markers; darning needle to finish.
Cowl: US 5 (3.75mm) 16″/40cm circular needle, or size to get gauge.
1 spare 16″/40cm circular needle, in gauge size or smaller, for grafting.
For provisional cast-on: 2 yds/2m fine waste yarn; US G/4mm crochet hook; locking marker. One stitch marker; darning needle to finish.

GAUGE
Gloves: 28 sts = 4″/10cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round.
Cowl: 25 sts/35 rows = 4″/10cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round.

Errata & Clarification

KNITTER’S NOTES
Please see the pattern for helpful tips for creating ‘jogless’ stripes and keeping your color changes tidy.