This year has brought a lot of challenges upon us.

For me, it hasn’t been easy so far. Whatever that means to you personally, hope knitting for yourself and loved ones will help you overcome that feeling of being “frozen in time”.

This is my third engaging cowl pattern, that, in my opinion, would be a perfect gift knitting material.

Other similar cowl patterns:

Oblivion Cowl

Overcome Cowl

Construction:

This cowl is worked in a round, and contains elements of ribbing, stranded colorwork and lace motifs.

I designed this cowl with gift knitting in mind. It is interesting and engaging to knit, and the smallest size only uses about 50g of yarn for each color, which should be perfect for stash diving!

The sample is knit in cotton & linen blend, but please feel free to use any yarn that you like/prefer!

Sizes: (1, 2, 3)

Size 1: 14 in / 35.5 cm wide and 12 in / 30.5 cm long; 28 in / 71 cm circumference.

Size 2: 16 in / 40.5 cm wide and 12 in / 30.5 cm long; 32 in / 81 cm circumference.

Size 3: 18 in / 45.5 cm wide and 12 in / 30.5 cm long; 36 in / 91 cm circumference.

Sample is shown in size 1.

YARN:

Sport/DK weight yarn in two contrast colors that compliment each other.

Approximate amounts of Sport/DK weight yarn per color per size:
C1: (123, 180, 240) yards / (113, 165, 220) meters;
C2: (123, 180, 240) yards / (113, 165, 220) meters.

Yarn used: Knit Picks CotLin (70% Tanguis Cotton, 30% Linen; 123 yards \ 113 meters per 50g)
C1: Raindrop
C2: Clarity

NEEDLES:

Ribbing: size US 6 (4 mm) circular needles, or needle size to obtain gauge;
Main needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle, or needle size to obtain gauge.

NOTIONS:

Removable stitch markers
BOR stitch marker
Darning needle
Scissors

GAUGE:

17 sts and 25 rows per 4in / 10cm in stockinette stitch, BLOCKED

TECHNIQUES:

Cast on;
Bind off;
Knit and purl stitches;
Knitting in the round;
Increases;
Decreases;
Yarn over;
Stranded colorwork.