This quick and easy cowl was designed to show off a highly variegated yarn using simple slipped stitch pattern – which means you only work with one color at a time.

Knitted entirely in the round, the cowl begins with a pretty twisted stitch border before changing to the slipped stitch pattern.

There are 3 sizing options, and you can use any of your favorite yarns from fingering to worsted weight for a truly unique cowl!

This an advanced beginner/intermediate pattern. Once you understand the pattern stitch it is quite easy to size this for virtually any yarn you have.

Finished Sizes
Small (Medium, Large) – 23 (31, 48)” / 58.5 (79, 122) cm circumference & 6 ½ (9, 6)” /16.5 (23, 15) cm high

Yarn (Note: MC = Main Color; CC – Contrast Color)
Small – Koigu KPPPM (MC) – 100% merino wool, 175 yds / 160 m per 1.76 oz / 50 g & Ella Rae Lace Merino (CC) – 100% merino wool, 460 yds / 421 m per 3.53 oz / 100 g; 1 skein each OR approx 130 yds / 120 m (MC) & 120 yds / 110 m (CC) of a fingering weight yarn

Medium – Cephalopod Yarn Traveller (MC) – 100% merino wool, 280 yds / 256 m per 4.02 oz / 114 g & Creatively Dyed Yarns Fatima (CC) – 80% merino wool/10% bamboo/10% seacell, 250 yds / 229 m per 6.21 oz / 176 g; 1 skein each OR approx 140 yds / 125 m (MC) & 130 yds / 120 m (CC) of a dk weight yarn

Large – Dragonfly Fibers Traveller (MC & CC) – 100% merino wool, 280 yds / 256 m per 3.53oz / 100g; 1 skein each OR approx 150 yds / 135 m (MC) & 85 yds / 77 m (CC) of a dk/worsted weight yarn

Needles (use suggested sizes below OR size needed to obtain gauge)
Small – Size US 5 & 7 / 3.75 & 4.5 mm 16” circular
Medium – Size US 7 & 9 / 4.5 & 5.5 mm 24” circular
Large – Size US 9 & 11 / 5.5 & 8 mm 32” circular

Gauge
Small – 22 sts + 48 rows = 4” / 10 cm in garter stitch in the round using size 7 / 4.5 mm needles
Medium – 18 sts + 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in garter stitch in the round using size US 9 / 5.5 mm needles
Large – 16 sts + 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in garter stitch in the round using size US 11 / 8 mm needles

Errata:
For sizes S/M - Rnds 30 - 36 should read “rep Rnds 25 - 30”.
Also, Rnds 53-54 should read “with MC: K”.