This design is a nod to the Secondary Snowbelt country here in Northeast Ohio. The cowl features a large cable panel (thick and dense like the heaviest of snowfalls) made up of large wide cables and slim twisted stitches/mock cables. It also features that same cable panel broken up and separated by chunks of garter stitch (much like a milder season with little lake effect snow). It is incredibly squishy and soft and will keep you warm even in the thickest of snowstorms.

The Snowbelt Cowl was the November 2014 Eunice’s Choice pattern from Three Irish Girls.

Finished Measurements
8 (14)” 22.5 (35) cm approx length
22 (28)” 55 (70) cm approx circumference

Materials
Yarn
Three Irish Girls’ Springvale Bulky yarn (100% superwash merino wool) 98 yards/ 115 meters, 3.5 oz per skein, 1 (2) skeins
Or 98 (196) yards of bulky weight yarn

Needles
One 16 (24)” circular needle in size US 10 6 mm Or size needed to obtain correct gauge

Notions
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers

Gauge
12 stitches and 20 rows = 4“ 10 cm in garter stitch pattern on US 10 needles
12 stitches and 16 rows = 4“ 10 cm in double rib stitch pattern on US 10 needles

Feb. 2016: Hey, friends! An error was recently discovered on the fourth cable panel of the cowl. The pattern has been updated, so if you have already made this cowl, thank you for your patience, the updated file is ready for you to use for future knits. For those who have yet to knit it, Ravelry has the most current version, so you are ready to go!