Product Description

This cowl was inspired by design aesthetics of Art Deco tin ceiling tiles and cactus flowers. I wanted to combine some local flora from the Rocky Mountains, where I live, with the effortless glamor of the bygone era. I think the result came out marvelously!

This is a very simple cowl, just a bit of ribbing and Fair Isle stranding. The work is begun at the bottom (or top) with an inch of ribbing. Then the chart is worked twice through. Finally, another inch of ribbing is worked, and the work is bound off stretchy. That’s it!

Sizes: One Size, to measure 12”/30.5 cm tall by 22”/56 cm circumference when blocked.

Yarn: 250 yards/230 meters of DK weight yarn total; roughly 150 yards/140 meters of main color (shown in orange) and 100 yards/95 meters of contrast color (shown in teal).

Sample shown in Greenwood Fiberworks’ Yakity Yak DK colorways Aegean and Pumpkin. You can squeeze two cowls out of these two skeins if you are conservative with your swatch; alternate which yarn is the main color for the second one.

Needles: Size US 7/4.5 mm circular needle with a 24”/61 cm cable and size US 6/4 mm circular needle with a 24”/61 cm cable, or size needed to obtain gauge and one size smaller.

Gauge: 22 stitches and 24 rows = 4” x 4”/10 x 10 cm square in stranded Stockinette stitch on larger needles, blocked.

Notions: 7 closed-ring stitch markers (it’s helpful if 3 are different in some way) and a blocking mat (optional).

Techniques: Knitting in the round, Fair Isle knitting (stranding), chart reading, and stretchy bind off.