The Design

With some very simple knitting (and a little fussy finishing) you’ll have an Inside Outside Cowl—double-layered, totally seamless, utterly reversible, and very versatile! Knit half-and-half in two different colors, you can wear this two-tone cowl with either color out, or shift it halfway to show some of each.

We knit this Inside Outside Cowl in two colors of ITO Kuroten—a fascinating, fingering-weight blend of 80% cashmere and 20% sable (both called ‘noble’ fibers because of their rarity and quality). This woolen-spun yarn is warm, delightful worn against the skin, and has a pretty, pared-back color palette of gently heathered colors!

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
Small cowl: Approx. 23"/58.5cm around x 4½"/11.5cm deep.

YARN
2 skeins ITO Kuroten (109 yds/100m); 1 skein each in two colors. Or approx. 109 yds/100m each in two colors of an equivalent fingering-weight yarn.

Sample shown is small cowl in colors 886 Orient Blue and 882 Angora.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 2½ (3mm) 16" circular needle, or size to obtain gauge.
Another needle or set of needles (same size or smaller), for grafting.
US D-E (3.25-3.5mm) crochet hook for provisional cast-on.

GAUGE
Approx. 25 sts/40 rounds = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch worked in the round, blocked.