The Design

“Quick & cozy colorwork.”

This little free pattern is the perfect project to ease you into stranded colorwork! A simple one-by-one repeat in two colors helps to get you used to alternating strands of yarn while producing a fun, checker-like pattern. One-color ribbing at each edge is a tidy finishing touch! Sized just right to keep your neck warm and knit in a nice, super bulky-weight yarn, you’ll have a cozy colorwork cowl in no time!

We chose Rowan Big Wool for a super-fast, super-fun Simple Colorwork Cowl. This woolly mammoth of a yarn makes straightforward stitch patterns really pop! Spun from 100% merino wool, Big Wool is an easy-to-work-with softy—this cowl will fly off your needles and around your neck like that!

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
Approx. 24"/61cm around x 10"/25.5cm deep.

YARN
2 skeins Rowan Rowan Big Wool (87 yds/80m each); 1 each in main color (MC) and contrast color (CC).
Or approx. 120 yds/110m of an equivalent super bulky-weight weight yarn: 70 yds/64m (MC) and 50 yds/46m (CC).

Shown in color 7 Smoky (MC) and 92 Oasis (CC).

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 13 (9mm) 24"/60cm circular needle, or size to obtain gauge.
US 11 (8mm) 16"/40 cm circular needle, or 2 sizes smaller than gauge needle.
1 stitch marker.
Darning needle to finish.
Blocking wires and T-pins.

GAUGE
Approx. 10 sts = 4"/10cm in colorwork stitch in the round, after blocking.