Simple Colorwork Cowl Using Rowan Big Wool
The Design
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 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.
Digital Simple Colorwork Cowl (Rowan Big Wool version) pattern. (Download)
COLOR: 1 skein each of Oasis and Smoky.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Cerise and Pumpkin.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Citron and Concrete.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Midori and Black.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Golden Olive and Wild Berry.
COLOR: 1 skein each of White Hot and Prize.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Ice Blue and Blue Velvet.
COLOR: 1 skein each of Lipstick and Forest.