FINISHED SIZE: Approx. 9” wide x 23” circumference, blocked
YARN: Two colors of fingering weight yarn: designated as MC (dark color, need 200 yards) and CC (light color, need 100 yards). Model worked in Knit Picks Diadem Fingering, 50% Baby Alpaca/50% Mulberry Silk (329 yards/100 grams), Color Platinum Solid, 1 hank; CC – Knit Picks Hawthorne, Fingering, 80% Fine Superwash Highland Wool, 20% Polyamide (Nylon) – (100 grams/ 357 yards), Color Alemada, 1 hank.
NEEDLES: US Size 7 (4.5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
NOTIONS: Row counter, tapestry needle.
GAUGE: 20 sts & 32 rows = 4” in Garter Stitch

This is a fun cowl to knit. There is a lacey stitch on the outer edge of a mitered square and in the opposite corner from the lace is a smaller square in a different color. This is all done in garter stitch, so that both right and wrong sides look very similar. I alternated the squares with the contrasting color with plain squares, but you could put them in every square or make up your own design for placing the contrasting color squares. It is knit flat and then seamed. You could also make this into a longer cowl by making each of the four panel longer. Remember that would take more yarn.