A simple and elegant cowl with twisted stitches, zigzag lace columns, and an unusual ladder stitch. In fingering weight, the cowl is drapey and light; in worsted or chunky, it’s warm but not stifling. With only 2 pattern rounds, it’s easy to knit but not boring - and very addictive!

Choose an appropriate needle size for a fabric you like with the yarn you’ve chosen. Feel free to play around with the yarn weight, needle size, and the number of pattern repeats to suit your taste. Yardages and cast-on numbers reflect sample measurements, but the cowl can be worked over any multiple of 7 sts.

Technical Editing by Laura Cameron

Sizes
Single Loop (Double Loop)
Finished Depth: 9” / 23cm

Needles and Notions
» 16-24” (24-32”) / 40-60 (60-80)cm circular needles, suggested sizes for each yarn weight given below
» stitch marker, tapestry needle

Materials
Chunky Weight:
Finished sizes: 22 (60)“
130 (390) yds chunky weight yarn
US 10.5 (6.5mm) circular needles
Gauge: 14 sts & 20 rnds

Worsted Weight:
Finished sizes: 22 (46)“
200 (400) yds worsted weight yarn
US 8 (5mm) circular needles
Gauge: 20 sts & 30 rnds

Fingering Weight:
Finished sizes: 22 (44)“
200 (400) yds fingering weight yarn
US 6 (4mm) circular needles
Gauge: 23 sts & 34 rnds

2-page PDF pattern includes instructions for chunky, worsted, or fingering weight yarn, and measurements in imperial and metric.