The Make Your Own Colorway Cowl was originally published in 2012, but now we’ve updated it and added a LOT! It now includes instructions for 4 different gauges, can be made as a single wrap cowl or a double wrap cowl and either a moebius or simple circular cowl! It is a fantastic stash buster - throw anything that suits you together or similar gauge and see amazing new colorways take shape!

The Make Your Own Colorway Cowl is the perfect quick project to play with colors and use up leftover and orphan balls of yarn in your stash. Don’t be afraid to just use another ball if you run out of one color before the cowl is done – it will only add to the fun. Even the gauge of yarns don’t have to be exact. If you have a heavy worsted and a light worsted – they’ll be fine together. A sport and a fingering – go for it! You’ll need closer to 80 grams of each with the bulkier yarn and the double wrap cowl, but as the yarn gets thinner, you’ll be able to get by with closer to 50. And half that if you are only making a single wrap cowl. There are also instructions to make it with or without the moebius twist if you are getting stressed by the moebius CO. Just make sure you use shorter circulars (32” for double wrap or 24” for single wrap) if you aren’t going to make it a moebius. It is a great cowl either way!

SUPPLIES
50g – 80g C1 – Noro Yarns in Fingering, DK, Worsted, or Bulky
50g – 80g C2 – Island Yarn Hand Dye in Fingering, DK, Worsted, or Bulky
50g – 80g C3 – Stash or another color of Noro or Island Yarn hand-dye in same gauge as C1 and C2
Size 5 (3.75mm) 40” (100cm) Circular Needle for fingering ~or~
Size 7 (4.5mm) 40” (100cm) Circular Needle for DK ~or~
Size 9 (5.5mm) 40” (100cm) Circular Needle for worsted ~or~
Size 13 (9mm) 40” (100cm) Circular Needle for bulky
2 different colored markers (we call them blue and green for the purposes of the pattern, but any colors)
Darning needles for weaving in ends

GAUGE
Exact gauge is relatively unimportant for this project, but try to be close to these numbers for the sizing to be correct
Fingering – 20 sts = 4”
DK – 17 sts = 4”
Worsted - 15 sts = 4”
Bulky – 10 sts = 4”

FINISHED SIZE
Single wrap = approximately 24” – 25” diameter – variable depth
Double wrap = approximately 48” - 50” diameter – variable depth

The first sample is made with Noro Bachi #7 as both C1 and C2 and Island Yarn Velvet in Highsmith.

The second sample is made with Noro Kureyon #434, Noro Silk Garden #457 and Ella Rae Huenique #08.

This pattern is a fully written pattern.  A large print version is available for those with aging eyes as well as a low-vision version with size 24 Arial Black Font which should also work well with screen readers.
All abbreviations have also been written out in the low-vision version to make it easier for users of screen readers.