Mill Creek Cowl is perfect for a quick and easy gift wearable in any season. It is an excellent stashbusting project for leftover sock yarn, as it uses up about 250 yards of yarn. Make it wider by adding additional repeats of the 10-stitch lace pattern, shorten or lengthen it as needed, depending on what you have in stash. For more variety, turn it inside-out. Like most good lace stitch patterns, this one looks pretty on the wrong side too!

Difficulty
Intermediate

Skills
Knitting in the round, reading a lace chart, increasing and decreasing in a lace chart.

Sizes
One size

Finished measurements
Circumference: 24”
Height: 13”

Gauge
20 stitches and 30 rounds = 4” in lace stitch pattern on US 6 (4 mm) needles

Yarn
Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Sock 100% merino; 435 yd (398 m); 113 g skein; color: Sheridan Circle, 1 skein.

Needles
US 6 (4 mm) needles, 16” circular or 1 set DPNs

Notions
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle