Looking for all the colours with minimal ends to sew in? Make the yarn do the hard work in this bright and cheerful cowl that will keep you warm and cosy throughout all your outdoor adventures. The geometric design, featuring an eight-pointed star, is named after a local estate where I enjoy walking in all weathers. This fun-to-knit cowl works up quickly in DK yarn making it the perfect gift knitting for Christmas or winter birthdays.

Method: This stranded colorwork cowl is knit in the round from the bottom up. It has rolled hems, corrugated ribbing, and easy-to-knit colourwork motifs containing minimal long floats.

Please note the colorwork design in this pattern is charted, not written out. You need to be prepared to read and work from charts in order to enjoy knitting this design.

Size: This pattern is written in 3 sizes. All instructions that differ depending on the size you are knitting are color coded and indicated with parentheses like this: S (M, and L).

Size - Finished Circumference - Finished Height
S - 21⅜” (54 cm) - 10⅝” (27 cm)
M - 37⅜” (94.5 cm) - 10⅝” (27 cm)
L - 53⅜” (133.5 cm) - 10⅝” (27 cm)

Yarn: You can use any DK yarn that you like and with which you can get tension/ gauge. You will need a self-striping or gradient yarn and a contrasting color.

Please note I do not recommend using yarns with a high cotton content as cotton doesn’t stretch as much as other fibers and this will affect the fit of your cowl.

The amounts of each color required will depend on which size you are knitting, as a guide for the cowl pictured (size M) I used the following:
MC - Cygnet DK in 256 Cream approx. 275 metres (301 yards)
CC - Cygnet Boho Spirit in 6461 Mojo approx. 160 metres (175 yards)