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I woke up one morning with this cowl idea floating around in my head. I immediately looked up how to do a little bird cable and wasn’t happy with the pattern in the book, so I created a new design! This little bird cable is made very much like part of a caliper cable (as featured in my Fern Cliff Shawl design). This was such a fun cowl to design-- from subconscious to substance.

As we descend into the colder months, I knew I wanted a colorful, warm cowl that would protect my neck and chest from the cold winter winds. The height of this cowl is designed to block out the cold chills, but can also be folded down while you are inside. The combination of the little bird cables and color striping add interest to this simple knit cowl.

Pattern Notes: This cowl is worked in the round, making a small tube until the length (circumference) of cowl is reached. This is easy to adjust if you would like a longer cowl. Color striping is added along with the little bird cables, with some of the little bird cables reaching over into the next color section. Once you have finished working the cowl, simply graft together the ends of the tube using a Kitchener Stitch.

Difficulty Level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate
Skills needed are: Provisional Cast-On using a Crochet Hook Method, knitting and purling in the round, easy color-work, cable knitting, Kitchener Stitch grafting stitches together.

Materials:
Sport weight yarn to heavy fingering: rustic, worsted spun, non-superwash
Sample Shown in The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers, Recollect (100% White & Black Rambouillet; 185 yds/169 m per 2 oz 57g)

YARDAGE/METERAGE NEEDED
NOTE Yardage/meterage used is dependent on matching your gauge to pattern. Yardage/meterage given is for the cowl only, swatch not included.
Sport weight yarn: total approx. yarn used: 160 grams/513 yards/469 meters
C1: colorway J. Rankin: 30 grams/97 yards/89 meters
C2: colorway Sunny’s: 28 grams/91 yards/83 meters
C3: colorway Pine Drop: 30 grams/97 yards/89 meters
C4: colorway Porch Pumpkin: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters
C5: colorway Sinopah: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters
C6: colorway Eagle Eye: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters
C7: colorway I’ve Got Dreams to Remember: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters
C8: colorway Willow Creek: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters
C9: colorway Ranch Romance: 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters

• Each striped color section of cowl uses approximately 12 grams/38 yards/35 meters

Needles & Hook:
3.75 mm/F-5, crochet hook, for provisional cast-on
3.75 mm/US# 5, 16 in/40 cm circular, or size needed to obtain gauge
3.75 mm/US# 5, 16 in/40 cm spare circular needle for grafting sts together

Notions:
Scrap sport weight yarn in contrasting color for provisional cast-on
1 stitch marker to denote beginning of round bor m
8 stitch markers for little bird cable sections
8 locking stitch markers
Blocking mat & blocking pins or wires
Tapestry needle

Gauge:
24 sts/35 rounds= 4 in/10 cm in Stockinette Stitch worked in the round using 3.75 mm/US# 5 circular after blocking in sport weight yarn.

Size Information: One Size
Wing Point Cowl has a slimmer fit around the neck to keep the neck warm in cold weather. If you would like a longer cowl to rest wider on the neck or even wrap twice around, continue in stitch pattern until desired length.

Finished Measurement:
A. Cowl Circumference: 27 in/68.5 cm
B. Cowl height: 9.5 in/24 cm

This pattern has been professionally tech edited and tested.
Tech Editing: Whena Clayton // Photography: Allin Kawsay Handmade// @ allinkawsay_yachay

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