In honour, celebration, and appreciation to our Aves friends. May the cats wear bells, the dogs tread lightly, may our short grassy lawns grow wild and vigorous, and may you live long and prosper!

This is a pattern for a colourwork cowl, worked in the round from a provisional cast-on. Once all charts are worked to desired length, stitches are grafted in the round to connect the cowl.
This pattern includes 6 bird charts plus 2 extra bird charts if you would like a longer cowl.

Each bird element is 27 - 32 rounds using approximately 54 - 64 yds / 50 - 58 m per element per colour (there are 6 bird elements + 1 if extra length is desired) and the accent element is 13 rounds using approximately 4yds / 4m MC, 9yds / 9m CC1, and 14yds / 13m CC2 per element (there are 7 - 9 accent element repeats).

Feel free to share your project in the bunnymuff group on Ravelry and/or tag your project with #avescowl2022 on the Instagram.

yarn:
Shetland 4ply by Gathered Sheep Yarns; Fingering; 100% Pure Shetland Wool; 233yds (213m) / 55g
approximate yarn amounts:
MC (Dove) - 110g; 466yds/426m
CC1 (Raven) - 110g; 466yds/426m
CC2 (accent colour) - 25g; 106yds
needles:
2.75mm (us no 2) circulars 20in/50cm or DPNs 6in/15cm
3.25mm (us no 3) circulars 20in/50cm or DPNs 6in/15cm
gauge:
26 sts x 32 rows = 4in/10cm measured over stranded stockinette on larger needles
Some knitters work stranded and single-coloured at different gauges. Change needles, as needed, to keep stitch gauge the same throughout.
approximate finished size:
8.25in/21cm (width) x 43.5in/110.5cm (circumference)
additional tools:
needle to weave in ends, st markers, waste yarn for provisional cast-on

This pattern was an October 2022 MKAL.