Early spring brings clear night skies and the welcome thought of outdoor adventures with family and friends. While the sun sets after a gorgeous day, we pull the covers off the patio furniture and fire up the grill, anticipating a test run of eating outside. As the meal finishes cooking, we concede that perhaps it’s a few weeks from outdoor weather, so we transfer the food to a tray, close the lid to the grill, and head inside to eat.

The Backyard Cowl is worked flat on circular needles and uses knitting knowledge including:

• cast on
• knit/purl
• increasing/decreasing
• slipping stitches
• i-cord bind off
• mattress stitch

Yarn Requirements
MC: about 250 yds
CC: about 45 yds