It’s the time of year when we feel compelled to haul our stashes into the sunlight and assess what we should and shouldn’t hold onto. If you’re anything like me, you have lots of leftover fingering weight from projects past that you just can’t part with. This cowl is just the thing to use up those precious bits! You can follow the pattern as written or add more colours and more repeats to make a cowl that displays lovely yarn to advantage. The colourwork is easy enough for a beginner and the colour blending gives you infinite ways to mix and match your yarns.

Yarn:
For each colour, depending on how it knits up, you’ll need between 140-220 yards/ 130-200 metres. The finer the yarn, the more yardage you’ll need.

Yarn A (Gold): madelinetosh “Pashmina” in Glazed Pecan (75% merino, 15% silk, 10% cashmere, 360yards/329 metres, 100g per skein) 40g which is 144 yards/131 metres.
Yarn B (Blue): Shibui “Staccato” in Rain (70% merino, 30% silk, 190 yards/175 metres, 50g per skein), 40g which is 152 yards/140 metres.
Yarn C (Grey): Punta Yarns “Mericash Fingering” (80% merino, 20% cashmere, 262 yards/240 metres, 50g per skein) 40g which is 209 yards/192metres.
Yarn D (Cream): Punta Yarns “Mericash Fingering” (80% merino, 20% cashmere, 262 yards/240 metres, 50g per skein) 40g which is 209 yards/192metres.

Needle:
3mm (US 2.5) 16 inch circular or double-pointed needles
Extra pair of circular needles within 2mm of size needed to obtain gauge (for securing cast-on stitches during grafting)
Crochet hook (for provisional cast-on)

Gauge:
27 stitches and 36 rows over 4 inches in stockingette stitch using 3mm needles.

Measurements:
6 inches wide and 24 inches long (grafted and blocked)

Notions:
tapestry needle for weaving in ends. stitch marker.
scrap yarn for provisional cast-on.

Notes:
This cowl uses a stranded knitting technique called colour dominance. This practice refers to the colour which ‘pops’ more out of the background. It really does make a difference. Regardless of whether you’re a one handed, two handed, English or continental knitter, the dominant colour will always be the one that is carried under the other colour.