Conduit Cowl/Wrap is at least three cowl (or wrap) styles in one calm project, and makes a good canvas for a collection of DK-weight yarn scraps and cool buttons.

This project is an easy technical knit; the look is determined by your yarn choices, and the versatility is in the finishing.

Designed as a slow, mid- to longterm project, Conduit Cowl is intended to use up odds and ends of DK/sportweight yarn over days or a week or two of knitting.

Since colors change whenever necessary or desired, it’s a good canvas for a daily-temperature color project or a scrapbook of yarns left over from previous projects. And of course you always could flaunt convention and go for a tasteful neutral in a single matching colorway instead.

It doesn’t skimp on yardage or depth, and the end result is a cozy cowl that can be worn as a long tube cowl (with enough depth for hood-style wear, too), a double-knit reversible tube cowl, or a short loop cowl. These are pretty intuitive, but if you’d like ideas, an extra style .PDF—included—shows these different looks specifically.

This project requires twelve 3/4/2cm buttons. I’d recommend using embroidery thread, sewing thread, or some sort of smaller thread (I used waxed linen) to open up your button options beyond the yarn-friendly ones, but this is optional, of course.

Materials:

• 330-350g or 811-861yds of assorted DK/sportweight yarns/scraps; the cowl shown includes Malabrigo Yarns Arroyo, Knitpicks Merino Style, and Knitpicks Swish DK.
• 1 16”+ circular needle in US6/4.0mm, or size needed for gauge.
• 1-2 removable stitch markers or scrap yarn
• Tapestry needle.
• 12 buttons, 3/4”/2cm
• Optional: smaller needle, embroidery or sewing thread for buttons

Gauge:
For the cowl shown, gauge is 20 sts and 28 rows over 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch, worked in the round and lightly blocked. Please be sure to check your gauge.

Techniques:
For this project, you’ll need to be comfortable working in the round.