Fireflies dancing around, hidden from sight, twisting intricate cables in their rhythm, driven to warm the wearer … secretly celebrating with their dance, onwards to warm another. They softly, yet silently swirl around, adding height to the cowl and their intricate wishes of warmth.

Dancing Fireflies Cowl is worked from the top down in the round. Charted and written instructions. US and metric measurements.

The cowl has a relatively high height to add more warmth: it drapes onto itself so that air can get trapped within the layers to provide more insulated warmth.

Yarn
Malabrigo Worsted
100% merino wool
192 meters (210 yards) / 100 g
Shown in: #MM123 Rhodesian

Cowl requires approximately 350 meters (381 yards) of yarn.

Needle
5 mm (US 8) circular needle, 60 cm or 24 inches long
Or adjust needle size as necessary to obtain correct gauge

Notions
stitch markers (optional)

One Size
Bottom circumference varies as the looseness of your bottom bind-off can affect the finished size.

Circumference at top:
59 cm
23¼ inches

Circumference at bottom:
77.5 to 90 cm
30½ to 35½ inches

Height:
54.5 cm
21½ inches

Gauge
17 stitches / 25 rows = 10 cm (4 inches) in pattern