The pattern is fully written out and charted, so you can choose whichever works best for you. ____________________________________
I never planned to make this - I was just making a sample for a shawl - but it turned out to be a great fit as a cowl - so now I’m making more deliberately. ☻

The great thing is you can make one with a single skein of DK.

Knitted top down so you start with just a few stitches and can bind off whenever you’re running out of yarn (makes for relaxing knitting experience). ☻

Many thanks to the testers for their lovely knits:

paulap
lauragb
skyhooked
jchan8
knitgrl