Yarn
Main Color - 100 yards (approximately 40 grams) of DK weight yarn - Sample knit in Mace of Skeins Spade DK in ‘Shadow Cat’
Contrast Color - 150 yards (approximately 20 grams) of DK weight yarn - Sample knit in Mace of Skeins Spade DK in ‘Sandcastle’

Needles
Garter Edging - US 4 (3.5 mm) 21” circular needle
Colorwork - US 8 (5.0 mm) 21” circular needle

Size
Adult One Size

Gauge
Garter Edging Gauge (After Blocking)
24 sts and 24 rounds over 4” in garter stitch on US 4 (3.5 mm) needles worked in the round
Colorwork Gauge (After Blocking)
24 sts and 26 rounds over 4” in colorwork over stockinette stitch on US 8 (5.0 mm) needles worked in the round

Finished Dimensions (After Blocking)
21” in circumference x 8” in length

Construction
This cowl is knit in the round from the bottom up. The bottom garter edging is worked before switching to larger needles to knit the colorwork chart. After the colorwork body is completed, the top garter edge is worked on smaller needles once more to mirror the bottom garter section. Stitches are bound off loosely knitwise to create a clean, crisp border at the top of the cowl.