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Update 12/29/11: Minor formatting changes (no changes to pattern instructions).

Update 1/20/11: After going back through the feedback from the testers and remaking it myself, I am comfortable saying that the smallest size of this pattern can be knit using approx. 125 yds. or less. Yardage requirements have been adjusted below. Pattern revision to come soon.

Insomnia is so named because I was struck by inspiration late one night. I kept lying there in bed working it out in my head, until I finally had to resort to chemical intervention so I could be able to make it to work the next day! I jotted down some notes at work and started on it as soon as I got home that evening, and it quickly took shape. I hope you find the finished object to be worthy of a little lost sleep!

A bulky, cabled cowl with two width and two length options, for a total of four available sizes. The shorter lengths are just right for tucking into your coat, while the longer lengths can easily be looped two or three times.

8” wide version is two cables; 12” wide version is 3 cables.

Suitable for an adventurous beginner, the pattern includes links to YouTube videos for various techniques.

Required techniques:
Provisional cast-on
Cables
Kitchener stitch/grafting

Approximate yardage requirements:
8” x 24”: 125 yds/115 m
12” x 24”: 190 yds/175 m
8” x 60”: 315 yds/290 m
12” x 60”: 475 yds/430 m