As makers and creative souls, we’re good at bringing happiness into the world: planning grand gestures, creating beauty all around us, making gifts for the ones we love. That’s a wonderful thing, but sometimes we take on too much and put too much pressure on ourselves. We don’t have to manufacture all the holiday magic. Happiness is everywhere, when we slow down and let ourselves see it. What if we decided to do less, and enjoy it more? What if we just let joy happen?

Through the magic of bulky weight yarn, The Joyeux Cowl offers a flash of instant joy (or as close to instant as knitting gets!) You can pop in a holiday movie, cast on, and probably bind off your finished cowl by the time the credits roll. Knit from just one skein, the Joyeux Cowl is a perfect project for that single bulky-weight treasure lurking in your stash or the perfect excuse to treat yourself to that irresistibly joyful colourway you’ve been eyeing. The design is a great match for wildly variegated or speckled yarn: a simple garter stitch base with fun eyelet details to help break up colour repeats. It’s a super quick gift knit, a wonderful beginner project, and a brilliant break between your more demanding WIPs.

Size
One Size

Finished Measurements after blocking
Approximately 13cm/5” wide, 117cm/46” circumference

Yarn
Manos Del Uruguay Franca 100% superwash merino; 105m/114yds per 150g skein,
1 x 150g skein Colour: Granada

Sample used approximately 140g (98m/108yds) of super bulky yarn.

Needles
10mm (US15), 100cm (40”) long circular needles (or size to obtain gauge)

Notions
Removable stitch marker
Tapestry needle

Gauge
9 sts/14 rows = 10cm (4”) in stockinette stitch after blocking
Exact gauge is not critical but may affect the amount of yarn needed if different.