Introduction: Bring some bright tropical flair to a gray dreary winter with this flamingo cowl. Originally designed for a close family friend who loves bright colors and collects flamingos of every type, this is a perfect gift for the flamingo fan in your life (or for yourself!). With two sizes to choose from, it can flatter any body type. The funnel shape creates a large cowl that covers from chin to chest like an artfully draped shawl, but so much easier to style -- just pull on and go. The worsted weight yarn makes it a fairly fast knit and the emerging flamingos make it impossible to put down!

Techniques required:
Simple decreases: the funnel shape is knit bottom-up and uses k2tog for shaping.
Stranded color work in the round: The stranded colorwork design is entirely charted and includes some long floats.

Materials:
Yarn: Malabrigo Rios (100% merino wool; 210 yds per 100g skein)
MC: Teal Feather 2 skeins
CC: English Rose 1 skein
Or, any worsted weight yarn in 250 (320) yards main color, 150 (200) yards contrast color.

Sample in size large used Malabrigo Rios yarn, 275 yards in main color and 160 yards in contrast color.

Needles: US 6 (4mm) 16” or 20” circular needle and US 8 (5mm) 16” or 20” circular needle, or size required to meet gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving in ends.

Gauge:
20st x 20 rounds = 4 inches square in stranded colorwork in the round after blocking on larger needles.

Sizes:
Small (Large).
Top circumference 18 (21) inches; bottom circumference 32.5 (40) inches; length 17 (19) inches.
Sample shown in size large.

Modifications:
Pattern includes a page of ideas to modify size, color placement, or shape and brief explanations of how these modifications might be carried out.