“Tilting at windmills” is an idiom that means attacking
imaginary enemies. Is colorwork your enemy? Attack it!

This expression is based on the 400-year-old story of Don
Quixote. An obsession with chivalric novels leads the
protagonist, Alonso Quixano, on a quest to revive the
chivalry of knighthood. In one of his most famous
adventures, the self-dubbed Don Quixote de la Mancha
encounters a large group of windmills. However, he
believes they are fierce giants with long arms and attacks
them without hesitation. Channel the bravery of Don
Quixote to attack your own windmills.

The cowl begins with a two-color long-tail cast-on and ends
with a matching stem-stitch sewn bind-off in the contrast
color. The top and bottom borders are striped, but the
broken rib creates an interesting blip, perhaps Don Quixote’s heartbeat for his beloved Dulcinea. The
body of the cowl features a tessellating windmill pattern in two colors of worsted weight yarn.

Main Color (MC): approximately 95 (105) yd. {87 (96 m)}/1.5 (1.7) oz. {43 (48) g}
Contrast Color (CC): approximately 75 (80) yd. {69 (73) m}/1.2 (1.3) oz. {34 (36) g}

Sample (Size Medium) used approximately 84 yd. (77 m) MC and 64 yd. (59 m) CC.