Use Robert Frost to get 15% off, now through February 23.

This cowl is perfect for the long, cold, winter. Doubled up around your neck, and draping into the collar of your jacket, it is the perfect way to add warmth and softness and beauty to your wardrobe.

Named for the Robert Frost poem about watching the woods fill up with snow, the Snowy Evening Woods Cowl starts with a provisional crochet cast-on, and is knit in a tube. You can make this as long as you want, and you can use any part of the pattern in any order that you want. (See how some of the testers changed things up.)

When you reach the desired length, the tube is given a moebius twist and grafted to the beginning, using a Kitchener stitch. Videos are included for doing Kitchener in the round and for crochet cast-on.

The cowl is knit using sport weight yarn. The tube is 9.5 inches wide, laid flat, and the sample is 35 inches long before grafting. Sample uses Stonehedge Fiber Shepherd’s wool sport. The MC (background) used 480 yards, just starting a third skein. The CC (branches motif) used only one skein, 230 yards. Yardage will vary based on yarn used, number of plies, tension of knitter, and how long you make the cowl.

I have several cowls in my wardrobe, and they are getting a lot of wear this winter. The woods have filled with snow SEVERAL times already.