This cowl is a piece of cake, knit flat and joined in the round at the end with either a sewn seam OR a 3-needle bind off, your choice. Stitches consist of knits, knit 2 together, yarn overs, and very few purls. You repeat the same rows over and over. Maybe a little boring but makes for a fast project, great road trip project, or something to pick up whenever you feel like it and resume with no problem.
The “Stringy” fringe is made simply at the end with dropped stitches - no need to cut fringe and tie on. gotta luv that!