The Winter Hours Cowl was designed as an outerwear piece that could easily tuck into a coat and be pulled up over my mouth and nose if needed. We have bitter cold winters here in Alberta!! However it has easily become a favourite accessory to wear as an anytime piece.

It is a bandana style and designed with 7 different colours of sport or DK weight yarns but is easily modified to use up those tiny bits of leftovers! There are 2 different stripe sequence options in the pattern and a blank chart to create your own.

I look forward to seeing your creative takes on both the weight of yarn used and colour sequences. For any of you who knit my “After The Storm Cardigan”, this is a great way to use up those leftovers!

Materials:
Sizes: 1 (Sport weight), 2 (DK weight)
Circumference: (18.5, 19.5) in/ (47, 49.5) cm
Height: in front (14.5, 15.5) in/ (37, 39) cm
in back (9.25, 10.25) in/ (23.5, 26) cm
These measurements were taken with the cowl laying flat and unstretched.

Yarn used for size 1:
Crafty That Way Merino Sport: 328 yd (300 m)/ 100 g (3.53 oz)
This yarn is a non-superwash Merino wool, 3 ply worsted spun and has a 20.5 micron count. It is very soft and has a lot of drape.
Approximate amounts of 7 Contrasting Colours: Total = 267 yd 246 m
CC1 (Navy): 66 yd (60 m)
CC2 (Berries): 35 yd (32 m)
CC3 (Icebird Orange): 26 yd (24m)
CC4 (Lavender): 35 yd (32 m)
CC5 (The Shallows): 40 yd (37 m)
CC6 (Zesty): 35 yd (32 m)
CC7 (Island Blue): 30 yd (27 m)

Yarn used for size 2:
Frankie Grey Fibres Merino Nylon DK: 245 yd (224 m) per 100 g (3.53 oz)
This yarn is 75% Merino wool, 25% Nylon/Polyamide, 4 ply worsted spun. It is a round, smooth yarn that is very soft and has a lot of bounce but also drape.
Approximate Amounts of 7 Contrasting Colours: Total = 291 yd (266 m)
CC1 (Robins Egg): 196 yd (179 m)
CC2 (Ghost): 20 yd (18 m)
CC3 (Mouse): 15 yd (14m)
CC4 (Charcoal): 15 yd (14 m)
CC5 (Pinch Me): 15 yd (14 m)
CC6 (Peachy Keen): 15 yd (14 m)
CC7 (Sky High): 15 yd 14 m

Needles:
Size 1: US 3/ 3.25 mm, Size 2: US 4/ 3.5 mm, 16 in/ 40 cm and 32 in/ 80 cm circular needles (or size needed to obtain gauge)

Notions:
Stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge: Swatched in broken rib stitch, in the round and measured after blocking.
For size 1: 25 sts x 38 rounds = 4 in x 4 in (10 cm x 10 cm)
For size 2: 24 sts x 32 rounds = 4 in x 4 in (10 cm x 10 cm)