S'Mores Cowl Knitting Pattern PDF download

When fall arrives, I’m rarely without a cozy cowl around my neck—it’s a perfect accessory for sitting around a cozy campfire making s’mores and drinking cider. It’s also a perfect small project for learning a new technique, and I designed this cowl with new colorwork knitters in mind. I used a single Fair Isle X’s-and-O’s pattern and a simple border pattern and played with changes in background and foreground color-and-pattern placement for variation. Using only 3 colors gives a slightly bolder, more modern look to the traditional motifs and makes choosing colors simpler.

Skill Level: Intermediate; techniques used include knitting in the round and stranded colorwork.

Finished Circumference: 26 ¾ in [68cm]; see Notes for additional sizing options.

Finished Length: 9 in [23cm].

Yarn: DK weight. Approximately 130 yds [119m] Color A; 110 yds [101m] Color B; 50yds [46m] Color C.

Gauge: 24 sts & 30 rnds = 4” [10cm] in stranded colorwork on larger needles. Be sure to swatch in the round in the colorwork pattern.

Needles: US #5 3.75mm 24 in [60cm] circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
US #4 [3.5mm] 24 in [60cm] circular needle.

Notions: stitch marker, tapestry needle.

Notes: Cowl is worked in the round from the bottom up. The size can be increased or decreased by adding or subtracting a multiple of 20 stitches.