Flower Power Cowl

Flower Power is an adorable and colorful cowl adored with flowers. It is knit in stranded colorwork technique, seamlessly in the round, from the bottom to top.

I’ve used in my cowl the flower colorwork pattern from the “Knitovation Stitch Dictionary” by Andrea Rangel.

Sizes

One size

Circumference 60 cm / 24 ”.

High: 27 cm / 11 “.

Yarn

To make the cowl, you’ll need about 230 m / 252 y of heavy DK or Worsted weight yarn, divided into 2 colors as follows: MC – 130 m / 143 y; CC – 100 m / 110 y.

Note: The yardage is estimated.

Sample cowl was made with Gabo Wool “Kroopa Wool” (100% Wool; 100 m / 109 y per 50 g).

Shown in “Pink” MC and “Off white” CC colorways.

Needles

5.0 mm / US #8 circular needles, or size needed to get the proper gauge.

4.0 mm / US #6 circular needles, or two sizes smaller than the gauge needles.

Gauge

21 sts and 32 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 “ - in 1x1 rib pattern worked with 4.0 mm / US #6 needles.

21 sts and 24 rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 “ - in stranded colorwork with 5.0 mm / US #8 needles.