Iz: A New Cowl Pattern

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Every year I think to myself, “I’m going to do something fun for the holidays on my blog.” After that, I promptly forget about it until it’s too late to plan anything. But not this year! I thought it would be fun to share three of my personal patterns, stuff I made just for myself or, in this case, one of my friends. I’m going to be releasing one each week leading up to Christmas. All three patterns will be free to download until January first when I’ll make them my standard accessory price, $5. The projects are quick knits so they’re great for last minute Christmas gifts, but they’re also nice little treats for yourself as a reward after you finish all of your holiday crafting.

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In case you forgot or the name didn’t tip you off, I originally designed this cowl for Iz when we had our little cowl swap with Katie. I’m just going to be upfront and say that the construction is pretty clever. The cowl uses short rows to create the color block wedges, so only one color of yarn is used at a time. The short rows make this fly off your needles without you ever noticing.

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The cowl is knit using two skeins of Madelinetosh Vintage on 5mm needles. It’s about 44 inches around and 6.5 inches deep, so it’s a good length to loop around your neck twice when it’s chilly out, but it’s not too long to wear straight. This is one of my favorite cowl sizes, and I’d like to eventually make my own cowl using this pattern.

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You can download the pdf now, or you can check out the pattern on Ravelry.


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19 responses to “Iz: A New Cowl Pattern”

  1. What a pretty cowl! And thanks for making it free for a while 🙂

  2. I loved this when it first came out- I’m definitely putting it into my ravelry library right now. Thanks for such a great early Hanukah present!

    1. Happy almost Hanukkah!

  3. Downloaded! Thanks for the freebie!

  4. It’s so pretty!!

  5. I love this cowl so much! I was admiring it when you first posted and how fun that you released it for free for the holidays! Thank you. 🙂

  6. i want to make my knit buddy something for christmas – she likes cowls and loves tosh, this would be perfect! thank you for your generous share!

    1. It’s hard to not love a tosh cowl. I was a little sad to send this one to Iz.

      1. Rest assured it’s well-loved 😉

  7. I don’t think it will be so fast for me! But, I’m going to try it soon and hopefully finish it before the end of winter

  8. I was still wondering what to knit for my sister for this Christmas…
    This will be perfect! Thank you for this awesome pattern!

  9. This is a good gift idea and very clever design!

  10. Thank you so much for posting this pattern! I’ve been looking at it for ages.
    Also-I’ve been following you for awhile & love what you’re doing.

  11. That is so great of you! And I love this cowl. I will definitely have to knit one asap!

  12. I get so many compliments on it! Thank you 🙂

  13. Downloaded. Thank you. 🙂

  14. Thanks for your holiday gift to us!

  15. So cute! looks great with that jacket, too.

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