Copper Cowl

Sara Lamb chose laceweight pygora yarn for a cowl that would insulate and be warm, but also open enough to breathe through if pulled over her nose and mouth. If you don’t have access to pygora yarn, cashmere is a luxurious substitute. Sara hunted through her stitch dictionaries for a simple openwork pattern that could be worked in the round, then used an applied lace pattern for a stretchy and beautiful bottom edging.

MATERIALS

Yarn Laceweight or light fingering 2-ply yarn, about 225 yd (206 m). See Notes.
Needles Size 3 (3.25 mm): 16" (40 cm) circular (cir) needle and one double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Waste yarn; marker (m); tapestry needle.
Gauge 21 sts and 31 rows = 4" (10 cm) in lace pattern.
Finished size 21¾" (55 cm) circumference and 12" (30.5 cm) tall; to fit an adult.

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NOTES •For a larger or smaller cowl, cast on more or fewer stitches in increments of 6, and repeat the 6-stitch Zigzag chart more or fewer times. Every repeat added or removed will increase or decrease the circumference by about 1¼" (3.2 cm).
• Every 14-row repeat of the Edging chart joins 7 live stitches of the cowl. If you change the number of cast-on stitches, adjust the stitch count after completing the Zigzag chart so it is a multiple of 7 stitches in order to accommodate the edging.
• The pattern was originally written for handspun yarn. We recommend Lisa Souza Cashmere Silk Fingering as a substitution. You may need to add or subtract pattern repeats to fit.