The triathlon cowl is a celebration of endurance sport. The instructions provided make a “sprint” cowl that loops once around the neck. A longer distance cowl can be achieved by adding extra pattern repeats. This will require extra yarn. The cowl could also be adapted for a duathlete by repeating the tyre track motif either side of the footprints, in place of the water design.

The colourwork is a combination of intarsia and stranded colourwork, with the MC being carried across the back of the work, and separate bobbins being used for left and right footprints, the water, and the tyre tracks. The cowl is worked back and forth, end to end. The ends are then grafted together.

materials
4ply/fingering weight yarn | MC: 350m | CC1: 150m | CC2: 100m | CC3: 125m
Sample was knitted in Drops Baby Merino in shades 35 (MC), 09 (CC1), 32 (CC2), and 22 (CC3)

gauge
27 stitches and 36 rows per 10 x 10cm in colourwork, although exact gauge is not crucial

notions
3mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) + spare needle of same/similar size (for grafting)
crochet hook & scrap yarn (for provisional cast on)
darning needle (for kitchener stitch, and weaving in ends)

materials
3mm needles (or size needed to obtain gauge)
Drops Baby Merino - 2 balls of MC, 1 ball each of CC1, CC2 and CC3
crochet hook & scrap yarn (for provisional cast on)
darning needle (for kitchener stitch, and weaving in ends)
Sample was knitted in Baby Merino in 35 (MC), 09 (CC1), 32 (CC2), and 22 (CC3)

Photos and modelling courtesy of Graham Campbell.
Thanks to SadieLou and pollianicus for help with editing!

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