✨ The Story Behind Your Next Knit

“The options for combining swatches are endless for this cowl: stitches such as cables and brioche will make this cowl warm and cozy while lace will create a more delicate look.”

The Diamond State Cowl is an excellent canvas for adaptation and imagination. Since gauge is not crucial to the finished product (as long as each square is 6” × 6” 15 × 15 cm), the cowl is the perfect playground for trying new techniques or a way to use swatches from other projects. Tied together with garter stitch at the neckline and picots along the bottom edge for a whimsical touch, this cowl is a wonderful opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind accessory.

🧶 Quick Highlights:

• Techniques: Long-tail cast on, knitted cast on, knit, purl, bind off, mattress stitch, picking up stitches
• Construction: You’ll knit six squares (three in Dusty Lilac, three in Seafoam Blue) and a center front triangle, then sew them together with mattress stitch. Stitches are picked up for the garter stitch neck edge and the picot bottom edge.
• Make It Your Own: Use the Blank Canvas square or any stitch pattern you like, as long as each square finishes at 6” × 6” 15 × 15 cm.
• Yarn Weight: Aran Weight

📐 Approximate Measurements:

One size fits most.

• Circumference (A): 25.5” 64 cm
• Height at deepest point (B): 13.75” 34.5 cm

🧶 Suggested Yarn:

• Recommended Yarn: Paintbox Yarns Wool Mix Aran (50% wool, 50% acrylic; 197 yds 180 m / 100 g)
• Colorway 1: 846 Dusty Lilac: 1 ball, approx 115 yds 105 m
• Colorway 2: 831 Seafoam Blue: 1 ball, approx 95 yds 87 m
• Colorway 3: 806 Granite Grey: 1 ball, approx 50 yds 46 m
• Each 6” × 6” 15 × 15 cm square uses approx 31 yds 28 m in stockinette stitch. Different stitches can change yardage.
• Or a similar aran weight yarn. Check your stash first!

🥢 Needles:

• US 7 (4.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge

✂️ Notions:

• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers (2)

📏 Gauge:

• 4” 10 cm = 20 sts and 26 rows in stockinette after blocking (body of pattern, if needed). Recommended range: 28–32 sts per 6” 15 cm. At 28 sts, the fabric is drapier. At 32 sts, it’s firmer and will stand higher around your neck.

📝 Pattern Notes & Support:

• This pattern is part of The Purl-Pal Project, a first-of-its-kind collaborative knitting collection from Pattern Design Runway, Season 1. Every pattern in the collection is a blank canvas built from 6” × 6” squares, so no two finished projects will look exactly alike.
• This collection was tech edited by Nicole Hawkesford and Galaxy Nova Salo.
• A big thank you to the 17 test knitters who cast on early and helped make these patterns shine! Their names are in the ebook credits.
• Questions about the pattern? Please contact the designer at whimsicalwooliesknits@gmail.com.

© Copyright & Usage:

• This pattern is for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, sell, or reproduce this pattern in whole or in part.
• Rights to this pattern return to the designer in May 2027.

📌 Ready to Cast On?

Grab your needles and yarn, and let’s make something that’s all yours! Want to knit along with other Purl-Pal makers? Join the free January 2027 knit-along waitlist: Join the waitlist.