Elbrook Cowl by Sharon Hartley

Elbrook Cowl

Knitting
October 2025
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
265 - 335 yards (242 - 306 m)
22.5 (28.25)” circumference
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Like the Elbrook Cowl? Be sure to check out the Elbrook Hat as well! And be on the lookout for the Elbrook Sweater. Testing call coming soon, check my Instagram!

This pattern is knit with Murky Depths’ Targhee Worsted. Check it out here! You can get a hat and a cowl out of one skein of each color!

The Elbrook hat is an instant-gratification colorwork sprint! Knit up in cozy worsted weight yarn (highly recommend Murky Depth’s Targhee Worsted), this hat will be off your needles and on your head before you know it.

SIZES
Finished measurements: 22.5 (28.25)” / 57 (72) cm circumference. 10” / 25.5 cm height (both sizes).
Sample is shown in Size 1.

YARN

MC: 170 (215) yards / 155 (200) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Kid Glove, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)
CC1: 60 (75) yards / 55 (70) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Blood Oath, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)

CC2: 35 (45) yards / 30 (40) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Dark Slate, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)

NEEDLES AND GAUGE
4” / 10 cm = 17 sts and 24 rows in Stockinette (blocked)
US size 6 and 8 needles used in the sample.

SUPPLIES
Stitch Markers
Yarn needle

TECHNIQUES - tutorial links included in the pattern
Reading a Colorwork Chart
Latvian Braid

This pattern has been professionally tech edited - thank you Sue-Cat!(/people/Sue-Cat)

It has also been test knit. Thank you to my testers!