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The Oswald cowl combines shaped garter stitch tabs and rich textured for a cozy, light neck warmer. The tapered button tabs add some nice detail, and the stitch motif is easier than it might look—it’s a basic knit and purl pattern, but adds a great texture.

Choose four buttons sized to fit the eyelet buttonholes—use a matched set, or mismatched ones from your button collection.

The sample is made from O-Wool Classic Two Ply merino—substitute any heavy fingering- to sportweight yarn that gives you a good fabric and you’ll be good to go!

Materials:

• 158-168yds of sportweight wool yarn (shown in O-Wool Classic 2-ply)
• 1 24” circular needle in US4-5/3.5-3.75mm, or size needed for gauge, or a pair of straight needles.
• Tapestry needle
• removable stitch markers
• Four buttons, in wood or other lightweight material, 5/8” or sized to suit yarn
• optional: needle and thread if buttons are not suited to yarn and * tapestry needle. (I used raw linen weaving thread here, if you want to replicate the sample down to the details.)

Gauge:
Gauge is 18 sts and 30 rows over 4”/10cm of pattern, moderately blocked. Please be sure to check your gauge (though, frankly, gauge is not too important for this pattern).

Measurements:
The finished cowl is about 23”/58cm long and 8”/20cm wide. The tabs are about 5”/13cm wide, and the circumference of the cowl when buttoned is about 21”/53cm.