This simple cowl pattern features a chart motif from the village of Selbu, which is commonly found on the palm of Selbu mittens, as well as on Selbu cardigans. The cowl is worked bottom-up in the round, and can easily be modified both length-wise and in circumference.

I hope you will enjoy this pattern, and if you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me in my Ravelry group ‘Skeindeer Knits’. It’s the best place for swift support.

Yarn
Hillesvåg Ask (100% Norwegian wool, 315 m / 344 yds, 100 g). 50 g blue #6534 (main colour), 50 g white #6057.

Could be substituted with any sport to fingering weight yarn. You will get the best results if you use a non-superwash, woollen spun, sheep’s wool yarn. Alternatives: Rauma Finull, Hillesvåg Sol, Tukuwool Fingering, Sandnes Tove, Navia Duo, etc.

Needles
Gauge-size needles for stranded colourwork, 1 mm below-gauge circular needles for ribbed hat brim

The sample was made using 4 mm (US 6) for the stranded colourwork and 3 mm (US 2 1/2) for the rib.

Gauge
24 sts x 32 rnds = 10 cm / 4” in stranded colourwork.

Sizes
60 cm / 24.5” circumference.

One chart repeat is about 8.6 cm / 3.4”, which you can add or subtract if you want to change the circumfernece.

23.75 cm / 9.5” length.

Notions
1 stitch marker
Darning needle