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Have you ever watched the evening fade into darkness and the stars appear one by one then in pairs and groups until all the heavens above are alight? This is a favourite pastime in summer, but an even more glorious experience on a frosty night in the northern woods. Add in the chance of the northern lights dancing in bands of colour across the starfield, and there’s no where I’d rather be. Provided I am properly dressed of course!

The Stars Come Out Cowl is a thick, soft homage to frosty nights in the north woods and the aurora borealis dancing through the stars. Worked using the double knitting technique, it is a completely reversible project with two soft layers of reflected star and sky colours to keep you warm through the deepest winter. Follow the stripe colours suggested in the pattern, or use a combination of two solids, a solid and a variegate, or any number of stripy scraps.

Materials Needed:
- @226 total yards of worsted weight yarn sample used used @76 yards each pink and blue, plus @37 yards each fuchsia and grey in a 50/50 alpaca/wool blend
- 4mm (US 6) circular needle or size needed for gauge
- 1 stitch marker to mark beginning of round

Optional
- 3 additional markers to mark chart repeats
- blunt darning needle to weave in ends

Gauge: 18 stitches by 24 rows over 4”/10cm
Gauge is measured over facing side of double-knit fabric worked in the round.

This pattern is entirely written; the use of charts is optional.
This pattern is entirely charted; the use of written instructions is optional.