Modern and comfortable, this beautiful openwork cowl, inspired by trails and tire treads, will be your new favourite outerwear accessory. Follow your own winding path and blaze your own trail with the “Treading Lightly Winter Cowl”.

Designed with a simple yarn-over stitch pattern, this cowl is knit in the round, so there is no seaming required. This is an easy pattern for the beginner knitter and a great introduction to more open, lacy-stitched garments.

This knitting pattern is a digital download in a PDF format.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Size: Adult O/S

Stitch Patterns Used: openwork lace

Stitches Used: knit, purl, yarn over, knit two together

Techniques Used: knit in the round

Needles Needed: US 10 (6.0 mm) circular needles
suggested length - 40 cm (16”)

A helpful note from our design team about our patterns…

Each TLA Exclusive pattern includes written instructions for knitting the pattern stitches, both flat and in the round. At TLA, we strive to help foster competent and confident knitters. We hope that this added detail will inspire imagination, encourage knitters to create their own unique designs, and expand their stitch library.

Also, to make finding your perfect needle size and yarn as easy as can be, every TLA Exclusive pattern lists the yarn gauge for the yarn used in the instructions (the tension and weight of the yarn itself – usually found on the yarn label) as well as the pattern gauge (the designer’s tension when working that specific knitting pattern). We hope that this will serve as a great reference for knitters and help to ensure the quality of their work, because quality work comes from quality patterns.
Happy Knitting!

• The TLA Design Team

PLEASE NOTE: All pictures are authentic and taken with a camera phone. They have minor colour corrections to enhance image quality, making the garment’s stitches more defined and easier to see.