A fun and quick cowl to knit with a simple fair isle design. This is great for practicing colour work and using up stash yarn as only small amounts of each colour are needed. Although cowls are ideally knitted in the round, I’ve included instructions for knitting this flat for those who really can’t get on with circular knitting needles. This would make a good project for learning to knit in the round, especially as gauge isn’t key for this pattern.

This pattern is knit with double knit yarn, I’ve used robin dk and patons fab dk, this was what I had in my stash, but most dk yarns would be great. To knit the cowl, 4mm 16” circular needles are needed, or if knit flat, 4mm single pointed needles.