I made one of these before and love wearing it.
birthday cowl
Quick and easy to knit and done in the right yarn soooo soft and warm!

Both yarns are stashyarn, gifted to me. I could probably do it with just one skein of the Malabrigo although that is a little under the suggested amount, but I like the idea of striping it with both.

Provisional cast on 30 stitches; a little longer and by doing the provisional cast on I can do a 3-needle bind off over the joining section instead of binding off and then sewing together.
I ended up doing Kitchener stitch instead of 3 needle bind off.
Put 30 cast on sts back on a needle ( needle 2)
Cast off 15 sts from needle 1, Kitchener stitch 15 sts and then cast off 15 stitches from needle 2.

I am very happy with the result; love the colors.