The Lizzy Cowl

So, without further ado, here's my first pattern...

The Lizzy Cowl

This small, cabled cowl was made for a friend who snowboards a lot – the idea of this cowl was to be fitted enough to go snugly under a snowboard jacket collar and keep the neck warm, and the cables make it interesting and pretty enough to roll over and wear tucked into the top of a winter coat. An added bonus of the finished cowl is that it's just about small enough to fold in half to use as a chunky headband/earwarmer apres ski, particularly if you have super thick hair!!

Materials:
Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky, 2 skeins
7 ½ mm needles
tapestry needle

Pattern:

cast on 86 stitches

row 1: [p2, k6, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 2, and every following even-numbered row: [k2, p6, k2, p4] x 6, k2
row 3: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 5: [p2, k6, p2, c2f] x 6, p2
row 7: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 9: [p2, k6, p2, c2f] x 6, p2
row 11: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 13: [p2, k6, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 15: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 17: [p2, k6, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 19: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 21: [p2, k6, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 23: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 25: [p2, k6, p2, c2f] x 6, p2
row 27: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 29: [p2, k6, p2, c2f] x 6, p2
row 31: [p2, c3b, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 33: [p2, k6, p2, k4] x 6, p2
row 34: bind off losely in pattern

weave in ends, and backstitch together along short edges to form a tube.

Simple, but super quick and rather effective, I hope you'll agree! Enjoy...

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