I was recently asked if knitting cowls ever gets boring (as it seems that I have produced quite a few cowl patterns). My reply: it’s never boring! A cowl is a relatively small canvas that allows for experimenting with stitch patterns and a variety of colorways – so how could it ever be boring? This design was a challenge to myself: dip into the Shetland wool drawer and come up with a pleasing and somewhat subtle selection of colors that would suit the stitch patterns I had chosen.

The yardage used overall was around 330 (a total of all the colors listed below).

Jamieson’s SHETLAND SPINDRIFT (25g/105m/114.9yds, 100% pure Shetland wool): 1 ball each of #153 Wild Violet (Color A); #320 Steel (Color C); #629 Lupin (Color D); #140 Rye (Color G); #567 Damask (Color H); #186 Sunset (Color I); and #268 Dog Rose (Color J)
The Border Mill NORTH COAST TWEED (25g/90m, pure Shetland 4-ply yarn): 1 ball each of Wee Dram (Color B); Rowanberry (Color E); and Beau Lieu (Color F)

You’ll also find a chart on the last page that’s in greyscale: You might like to refer to it if you want to choose your own color combinations.