The Poet Cowl is a versatile and elegant accessory, showcasing the same flowing lace pattern found in my Poet and Poetry designs. Its bias construction gives it a beautiful drape, and the airy fabric makes it light yet warm. The cowl can be styled in many ways: wear it draped softly around the neck for an effortless look, tucked neatly under a coat for extra coziness, or pulled up higher to shield from the cold. Its lace texture adds a delicate touch whether layered over a dress, blouse, or knitwear.

The cowl is knitted flat on the bias, beginning at the corner of the back neck and increasing gradually to full width. The lace motif is fully charted to flow seamlessly with the shaping. The edges are worked in a slipped-stitch technique that mimics the look of i-cord edging, and the small seam at the back neck is finished with an invisible mattress stitch.

For best results and to highlight the lace, I recommend choosing solid or gently tonal colorways. The cowl is designed to be knit with one strand of fingering-weight yarn held together with a strand of silk mohair. Alternatively, it can also be worked with a single strand of DK-weight yarn.

Sizes
One size
Circumference around neck: 65 cm / 25.5 inches
Total height at front: 56 cm / 22 inches

Yarn
Note: If you are working with DK weight yarn, you will need only the amount listed for the fingering weight yarn. Work with a single strand throughout the whole project.

300 m / 330 yards of fingering weight yarn and 300 m / 330 yards of lace weight yarn (mohair).

Sample: 2 skeins Knitting For Olive Merino (100 % merino; 250 m / 273 yards per 50 g), shown in colorway Cardamom and 2 skeins of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway Hazel.

Needles
3.5 mm / US 4 circular needles with a cable of 60 cm / 24 inches

Gauge
20 sts and 30 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of the lace pattern knitted flat, blocked.
Note: Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!

Notions
2 stitch markers
tapestry needle
blocking tools