Roller Coaster Cowl

Worn as either a long loop or doubled up for warmth, this pattern was specifically developed to work well with highly variegated yarns. I have a passion for hand dyed yarns and this beautiful SoftnShiny color-way, Sliced Blood Oranges, wonderfully represents the category. Too often these wildly colorful yarns do not play well with patterns, and all of your effort is for naught. The boldness of this design holds up to wild colors and shows them off with changes in direction and texture (not that it wouldn’t look great in a solid, because it would).

Although this cowl looks complicated it is actually a fast and easy knit. Utilizing a couple of extra fancy (but easy!) techniques you get a lot of “bang for your buck”. The cowl is like a roller coaster both in visual appearance and in how fun it is to knit. You coast along with row after row of simple stitches, and then BLAMMO! it gets very exciting for a row. Then you return to your coasting. And when it’s done, you won’t wa