Snowy Seas Cowl

The Snowy Seas Cowl is worked in the round from the bottom up. It begins with a very forgiving crochet provisional cast-on (no crochet skills necessary). The cowl progresses into a striped garter stitch pattern that transforms into white waves cresting on top of the ocean when combined with the swirling lace pattern. Each round of knitting only uses one color at a time to create the two-color waves.

Alternating the stripes of garter stitch combined with the lace creates a wintry ocean full of motion and depth. The swirling waves of lace are very easy to master in a 10-stitch repeat that features mostly knit sts, one yo, and either an ssk or k2tog stitch. This would be a good first lace project with an easy to memorize lace repeat knit in worsted weight yarns. The lining for the cowl is worked entirely in stockinette stitch. The inner layer (or liner) is folded into the cowl and is joined to the provisional stitches using the familiar 3-needle bind-off.