Sailor's Warning

When there’s a red sky in the morning, slip on this cozy reversible cowl to brave the blustery weather. The Sailor’s Warning cowl is reminiscent of a bright sunrise and features reversible cabled rope rigging. Cowls are knit flat and seamed, or the pattern can be knit as a scarf with additional skeins.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate: Skills include casting on, knitting and purling, basic reversible cables, seaming, and weaving in ends.

Variations: Small Cowl: 10” wide, 20” loop Large Cowl: 10” wide, 40” loop Scarf: 10” wide, 60” long

Yarn: 197-591 yards worsted or aran yarn Suggested: Universal Yarn Classic Shades (100 g, 197 yards = 180 m), 1 skein for small cowl, 2 skeins for large cowl, 3 skeins for scarf. Sample is shown in small cowl in color Natural Glow (731).

Tools: U.S. size 9 (5.5 mm) needles 6 stitch markers Tapestry needle for weaving in ends