Filoli Cowl

> This pattern is one of the designs > created for 2025 Bay Area Yarn Crawl! Filoli Cowl is an easy-to-wear accessory that offers the comfort of a cozy triangular shawl without the need to style it. It is named after a beautiful historic house and garden in the SF Bay Area. If you’re interested in a shawl version of this pattern, check out [Filoli Shawl][1]! The cowl features two types of mosaic patterns and garter stitch. Looking more complex than it is, **all colorwork requires working with just one color per row** and the whole cowl is almost completely worked with knit and slipped stitches - **very little purling**, yay! The piece is knit flat from the back neck towards the wide front section and shaped with increases. The edges are polished with built-in i-cord that is continued in the two-color i-cord bind off, video tutorial provided. Colors are carried along the edge and hidden in the i-cord edging, so there's **no yarn cutting** and just a couple of ends to weave in in the end! Mosaic stitch patterns are both charted and written out. **Yarn** - DK weight yarn in two colors, 230yds / 210m each - Sample yarn, color 1 (cA), off-white - Berroco Vintage DK (52% acrylic, 40% wool, 8% nylon, 290yds / 265m, 3.5oz / 100g) in color Buttercream - Sample yarn, color 2 (cB), coral - Glitter DK by Peninsula Yarn (75% superwash merino, 20% nylon, 5% gold stellina, 231yds / 211m, 3.5oz / 100g) in color Coral - Local yarn stores offering kits for this pattern: [Atelier Yarns][2], [A Verb For Keeping Warm][3], [Firebird Yarns][4]. **Needles and Gauge** - US 6 / 4mm straight or circular needles - 23 sts and 46 rows in 4" / 10cm in garter stitch, unblocked - 21 sts and 44 rows in 4" / 10cm in garter stitch, blocked - Swatch to determine the needle size that helps to fit the gauge - Although gauge is not crucial for this pattern, note that differences in it will affect the required yardage and the final size of the cowl **Size** - Width at the deepest point in front 21" / 53cm - Width at the narrowest point in back 6.7" / 17cm - Upper opening circumference, unstretched 22" / 56cm **Construction** - The cowl is worked flat starting from the back neck. It is shaped with increases along one side. - Once the cowl reaches the required length, increases stop to create space for the future back neck seam. - The fabric is composed of two types of mosaic / slipped stitch patterns and garter stitch. - All patterns are worked with the built-in i-cord edge at the beginning and end of each row. - The piece is finished with two-color i-cord bind off, then seamed at the back neck. [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/filoli-shawl [2]: https://atelieryarns.com/products/filoli-cowl-knitting-kit-freia-handpaints-superwash-merino-silk-sport-karabella-aurora-6 [3]: https://www.averbforkeepingwarm.com/products/avfkw-x-ksenia-naidyon-filoli-cowl-bundle?variant=44797754179759 [4]: https://firebirdyarns.com/collections/yarn-collection?sort_by=title-ascending