Pumpkin Spice Cowl

I have a new design and it's not a shawl!  Gasp.  I know!  While I love love LOVE designing shawls, I've been wanting to branch out to other knitted accessories.  I always thought my first accessory after shawls would be socks, but that turns out not to be the case.  It's a cowl!  This cowl was designed and inspired by both Park Avenue Yarns and the yarn itself.  Michelle asked me to design a pattern that would showcase a new line of yarn by Lang called Arenas, which is a super bulky yarn.

In a rare turn events, I knew what I wanted to name this cowl before I even knew what I wanted the design to be, which hardly ever happens for me.  Usually I have a design nailed down and then spend forever trying to name it.  Names are hard!  In fact, the first design I tried didn't end up working out and after ripping that out, I suddenly had a vision of what I wanted the cowl to look like.  Thus the Pumpkin Spice Cowl was born!   This cowl has the awesome combination of using super bulky yarn & big needles, making it a quick knit ideal for last minute gifts or for when a cold front is coming and you need something to keep your neck warm.  The pattern can be found on Ravelry or is free with yarn purchase at Park Avenue Yarns!

Pattern details:
Pattern: Pumpkin Spice Cowl by Me!
Ravelry Project Page: Pumpkin Spice Cowl
Yarn: Lang Yarns Arenas [53% Wool, 47% Acrylic] 100g; 71 yds/65 m
Needles: US 15 (10.00 mm) for cast on & US 13 (9.00 mm) 16" for body
Finished dimensions: Circumference = 20"/51 cm; Length = 7.5"/19 cm
A great pattern for beginners, you only need to know how to knit, purl and knit the round for this pattern!

My sample used 80 grams of yarn, which is 56 yds of yarn.  You could easily use up more of the yarn to make the cowl by adjusting either the height of the cowl by working more rows of the pattern (i.e. the length measurement) or by increasing the number of stitches cast on by 5 or 10 stitches, which would give a slightly larger circumference.  Or even better, buy two skeins and make two cowls plus a mini cowl with the leftovers!