Play with Color with the Hawi Honey Cowl Knitting Pattern

I love a good colorwork project, and this one looks like it would be a lot of fun. The Hawi Honey Cowl from Shiny Superhero is basically two cowls, and two patterns, in one, because it’s knit in a long tube in the round, then folded in half and seamed together on the open side using a three-needle bind off.

This makes it a double thick cowl and make it reversible, with different patterns on each side.

This would be a super fun stash busting project because you can use different colors on the inside and the outside. You’ll need to be careful with gauge because of all the colorwork. It looks like the colorwork design on what’s shown here as the outside isn’t totally predictable, so this might not be the best first colorwork project, but it definitely looks like a lot of fun.

The project includes three different sizes and is worked in fingering weight yarn. The pattern is available in English and Danish, and you can grab a copy on Ravelry.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that I’ve never done a roundup of cowl knitting patterns, but I didn’t find one in a quick search so I guess I’m going to have to change that soon!

If you’re looking for more colorful cowl knitting patterns, check out the following designs:

Ellensburg Cowl
Knit Free
Broom Riding Cowl (you’ve got to love that name!)
Faded Glass Infinity Cowl (this one is SO pretty)
Saturday Shrug (it’s like a really big, super cozy and stripey cowl)
Orwell’s Garden

That should keep you going until I get a collection of cowl knitting patterns together! Oh, also! I released a cowl knitting pattern last year, the easy mosaic cowl, which is all of those things. I used a color-changing yarn for mine but it would be a fun stash buster too!

[Photo: Shiny Superhero]

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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