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A person wearing a bulky oatmeal knitted cowl in a field of dried golden grass

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Pattern published by Lion Brand

Argyle Cowl

An Easy Lion Brand cowl. Free pattern on the Lion Brand page; instructions stay there.

Lion Brand labels this Easy.

Skill level
Easy
Publisher rating
Easy
Pattern format
PDF download
Access
Free download pass
View on Lion Brand

You’ll continue to Lion Brand, where the complete pattern is published.

Our take

A looped neck piece when you want Easy-rated knitting without the length of a scarf.

Cowls finish sooner than many scarves because the fabric is a loop, not a long strip. Lion Brand rates this Easy.

The argyle look is part of the published design. Open the Lion Brand page for the actual chart or stitch sequence; it is not reproduced here.

Material and size snapshot

Plan the project before buying yarn

These are planning facts from the publisher’s current page. The official pattern remains the authority for exact quantities, gauge method, and tool changes.

Yarn
4 Medium / Worsted

Worsted-weight yarn for a cowl that sits at the neck rather than wrapping like a long scarf.

Project
Cowl

Open the publisher page for finished measurements, needle size, and yardage.

Publisher rating
Easy

This is the publisher’s own label, not a rewrite of the pattern.

Skill preview

What this project asks of you

This is orientation, not a substitute for the pattern. Use it to decide whether the project fits what you want to practise next.

  1. 01

    Shape

    A cowl

    A joined loop. Check the official page for whether it is worked flat and seamed or in the round.

  2. 02

    Publisher level

    Easy

    Past a first garter rectangle. Confirm colorwork or texture details on the PDF.

Before you start

Three checks worth making now

  1. 01

    See how Lion Brand describes the argyle fabric before assuming it is plain stockinette.

  2. 02

    Cowl circumference matters more than scarf length. Use the published measurements.

  3. 03

    Download the current file; pattern support stays with Lion Brand.

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