Heartwood Cowl

A thicket of cabled hearts and ribbing encircles the Heartwood Cowl, the dense texture creating a squishy and substantial fabric from fingering-weight yarn. Three height options are included in the pattern, the shortest of which uses only a single skein, and the circumference is easily adjustable to your preference.

Skills & Techniques

  • The Long Tail Cast On (optional)

  • Working in the round

  • Working 2-over-2 cables plus a few six-stitch cables

  • Charts and written instructions are both provided in full

Materials Needed

  • 1 (2, 2) skeins of Happy Hank Co Classy Fingering (100% superwash merino; 437yds/400m per 100g skein), or 351 (496, 641)yds/321 (453, 586)m of fingering-weight yarn. Sample colourway: ‘Cinnamon’.

  • For a similar effect to the sample, choose a smooth, multi-plied, worsted-spun yarn

  • US 3 / 3.25mm circular needles (or needle size that gives you the right gauge)

  • 1 end-of-round marker, a cable needle, and a needle for weaving in the ends

Finished Measurements

  • Relaxed after blocking: 24”/61cm in circumference, and 7.5 (10.75, 14)”/19 (27.5, 36)cm high from cast-on to bind-off. Shown in 14”/36cm height.

Read more about the Heartwood Cowl and its inspiration on my blog.