Trifle Cowl Knitting Pattern

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The Trifle Cowl was originally designed in collaboration with Bad Sheep Yarn for their 2023 Advent Box — a joyful swirl of color and texture that knitters immediately fell in love with. Now this pattern is available for everyone, and it remains one of my favorite “easy-but-interesting” knits in the Wool & Wyrd corner of the desert.
 
The intention behind this design was simple: create a cowl that welcomes newer knitters while still giving seasoned makers something soothing and satisfying to sink into. The Four Row Pattern Repeat is rhythmic and meditative, the color possibilities are endless, and the construction is quietly clever — worked flat and then seamed into a faux mobius shape. That’s right: it looks like a twist, but the whole thing is worked flat.
 
This cowl is deliciously stash-friendly. Use fingering weight yarn held double, DK weight yarn, scraps, minis, leftovers, or a custom kit from Bad Sheep Yarn if you want to lean into Marcie’s color magic. The Trifle Cowl plays well with them all and produces a soft, squishy, generously cozy finished piece.
 
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Please feel free to reach out with any questions or feedback through the contact page on this website or via email at sonna@woolandwyrd.com. Pattern support is only offered via the above linked contact page. 
 
You are welcome to sell items made from this pattern, with credit to the designer.
This pattern is the work product and property of Sönna Schuttner / Wool & Wyrd. Please do not distribute.
 
~The Deets~
Craft:
Knitting
Suggested Yarn:
Bad Sheep Yarn; 75/25 Superwash Merino & Nylon; 245 yards / 100 grams
Or any combination of leftover DK and fingering-weight yarn held double.
Yarn Yardage & Weight:
Main Color:
155 yards DK yarn OR 310 yards fingering weight held double
12 Contrast Colors:
49 yards / ~20 g each of 12 DK colors OR
90 yards / ~20 g each of 12 fingering colors held double
Any mix of fingering held double and DK is totally fine.
Gauge:
Blocked: 20 stitches and 36 rows, worked flat in the Four Row Pattern Repeat
Needles & Notions:
US 6 / 4 mm straight or circular needles (or size needed to achieve gauge)
Two opening/closing stitch markers
Darning needle
Size:
Pre-seaming: 30 in × 21 in / 76 cm × 53 cm
Seamed: 13 in around, 10.5 in tall / 33 cm around, 26.5 cm tall