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I’ve had six skeins of this soft, gorgeous, chunky yarn by Debbie Bliss burning a hole in my knitting bag since last season. Yes, I’m serious. I knew I wanted to make a big ol’ cowl/circle scarf piece with the yarn and had been on the hunt for a pattern I could adapt.

Fortunately, I was introduced to a fellow Pownal Mama/Blogger/Knitter/Farmer who has a great pattern for a Drop Stitch Cowl in her Ravelry profile. Her name is Abi. She owns two alpacas. I am jealous. And her blog, Spider Woman Knits, is delightful. I recommend that you take a gander.

To create my cowl, I used six skeins of Debbie Bliss Paloma in charcoal and worked the pattern on US 15, 16″ circular needle. To adapt Abi’s pattern, I worked 90 stitches rather than 46, and I added two rounds to the pattern so it looked like:

Round 1: Knit
Round 2: Purl
Round 3: Knit
Round 4: Purl
Round 5: Knit
Round 6: Purl
Round 7: Knit 1, YO twice* repeat all the way around
Round 8: Purl around dropping the YO’s without working them

I then repeated this pattern until I’d almost used up the last of the six skeins, and then I bound off on a knit round.

More details about the project in my ravelry profile here. This piece is already a staple of this season’s wardrobe. I’ve worn it everyday since it was completed last week. Now that’s the sign of a successful project! What do you think?