I knit these for my niece, who wanted cowls for her skiing parents as a Christmas present. The man's cowl (black one) is 23" around by 10" high. The woman's is 21" around by 9" high. They gave the measurements to her, so I'm hoping they fit ok and don't feel like they are choking. They're doubled, so even though they're acrylic, they should be warm. I think these will cover the nose and ears. Or, could be worn kind of bunched down.
Easy to knit---after I got gauge, I figured out how many stitches and rows I needed to get the measurements they wanted. Then in DAK I designed filler, snowflakes, the skier and initials. I started with waste yarn, then the plain stockinette at a click or two tighter than the tension for the fairisle and knit the same number of rows that the fairisle design is. After the inside of the cowl was completed, I knit the fairisle without removing it from the machine. The top is just a hung hem and a gate peg bind off, so all floats are hidden. The seam was planned to go up the back.
If you have some kind of program to download designs to your machine, it's a quick knit. Or, if not, you could just knit it plain or in tuck or knitweave. Might make one for myself, probably looser though.
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