The pattern can be found here. I used US Size 4 circular needles (24 inch).
The second photo shows the true color of this luscious yarn. The first photo better shows the pattern and eyelets.
I finally abandoned the Sunday Market Shawl and decided to "test knit" this cowl pattern. I thought this would make a good Plan B item for Kelly if she didn't groove on the Noro Striped Scarf. Being a kinesthetic learner and an ace reviser, my knitting within a project inevitably improves the more I knit said project.
I do love this Noro Cash Iroha. It is silky and luxe and these skeins have held up well to repeated knitting and frogging (of the Sunday Market Shawl).
The cowl is warm and soft. It was easy to knit. I practiced Elizabeth Zimmerman's cast-off method, but abandoned it about halfway through because it didn't seem to be doing much to prevent the curling and I thought I might run out of yarn (you cut a long tail for this method of casting off and I am very bad at approximating tail length for a project with this many stitches).
(This link is awesome! It looks like I may have been doing the EZ sewn bind-off incorrectly :-p)
The curling is not a deal breaker for me, especially once the cowl is on.
