Our Nimbus Cowl puts your head in the clouds with a midway yarn change that creates layers of soft cloud cover and a very dreamy atmosphere!

Nimbus Cowl | Purl Soho

You knit most of this cowl holding together a strand of light-as-air Tussock with a strand of down-to-earth Line Weight, then the Tussock takes solo flight, forming a fluffy halo up top like a gentle cloud floating by!

Nimbus Cowl | Purl Soho

This combo of Wheat Flour Line Weight and Cloud Blue Tussock reminds us of the morning sky bursting through a foggy dawn. Use the same pairing with one of our Line Weight + Tussock Bundles (also available in fifteen other pairings). Or make your own color story with just one skein of each yarn… The sky’s the limit!

Nimbus Cowl | Purl Soho

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Laura Ferguson.

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Materials

Nimbus Cowl | Purl Soho

To knit your own Nimbus Cowl, you’ll need a Line Weight + Tussock Bundle, which includes…

  • Yarn A: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Line Weight, 100% merino wool. Each skein is 494 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 255 total yards required. We used the color Wheat Flour.
  • Yarn B: 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% silk. Each skein is 328 yards/ 25 grams; approximately 290 total yards required. We used the color Cloud Blue.

You will also need…

Here are some more color ideas, all available as Line Weight + Tussock Bundles (NOTE: some palettes are no longer available, including the one we used for our sample)…

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Heirloom White + Heirloom White; Ballet Pink + Pale Orchid

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Peony Pink + Pink Fog; Kiln Red + Orange Pekoe

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Red Plum + Claret Pink; Lotus Flower + Bright Thistle

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Night Blue + Cerulean Sea; Frond Green + Bright Jade

Gauge

28 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, holding Yarn A + Yarn B together

Size

Finished Circumference At Top: 19 inches
Finished Circumference At Bottom: 22 inches
Finished Height: 14 inches

Pattern

Holding one strand of Yarn A and one strand of Yarn B, cast on 154 stitches.

Place unique marker and join for working in the round, being careful not to twist the stitches.

Work in stockinette stitch, knitting each round, until piece measures 3 inches from cast-on edge, rolled.

Set-Up Round: K77, place marker, knit to end of round.

Decrease Round: [Knit 2 together, knit to two stitches before next marker, slip slip knit] 2 times. [4 stitches decreased]

Working in stockinette stitch, repeat Decrease Round every 2 inches 3 more times. [138 stitches]

Work evenly in stockinette stitch for 1 inch.

Cut Yarn A.

Work evenly in stockinette stitch for 1 inch.

Repeat Decrease Round. [134 stitches]

Work evenly in stockinette stitch for 3 inches.

Bind off loosely, perhaps using a needle several sizes larger to ensure a nice, relaxed edge!

Weave in ends and gently block.

Nimbus Cowl | Purl Soho