Knitting the Leftover City Cowl

The possibilities are endless with this cowl by Kacey Herlihy. Mix it up with bold solids, softer tonals, funky tweeds, or even a hand-dyed with our Sueño Minis by HiKoo®. This is a great colorwork cowl for every level of knitter.

If you have never done colorwork this project is an easy one to learn. The Leftover City Cowl by Kacey Herlihy has simple colorwork stripes that allow you to get the feel for holding multiple strands but will also give you a break on the solid Stockinette Stitch sections. Other techniques that are suggested in the pattern are the German Twisted Cast on (this one is like magic once you figure it out) and a stretchy bind off which works really well for those who knit tightly.

We used the following DK weight minis (in this order, beginning at the bottom of the cowl): 

1447 Reflecting Pool Tonal

1100 Natural

1602 Flying Fuchsia (the tweed!)

1199 Lemon

1150 Plum

Want to make a Leftover City cowl of your very own? Purchase 5 or more mini hanks now through May 1, 2022, and we will include the Leftover City Cowl pattern as a gift!

Our sample was knitted up in a DK weight using Sueño Minis by HiKoo® on size 6 and 7 needles. We only used 5 colors (but you can do more!) and made the cowl a bit shorter than the suggested 13". However, there was no alteration to the number of cast on stitches.

The possibilities are endless with this cowl. Mix it up with bold solids, softer tonals, funky tweeds, or even a hand-dyed with our Sueño Minis by HiKoo®. This is a great colorwork cowl for every level of knitter and can be worked up in a weekend! 

While choosing your colors for this cowl, take a look at some of these other color combinations: 

1136 - Corny

1603 - Peaceful Purple

1100 - Natural

1608 - Fabulous Flamingo

1143 - Shamrock


1147 - Turks

1190 - CHARTREUSE

1135 - Indigo

1115 - Cantaloupe

1139 - Mulberry


1141 - Ice Ice Baby

1182 - Lilac

1135 - Indigo

1100 - Natural

1196 - Silver Sage


1147 - Turks

1605 - Comforting Cream

1190 - Chartreuse

1602 - Flying Fuchsia

1135 - Indigo


1405 - Tree Bark Tonal

1120 - Rust

1108 - Shifting Sands

1140 - Grasshopper

1401 - Seattle Beach Tonal


1182 - Lilac

1606 - Soothing Silver

1140 - Ice Ice Baby

1605 - Comforting Cream

1100 - Natural

We hope you have fun making your very own Leftover City cowl! Remember to share photos of what you make - we love seeing your color combinations!