Tangled Thoughts

Thoughts, Tips and Inspiration!

Category: Cowls

The extra long length of a striped and stranded colourwork infinity scarf wrapped three times around the neck of a mannequin.

Rings of Colour

6 November 2025

I have had this idea for ages, for a striped cowl with a colourwork pattern at the join between the stripes. So long in fact that I picked up this

A close up on the top edge of a cowl with a cascading lace leaf pattern knit in a gradient yarn from pale yellow to green.

Lush Leaves

24 April 2025

For my April pattern I really wanted something that felt like spring. I always look forward to seeing all the trees out my window covered in leaves again, and I

Snow Showers

7 December 2023

I’ve really come to enjoy releasing hats for my last pattern of the year. They knit up quickly, figuring out the crown is challenging but fun and you can do

Rippling Along

15 December 2022

To round off the year I wanted a quick easy project that was a fun knit and would make a great gift. I decided on a hat quite quickly and

Lace Shells

28 April 2022

Sometimes I have a really good idea for a pattern before I make it, with all the details really fixed in my mind. At other times I need a project

Storm Cowl

24 February 2022

This time last year I released matching hat (Claiseach) and fingerless mitts (Dromanach) patterns. This year I’ve designed a matching cowl! This was exactly the pattern I needed to start

Wrapped Rib

16 December 2021

Just a quick one today, because juggling a pattern release, school Christmas events and Christmas shopping has me running behind! I was so in love with the wrapped rib pattern

Swirling Cowl

28 October 2021

A quick one this week because I’m running behind! This is an idea I’ve been working on, or at least thinking about, for two years. When I originally worked on

Honey and Wool

8 July 2021

When I started this design, it was just meant to be a cowlette. I wanted something that would be quick to design, quick to knit and quickly let me move

A close up on a green cowl with diamond shaped leaves and a wide lace border modelled on a mannequin

Diamond Leaves

18 March 2021

This design started when Ishrat very kindly gifted me a skein of her Merino/Bamboo 4 ply yarn in a beautiful dark green. I knew right away I wanted to do

I’m Liz and I'm a Scottish Knitwear designer! I design and write knitting patterns for accessories, produce tutorials and write about what I do!
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