

Cowl of the Underworld - Digital Knitting Pattern
The Cowl of the Underworld was designed by Ana Campos, festival founder, in celebration of the 2025 Salem Fiber Witch Festival theme: The Coronation of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
In the myth of Persephone, she becomes Queen of the Underworld after consuming pomegranate seeds while visiting the Underworld.
The design features elegant filigrees, moon phases, and pomegranates, and is knit up in the colorways created for the Festival: Toil & Trouble Cadence DK in Fruit of the Underworld and Crossing the Threshold. You can buy the pattern and yarn together in a convenient kit!
Sizes:
- Size 1: 20” (51 cm) circumference x 10” (25.5 cm) tall
- Size 2: 24” (61 cm) circumference x 10” (25.5 cm) tall
Gauge needle:
US 7 (4.50 mm) 24” (60 cm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Ribbing Needle:
US 6 (4.00 mm) 24” (60 cm) circular needles or one size smaller than gauge needle
Gauge:
24 sts x 28 rows = 4” (10 cm) in colorwork pattern in the round, after gentle blocking



