So, I'd been seeing a lot of people around here (Greenville) wearing these things and I, unfortunately, had no idea what they were, exactly. Some sort of scarf thingy.
(insert google search here)
I found out that they were called cowls.
(insert another google search)
And I found several patterns.
It ended up being much larger than what it's pictured because I chose to do my own thing and venture away from the pattern. I got many, many, many comments about it (mostly, "that's interesting"). I'm considering adding a few buttons because it's really big and awkward and I'm not immediately sure how to wear it. I may just have to take out a few rows...which I absolutely hate doing.