Description

INTRODUCTION

This collection includes patterns for 3 items: a cowl, hat, and pair of mittens with a fingerless mitt option. They feature simple colourwork for the cowl and mittens, with an opportunity to show off your skills in the show-stopping hat pattern. All three patterns are worked in the round using light sport-weight/heavy fingering-weight yarn.

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES REQUIRED (pattern dependant)

• working in the round, stranded colourwork, placing stitches on hold, casting on stitches mid-row, picking up stitches, decreasing in pattern, seaming live stitches (optional).

SIZING 

Sizes range from toddler to adult large, depending on the item worked.

YARN required to work all 3 patterns

John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic Sport (100% falklands Corriedale), 333m / 100g: 

• 2 hanks of “Ordinary Joe” (light-toned MC), 
• 1 hank of “Indigo Dust” (dark-toned C1) and 
• 1 hank of “Pink Moon” (medium-toned C2), 

or equal yardage of substitute 100% wool, light sport-weight yarn or heavy fingering-weight yarn.

NEEDLES

• Ribbing: 2.75mm (US 2) circular needles.
• Main: 3.5mm (US 4) circular needles.
• Colourwork: 4mm (US 6) circular needles.

The listed needle sizes are only suggestions; change sizes as required to meet gauge.

CIRCULAR CORD LENGTHS – increase or decrease cord length as needed.

Short: 16 inch/40cm for working small stitch counts in the round.

Long: 30 inch/75cm cord for working small circumference in magic loop, or choose your preferred methods.

NOTIONS

• scissors, scrap yarn or st holders, tapestry needle, stitch markers (3).

GAUGE in 4 inches/10cm of blocked fabric

You may use the Cowl pattern as a gauge swatch.

Stockinette with Main needles and Colourwork with Colourwork needles, worked in the rnd: 

• 27 sts by 33 rnds.