Love Nature is a simple, classic cowl designed as a stand alone piece or as a companion to the Ngahere slouch beanie. Spending time in nature is really important to my family. My children and I love spending every day exploring our natural surrounds and I can see how happy and energised this makes them. I wanted to reflect the beauty, strength and delicacy of nature that we see in the interwoven leaves and lace.

Love Nature is written as a relaxed fit cowl, knit in the round from the bottom upwards. An interwoven leaf and lace panel travels from the garter stitch edge, through the stocking stitch body to the top.

The pattern is written for 4ply/fingering, 8ply/DK weight and 10ply/worsted weight yarn and is in child – adult sizing.

Gauge
4ply: 28sts/10cm on 3.25mm needles (in stocking stitch in the round).
8 ply: 22sts/10cm on 4.0mm needles (in stocking stitch in the round).
10 ply: 20sts/10cm on 5.0mm needles (in stocking stitch in the round).

Equipment
4ply version: 2.75mm and 3.25mm circular needles
8ply version: 3.5mm and 4.0mm circular needles
10ply version: 4.mm and 5.0mm circular needles
(or size required to achieve gauge, plus one 2 sizes smaller) .

Materials
4ply/fingering weight yarn (357m/100g)
8ply/dk weight yarn (220m/100g)
10ply/worsted weight yarn (199m/100g)
1 skein (any size cowl)