Dedicated to my Grandaughter, Anayah-Israel. $5 (CAD) from each sale will be donated to raise money for her on-going treatment and her trip to to Denver, US, in June for Stem Cell Therapy

See blog post here, and direct link to fundraiser here.

Anayah is a rainbow child, and I love to dye Rainbows! The DK mohair/ silk is in colour RainbowCloud - first twist dyed in Indigo, and then hand painted with rainbows! Reds, yellows, orange and purple, using madder, cochineal, weld and lac.

Stripes of floofy rainbows are worked against stockinette stripes in silk/merino sport weight yarn for a simple and fun cowl. Long enough to wrap twice around your neck, or wear ‘necklace’ style.

Kit available at WildWestDye - $15 will be donated from each sale of a kit.

Design suitable for beginners and up

You will need to make Anayah’s Rainbow cowl:
75g/ 225m/ 246y Sport weight yarn
34g/ 70m/ 76y of Textured (boule/ mohair etc) DK weight yarn.
4.5mm / US 7 to achieve gauge, 18 sts to 4”/ 10cm
3.75mm/ US 5 for edge.

You will need to know how to:
Knit and purl in the round

Finished cowl size:
42” circumference/ 10” height. 106cm/ 25cm

Anayah’s Rainbow Shawl pattern and kit also available.

Anayah’s progress & updates

Anayah hasn’t been in hospital since October 2022!

Her new record for sitting is 1 minute and 15 seconds!

She has had her first day at Nursery.

She does Hydro Therapy every week.

And is going to Conductive Education twice a week.

She’s also been working on mouth closure with an I-Qoro oral device through her private speech and language therapist, and is starting to be able to express herself with smiles.. just look at her smile!