About this Design:
The stitch pattern in this cowl was selected because it reminded me of the fractured lines commonly found in the rocks of the limestone barrens. Tiny glass buttons are used to fasten the cowl through the eyelets enabling the piece to be worn either as a cowl or scarf.

Pattern is 4 pages.

Skills Required:

• Working with charts
• Increasing and decreasing
• Blocking

Finished Size:
33”/83.82 cm long by 11.75”/29.85 cm wide

Other Tools:

• Buttons (5)
• Stitch markers (7)
• Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions).
• Tapestry needle
• Blocking wires and pins

Skill Level: Beginner

Yarn: 400 yards/366 meters of wool/yak blend fingering weight yarn that knits up to 8 sts/inch.

Shown In:
Indigodragonfly ‘Wingenhooven’, (400 yards/366 meters; 60% merino, 20% silk, 20% yak; 3.53 oz/100 grams). 1 skeins in Only the Exact Phrase I Used was “Don’t” (Firefly).

About the Collection:
This past summer I traveled to Newfoundland, to the arctic coastal tundra region where the Vikings had the first European settlement in North America. Such gorgeous landscape! It’s inspired a collection focused around the landscape of this area of Newfoundland and its geological cousins in Iceland and coastal Ireland. I’ve been lucky enough to visit all three places over the past 10 years. I find the remote and stark landscapes inspiring – nature has such beautiful lines and movement.

During my visit to Newfoundland’s Great Northern Penninsula (the location of the first Viking settlement in North America) inspiration struck quite quickly and before the week was out, I had the core ideas for the Northern Landscapes collection. This accessory collection of 30-40 pieces focuses on shawls/stoles, scarves, hats, and cowls. I knew right away that the beautiful, natural colours and textures of Bare Naked Wools paired perfectly with this landscape. The collection also features indie dyers, focusing on colours drawn from the three landscapes.

The collection will be released in three parts and will be available as an ebook or individual patterns. Part one will be published this August, part two will be published over 2016/17 and part three will be released in 2019.

Hard (paper) copies of this pattern may be available from your local yarn shop. Please contact them for more details.