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COEXIST is a cowl designed for a pair of colors: a color-changing handspun yarn along with a complementary tonal color. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight the shifting colors of handspun yarn alongside a commercially spun fingering weight yarn. The 2 colors chase after each other in intuitive stripes resulting in a reversible fabric with subtle shaping. Designed for double-loop styling, the length can be adjusted per your preference to create a shorter or longer finished piece.

YARN – COLOR 1
2-ply handspun yarn, approximately 18 WPI (wraps per inch), mixed fibers.

YARN – COLOR 2
Woolens & Nosh Superwash Targhee Fingering, 90% Targhee, 10% Nylon, 465 yd / 425 m per 115 g or similar fingering weight yarn. www.woolensandnosh.com.

Use any heavy fingering to sport weight yarn you prefer for this design. To achieve a similar look to the sample, use a color changing yarn for C1 and a coordinating or contrast color in a tonal color for C2.

Sample yarn:
C1: Odds & Ends by Into the Whirled www.intothewhirled.com, various fibers, 171 yd / 156 m (43 g)
C2: colorway Maize, 195 yd / 178 m (48 g)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Height at start: 6” / 15 cm
Height at midpoint: 10.8” / 27 cm
Circumference: 55” / 140 cm

GAUGE & NEEDLES
20 stitches & 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in pattern, blocked. Gauge is not critical but will impact finished size and yarn requirements.
US 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, min. length 32” / 80 cm or size needed to get gauge
Crochet hook of similar size for provisional cast-on
Smooth waste yarn in contrast color for provisional cast-on

Share your finished work on Instagram with #CoexistCowl

Yarn Support: Woolens & Nosh www.woolensandnosh.com
Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn
Test knitting: Rain K., Jo Meyer, Lisa M., Nan P., Amanda S., & Grace W.