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The Lunar New Year Cowl is a beginner-friendly, colorwork cowl featuring various Lunar New Year symbols. Motifs of flowers, lanterns, and coins symbolize luck, prosperity, fortune, and long life into the new year. The cowl is worked from the bottom to top with very few long floats throughout the pattern.

This pattern includes written instructions and charts, and has been fully test knitted and professionally tech edited. If you have any questions or see any errors, please email me at juliannamknits@gmail.com.

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DIFFICULTY
Adventurous Beginner

SKILLS
Cast-on, bind-off, stranded colorwork, catching floats

YARN
DK/sport weight yarn
Sample used Berroco Ultra Wool DK
292 yds/267 m; 3.5 oz/100 g
Main Color: Chili; Contrast Color: Butternut

YARDAGE
MC: 168 yds/154 m
CC: 61 yds/56 m
15% buffer added to total used

NEEDLES
US size 6/4.0 mm, or size needed to obtain gauge
US size 4/3.5 mm, or two sizes smaller than gauge needle size
16”/40 cm or 20”/50 cm circular needle

NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, scissors, 1 BOR stitch marker, 9 stitch markers (optional but recommended), tape measure or ruler

GAUGE
18 sts and 26.5 rows = 4” over blocked stockinette stitch on larger needles

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
10.75”/27 cm length x 9”/22.5 cm height (laid flat)
21.5”/54 cm circumference x 9”/22.5 cm height