The Maayan set is a stranded colorwork project that includes a hat and a matching cowl, both worked in the round. The motif was designed to suggest the rhythm of waves without depicting them directly. The colors in the original sample were inspired by winter light on the Mediterranean Sea and the changing tones of the sky and horizon.

The project was designed with learning in mind. The colorwork motif allows knitters to practice long floats, color dominance, and consistent yarn management, while still following the traditional rule of working with two colors per round.

Both pieces use the same motif and are constructed in a similar way: a twisted rib edge, followed by stranded colorwork worked from a chart. The hat is finished with crown decreases, while the cowl repeats the motif in a continuous tube.

Construction

Worked in the round
Two-color stranded knitting
Twisted rib edging
Hat: rib → colorwork motif → crown decreases
Cowl: rib → colorwork motif → rib

Sizes

Hat sizes are written for multiple head circumferences, from baby to adult.
The cowl is written in one size.

Gauge

24 stitches and 30 rounds = 10 cm / 4” in stranded colorwork in the round after blocking.

Techniques used

• Stranded colorwork
• Managing yarn dominance
• Twisted rib
• Knit-two-together decreases
  Knitting in the round
• Blocking for colorwork