This is what you make with those special mini-skeins you’ve been saving or the cherished bits leftover from your favorite project. The Mini Linen Fade produces a light linen-stitch fabric with each color transitioning into the next using just one color per row and the magic of the linen stitch’s color blending characteristics.

This is a great project to take on the go with you as it’s repetitive stitches are easily memorizable during long meetings or waiting rooms yet unstoppable as you will want to watch each color melt into the next as your cowl comes to life in your hands.

If you choose, this design is easily customizable and some testers added extra mini skeins to their project to lengthen their cowls.

Sample Yarn:
Blush Fiber Co.
Fingering 4 ply/Single Ply
Superwash Merino 20g/87yds per mini skein
Color 1: Single Ply - Mirage
Color 2: 4 ply - Fairy Tale
Color 3: 4 ply - Royal Flush
Color 4: 4 ply - Avalon

Yardage:
Approximately 15-18g (65-80yds) of each color.

Notions:

Yarn Needle

Removable Stitch Marker

Needles:
US 5 (3.75mm) 16” circular needles or longer circular needle for Magic Loop technique, or size to obtain gauge

Finished Measurements:
Height: 9.5” (24cm)
Circumference: 30” (76cm)

Gauge:
24 sts x 50 rows = 4”(10cm) in linen stitch unblocked.

Thanks to testers: KnittingCounts, tynxie, jujulepmar, failteknit, JBCraftsKnitwear, craftybrigit, thisnurseknitstoo, sm13, venomella and beautyinthedawn for the time they devoted to checking this pattern for accuracy and clarity.
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