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Throughout my adult life, I’ve made notice of various annual milestones, pausing a moment to remember my last experience and reflecting on my current feelings. I’ve reflected on annual events such as gatherings with friends, 5K races, and, most notably, holidays. I sing in the choir at my Temple for the Jewish High Holidays. We ramp up our practice in the late summer and sing our program of songs during services, many of which are repeats from previous seasons with a few new pieces peppered in. We rejoice and repent and reflect, and it is our tradition to wear white for one day of our services. Return Again is a recurring phrase in the liturgy and song. I interpret this to feel welcomed back to be myself in this time of ritual and reflection. A chance to try my best for another season of being me. The design for RETURN AGAIN COWL captures a year of slow, sometimes imperceptible change punctuated by the reality that the year is in fact starting again. This design captures my yearly experience of moving through time, then confronted with the slightly abrupt reset, regroup, and return.

YARN
Designed for fingering weight yarn held double OR DK weight yarn held singly. Either option requires approximately 250 g of yarn.

Suggested yarn:
Knit Picks Stroll, 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon, 231 yd / 211 m. per 50 g. 5 skeins needed holding yarn double.

Knit Picks Swish DK, 100% Superwash Merino, 123 yd / 109 m per 50 g. 5 skeins needed holding yarn single.

Sample shown in Knit Picks Stroll (held double), colorway White, 1016 yd / 929 m (220 g)

DIMENSIONS
13.25” tall x 46.25” circumference / 34 cm tall x 117.5 cm circumference
Pattern is adjustable for a shorter height by reducing the cast on number. See pattern notes for more info.

GAUGE & NEEDLES
22 stitches & 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked.
Gauge is not critical but will impact finished size and yarn requirements.
US 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, min. length 24” / 60 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 and to hold stitches at end of project
OPTIONAL: additional needle in same size (or smaller) than working needle for grafting.

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Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn