Cygnus Cowl by Meredith Collins

This "doughnut" cowl has no wrong side. It begins with a solid area of one color, then changes to a small geometric stranded pattern for awhile, then moves to the other color on its own, and finally repeats the stranded pattern. The solid areas give the eye a place to rest as well as highlighting Marla & Sami individually.

Marla is made from 2 strands of lighter-weight yarn that have been dyed separately and then plied together. When worked, Marla creates a marled fabric with uniquely distributed colors. Sami, the semi-solid DK-weight sister to Marla, has a palette of 21 coordinating colors!

Marla is hand dyed by women artisans in Manos cooperatives in Uruguay's countryside & is a Fair Trade yarn.

Kit includes FREE pattern (pdf & printed pattern) and selected yarn as described below. For Complimentary Pattern, please click here to download from Fairmount Fibers.

DK Weight

DESIGNER RECOMMENDED YARN: Marla by Manos del Uruguay (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 100g/273 yds): 1 Skein. Shown in Tabac & Bing Cherry. The resulting marled garment can be high-contrast and tweedy, or subtly Tonal, or a bit of both depending upon your color choice. -AND- Sami by Manos del Uruguay (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 100g/273 yds): 1 Skein. Sami is a tonal solid yarn that has subtle tonal differences in the same beautiful and soft merino fiber used to make Marla.

SIZE: One Size
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 26” Circumference x 7.5" Tall
YARDAGE: 546 yds.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate - working in the round, stranded colorwork, Provisional Cast-On

NEEDLES: Size US 6 / 4mm & US 4 / 3.5mm 16" Circular Needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
OTHER TOOLS: Stitch Marker, Spare 16" circular for grafting closed, Crochet Hook for provisional cast-on, Waste Yarn & Tapestry Needle
GAUGE: 26 sts x 37 rows = 4” in stockinette on size US 4 / 3.5mm
26 sts x 70 rows = 4” in stranded colorwork on size US 6 / 4mm

Images courtesy of Fairmount Fibers.

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Cygnus Cowl by Meredith Collins

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