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The Buffalo Rose series was born of an inspired moment: to pay homage to the mixed aesthetic and artistry of the city of Portland, Oregon and honor its folklore and history. Portland is known as the City of Roses, nestled amongst dense, lifegiving forestry and populated for years by rugged peoples living and working close to the land. Yet there is an intricacy and deliberateness to the city itself, modern and classic at the same time.

Buffalo Rose Beanie & Cowl is the latest pattern in the series, allowing for small bites of this motif to accent your fall and winter wardrobe. Portland-based Wool & Palette’s scrumptious, ethically sourced and naturally dyed yarn perfectly complements the design’s tribute to our relationship with the gifts of the Earth.

Two-in-one: This pattern includes directions for both the beanie and cowl. Both are knit bottom up, starting with a tubular cast on and transitioning directly into the colorwork chart.

Buffalo Rose Beanie: Decreases for crown shaping are written into the colorwork chart for an allover pattern from bottom to top.

Buffalo Rose Cowl: A little more than halfway up, decreases are made steadily up the front half of the cowl for a snugger fit around the neck! Finish with a tubular bind off at the top to match the bottom.

Tutorial pattern: This pattern includes a detailed written tutorial, links to video tutorials, and a ladder placement guide chart to teach the Ladderback Jacquard method for catching floats in stranded colorwork.

SIZING

Beanie
S (L)

Finished brim circumference: 19 (23)”/ 47.5 (57.5)cm
Finished height from brim to crown: 8.25 (9)”/ 20.5 (22.5)cm

Recommended fit is 1-3” negative ease at brim.

NOTE: This beanie is designed to have minimal brim height. If you would prefer a substantial brim or a folded brim, this will increase the finished height.

Cowl
One size

Top circumference: 23”/ 57.5cm
Bottom circumference: 28”/ 70cm
Height: 9.75”/ 24.5cm

MATERIALS

Yarn: Light worsted weight yarn
Sample uses Wool & Palette Worsted, 3-ply non-superwash Merino/Rambouillet, 240yds per 100g skein

Beanie
MC: Charcoal, CC1: Primose, CC2: Rose Gold

Yardage:
MC (grey): 85 (100)yds/ 78 (92)m
CC1 (lt pink): 66 (78)yds/ 60 (72)m
CC2 (dk pink): 40 (47)yds/ 37 (43)m

Stated yardage includes yarn for a full-sized (5” x 5”/ 12.5cm x 12.5cm) swatch.
NOTE: If you are modifying your beanie by adding brim height, this will affect required yardage for your MC.

Cowl
MC: Rose Gold, CC1: Primose, CC2: Charcoal

Yardage:
MC (dk pink): 170yds/ 156m
CC1 (lt pink): 123yds/ 113m
CC2 (grey): 60yds/ 55m

Stated yardage assumes you have already swatched using yardage for the hat. Swatch yardage is approx. 10yds/ 9m MC, 8yds/ 7m CC1, 6yds/ 6m CC2.

Needles:

Beanie
US 7/ 4.5mm (or size needed to obtain gauge), 16-20”/ 40-50cm circular and DPNs
US 6/ 4.00mm (or one size smaller than main), 16”/ 40cm circular and 32-40”/ 80-100cm circular for tubular cast-on

Cowl
US 7/ 4.5mm (or size needed to obtain gauge), 24-29”/ 60-74cm circular
US 6/ 4.00mm (or one size smaller than main), 16-24”/ 40-60cm circular, 32-40”/ 80-100cm circular for tubular cast-on, extra 16-24”/ 40-60cm circular for tubular bind- off

Tools: Stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge:
21 sts x 24 rows = 4” x 4” (10cm x 10cm) in stranded colorwork in the round, after washing and blocking

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you swatch for stranded colorwork in the round, as knitting colorwork flat vs in the round can often vary in gauge.

SKILLS
Required: Stranded colorwork, catching long floats, tubular cast-on and bind-off (bind-off for cowl only)
Optional: Ladderback Jacquard method for catching floats