This pattern is FREE through Wednesday, April 9, 5:30pm CST.

Lost in the Leaves was designed for the 2025 Minnesota Yarn Shop. The theme was In the Garden, and The Yarnery chose the Como Park Conservatory as its inspiration.

The bandana-style cowl celebrates the framework of the Como Park Conservatory, and the structure of leaves themselves.

The yarn used was custom-dyed for The Yarnery; kits are available for pre-order through Wednesday, April 9 at yarnery.com

Any 2 contrasting skeins of fingering-weight yarn will work beautifully for the project. The yarn used here is a single-ply, superwash merino wool.

MATERIALS
Single Ply SW Merino Fingering by Purls & Pines (393 yds per 100 g skein): 1 skein each of 2 colors; C1: Sunken Garden; C2: Latticework

Size D (3.25mm) Crochet Hook

Locking stitch markers

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
25” circumference at neck, 44” circumference at widest point, 20” front length, 12” back length

GAUGE
20 sts and 10 rows = 4” in main stitch pattern (one hdc round, one dc-3lo round) repeated