Named after Mr. Grey Cap Knits’ home state, the Maine Mosaic Cowl is the perfect pattern to feature your chunky hand-spun yarn. Designed to have a snug fit while being long enough to pull up over your nose, this cowl will keep you cozy whether you’re cruising down Sugarloaf or taking a stroll around the Back Cove!

Sizes

• One size fits most. (Size can be easily modified by adding or removing multiples of 8 sts during cast on.)
• Finished Circumference: 20”
• Finished Length: 9”

Yarn
Main Color: Ikigai Fiber “Chibi Paka Chunky”
75% Superwash Merino / 25% Baby Alpaca
Colorway: Oatmeal
55 yds / 50 g
Requirements: Appx. 80 yds (2 skeins)

Contrast Color: Two-ply handspun yarn by Grey Gingrow using 100% Merino from Frabjous Fibers
Colorway: #12 Redwood Forest
108 yds / 100 g
Requirements: Appx. 80 yds.
Note: If you do not have handspun, you can replace this yarn with a similar bulky yarn, like Malabriga “Chunky” or Cascade “Pacific Chunky Color Wave”

Suggested Needles
US 8 (5 mm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge
18 sts and 24 rounds = 4” in stockinette

Skills

• Knitting and purling in the round
• Slipped stitches
• Stranded colorwork (for rib edges)
• Mosaic colorwork (for body of cowl)
• Two-color German Long-Tail Cast on with provisional first stitch for joining in round (link for tutorial included in pattern)

Notions

• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker