Kits of the pattern with the yarn (Butter Single or Butter Sock) are available for purchase from Seismic Yarn & Dyeworks here. Kits are for the one-skein cowl; add an additional skein for the size 1 stole or two additional skeins for the size 2 stole.

Pebbles and Sand Cowl and Stole is one of nine designs in The Sun and Fog Winter 2021 collection, a collaboration of knit and crochet designs by San Francisco Bay Area designers, dyers, and yarn shops, celebrating community and togetherness from the foggy shores to the sunny valleys of Northern California.

This textured cowl and stole evoke the pebbled and wave-rippled sand of a rugged Northern California beach. With varying rows of shells, mesh, and puffs, the fabric is at once airy and cushy.

The cowl is worked in one long piece, then seamed. The stole is worked in two long halves from the center foundation chain outward and features a simple beaded edging (beads are optional).

A partial stitch diagram is included.

This pattern uses American crochet terminology.

Skill Level: Easy.

Finished Sizes (after blocking): Cowl — 8” wide; 35” circumference; Stole size 1 — 9” wide; 61 1/2” long, shown at left; Stole size 2 — 13 1/2” wide; 65” long. Instructions are given for the cowl, with instructions for the stole (sizes 1 and 2) in parentheses ( ).

Yarn: Seismic Yarn Butter Single fingering-weight yarn (100% Extra Fine SW Merino; 437 yd 400 m / 100 g): 1 (2, 3) skeins. Cowl shown here in color Blue Pearl; Stole size 1 shown in color Fogust.

Alternate yarns:
Seismic Yarn Butter Sock fingering-weight yarn (85% Extra Fine SW Merino / 15% Nylon; 437 yd 400 m / 100 g).

(Budget-friendly) Valley Yarns Charlemont fingering-weight yarn (60% Fine Superwash Merino Wool / 20% Silk / 20% Polyamide; 439 yd 401 m / 100 g).

Hook: Size E (3.5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge; 1.00 mm-1.15 mm steel or beading hook for adding beads to the stole edging (optional).

Notions: Yarn needle; optional stitch markers to aid in sewing cowl seam; for optional beading on stole edging: 18 (26) size 3.5-4 mm cube seed beads with holes large enough to accommodate your choice of beading hook (I used Miyuki 3.5-3.7 mm cube seed beads).

Gauge (blocked): 7 shells = 3 3/4”; 10 rows in pattern = 4”.

Photography at left © Ksenia Naidyon/Life Is Cozy unless otherwise noted.

A special thank you to Eva from Seismic Yarn & Dyeworks.

Technical editing by Amy Curtin (Amerz on Ravelry).

Feel free to send me a message with any questions you may have with the pattern. Thank you!