The multi-coloured yarn in this cowl is a beautiful handspun yarn sent to me by Worldweaver as part of an ongoing adventure in designing with handspun yarns. I paired it with a commercial yarn in a deep navy, a colour that is a great complement to the many marls in this fractal spin. Colour takes centre stage in this simple design, with stocking stitch complemented by twisted rib hems, top and bottom. The striping sequence means you move from predominantly multi-coloured to predominantly solid-coloured stripes in an interesting kind of fade. Consider using two contrasting variegated yarns, or two solid colours, for different effects.

The techniques you will need to know, or learn, to complete the cowl are:

• cast on (an alternating cable cast-on was used in the sample);
• knit and purl;
• knit into the back loop;
• bind off (a sewn bind-off for 1x1 ribbing was used in the sample).

“Black citizens have been a part of Grey County since the very first non-Indigenous settlers arrived in the northernmost part of the Queen’s Bush. Some of these early pioneers were born in Canada, while others had only recently slipped the bonds of slavery in the Upper South. All contributed significantly to the settlement of the last available land in southern Ontario in the mid-nineteenth century.”
~ https://greyroots.com/story/black-history-grey-county