About this Design:
On the barren, limestone landscape of Burnt Cape Ecological reserve, the vegetation thrives an inch or two off the pebbles. The more than 300 varieties of arctic plants provide a colourful carpet during June and July, transforming the desolate grey landscape with their vibrant blooms. One of these is Roseroot (Rhodiola rosea), the inspiration for this cowl.

Written to be worked on circular needles in the round, this cowl can easily be done using dpns or magic loop. The circumference can be customized by adding/removing stitch repeats while the height can be adjusted by working additional rounds. Each repeat of Chart A’s 16 stitch/12 row pattern adds 2.125”/5.40 cm in width and 1”/2.54 cm in height.

Pattern is 4 pages.

Skills Required:

• Working with charts
• Knitting in the round
• Increasing and decreasing
• Blocking

Finished Size: 48”/121.92 cm circumference by 9.25”/23.50 cm high

Other Tools:

• Stitch marker (1)
• Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions).
• Tapestry needle
• Blocking wires and pins

Skill Level: Beginner

Yarn: 645 yards/590 meters of wool or merino lace weight yarn with bounce/spring that knits up to 8 sts/inch.

Shown In:
Freia Fine Handpaints ‘Freia Ombré Lace’, (645 yards/590 meters; 75% wool, 25% nylon; 2.65 oz/75 grams per skein). 1 skein in Maple.

About the Collection:
This past summer I traveled to Newfoundland, to the arctic coastal tundra region where the Vikings had the first European settlement in North America. Such gorgeous landscape! It’s inspired a collection focused around the landscape of this area of Newfoundland and its geological cousins in Iceland and coastal Ireland. I’ve been lucky enough to visit all three places over the past 10 years. I find the remote and stark landscapes inspiring – nature has such beautiful lines and movement.

During my visit to Newfoundland’s Great Northern Penninsula (the location of the first Viking settlement in North America) inspiration struck quite quickly and before the week was out, I had the core ideas for the Northern Landscapes collection. This accessory collection of 30-40 pieces focuses on shawls/stoles, scarves, hats, and cowls. I knew right away that the beautiful, natural colours and textures of Bare Naked Wools paired perfectly with this landscape. The collection also features indie dyers, focusing on colours drawn from the three landscapes.

The collection will be released in three parts and will be available as an ebook or individual patterns. Part one will be published this August, part two will be published over 2016/17 and part three will be released in 2019.

Hard (paper) copies of this pattern may be available from your local yarn shop. Please contact them for more details.