This design is inspired by the chilly fog, drifting quietly through the pine trees, as your boots crunch across the freshly fallen snow. Perfectly Pacific Northwest, this intricate design provides a balanced mixture of colorwork and texture, inspiring knitters to learn new techniques will getting into the winter mood.

The Sitka Spruce Cowl is a stranded colorwork, single sided cowl. This pattern requires approx. 2 skeins of DK weight yarn, in two coordinating colors. I recommend using high contrast colors so that the detailed stitch pattern is clear within the knitting.

Special Techniques
Stranded colorwork in the round, reading charts, catching long floats, bobble stitch, Latvian braid,and corrugated ribbing.

Size One size (adjustable)

Finished Measurements
13 in height x 14 in width (33x35.5 cm)
21 in (53 cm) circumference at top
28 in (71 cm) circumference at bottom

Suggested Yarns
West Coast Yarn Co. – Victoria DK
Sample: Western Red Cedar (orange), Vintage Groom (black)
4-ply 85/15 SW Extrafine Merino/Nylon
100g 246 yards (225 m)

Approx. Yardage Required
245 yards (225 m) in MC
175 yards (160 m) in CC

Suggested Needles
24 in (60 cm) circular needles
US 5/3.75 mm or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
Stitch markers (1 in different color for BOR), scissors, and tapestry needle.

Gauge
24 sts and 24 rows per 4 in (10 cm)
Gauge is in colorwork after blocking

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Happy knitting!