Skyrift Snood is a story of little mountain peaks, a breached sky and another world just visible through the lines opening up the heavens. It’s also a snood to keep your neck warm, but this pretty bit of fantasy comes in handy while you drink covert gin and tonics in a cold park with your support bubble. Wear a mask, knit loads and be merry!

Skyrift is knitted in the round using two contrasting coloured yarns. It’s quite a generous size but this can easily be tweaked with smaller needles or removing a pattern repeat.

It’s a quick fun knit, and although colourwork might strike fear into your heart, it’s doable and I’ve added in some tips and helpful links to better knitters than me who I learned from along the way.

Yarn and sizing:

I used 2 x 100g skeins of Aran weight Malabrigo Rios 100% Merino Wool - 192m (210yds) per skein but You will have more left over of Colour A than B but it’s great stuff to use up on other projects.

Gauge:

The gauge listed isn’t super strict but if you prefer a denser knit, tips are included.

As noted it’s a generous size - W 32cm x H 29cm but easily tweaked to make a smaller piece.

Colours used:

Colour A: Winter lake
Colour B: Magenta

Things you might need to know:

Stranded colourwork, knitting in the round, 1x1 ribbing, casting on, binding off (the pattern is pretty flexible so you can adapt it to what you are most comfortable with. Increase and decrease (a guide is included).