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Tumbling Blocks Cowl (TBC)
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This is an experiment with color and admittedly, a great way to use up those little bits of fingering weight yarn that you can’t bear to toss. You know the ones I’m talking about… they just aren’t enough for a full-sized project but they were just such a great color or had sentimental value. In my sample, I have little joyful mementos of past projects that I made throughout the years.
Gather your fingering weight yarns. Lay them in a row, take a photo with your iphone/camera/etc… or just set up the black and white mode. Make three “value” piles- light, medium, and dark. There is no rhyme or reason to the actual hue (colors) but there is one motto that I went by: When I felt scared of choosing the next set of colors, I embraced that fear and dived into the most brazen choices.
Approximate Finished Dimensions: 11 ½” wide x 36” circumference
Materials
180—yards of fingering weight in each “Value” (light, medium and dark)
350—yards of fingering weight yarn for the lining. We used Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (420 yds/114G skein, 100% Superwash Merino): Colorway “Glassbottom Boat”
- US Size 4 (3.5mm) 24” circular needle + a spare circular needle in a similar size for kitchener stitch
- US Size G crochet hook
- scrap yarn in a fingering weight (cotton is preferred)
- 1 stitch marker
- a tapestry needle
Gauge
24 sts, 36 rows = 4” in st st on US Size 4 (3.5mm) knitting needle after blocking. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
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