COWL AND GLOVES WATERLILY

For my designs I always use a plant or flower, that reminds me of the person I design for. This design is made for a friend. The flower I have chosen for her is the waterlily. This reminds me of our profession, I work in the water sector, and especially groundwater is my daily business. With my feet in the mud and always surrounded by water, is what I am and my friend too, but also this defines the waterlily. Also, one of the waterlily species, the lotus is in many religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, a symbol of beauty, all things pure and prosperity. The Lotus is symbol of personal growth and a new beginning. The colours of this design are choses for the colours of water in its natural state, blue sometimes green. The style is based on the Selbu knitting from Norway.

NECESSITIES:

Approximately 250 grams of wool for knitting needle 3mm. Minimal divided into two colours.
1 circular needle size 3.5 mm with a minimal of length 40 cm for the cowl
1 circular needle size 2.75 mm with a minimal of length 40 cm for the Finger gloves or a set of sockneedles of the same thickness.
1 crochet needle size 3mm
Wool needle or darning needle to tie off the threads and sharp scissors
Eucalan or another wool detergent to clean your knitting and stretched to dry.

I used for the original 150 grams of wool from the Ullcenter of the island Oland in Sweden in the colour marine blue on light grey 6/2-4172 Marin på Ljusgrå and 100 grams of biological produces Shetland wool from BC garn, colour Aqua marine/13. Both are eco-friendly produced yarns.

Gauge for the cowl 30x 29
Gauge for the gloves 24x32