parterre Cowl
Knitting for the Winter Solstice
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As we turn toward the light again, I think about transition and cultivation in the new year.
Life is a journey, complete with challenges, successes, moments of doubt and uncertainty, and moments of connection and joy. Each of us experiences our own seasons and rhythm, and we each find our path in different ways.
Like a beautiful garden laid out in anticipation of the bounty to come, the Parterre Cowl highlights transition through both process and punctuation - the steady work of cultivation and the blossoms that reward the effort.
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Featuring AVFKW Graze in New Moon and Flint, I designed this special cowl in 2022 for A Verb for Keeping Warm for their Winter Solstice Knitting Kit.
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A Verb for Keeping Warm Graze 100% California Targhee; 117 yds per 50 g skein in New Moon
A Verb for Keeping Warm Graze 100% California Targhee; 117 yds per 50 g skein in Flint
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20 stitches and 32 rows to 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch, slipped stitch, and eyelets over colorwork after blocking on US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 7 (4.5 mm) needles
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Advanced Beginner
The pattern employs slipped stitches, yarnovers and dropped stitches