Blackberry Winter

Keep the nippy spring breeze at bay with this cozy, colourful cowl. Worked in two strands of fingering-weight yarn and featuring stripes of chevron patterning, it's a lush accessory to both make and wear. Blackberry Winter is pattern 2 of 3 in the Little Winters Capsule.

• yarn: 1 skein SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Stormy Night (MC) (425 yd / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 80% easy-care merino wool, 20% nylon)
  1 mini-skein set SweetGeorgia Party of Five Tough Love Sock in Spilling Secrets (5 colours labelled A-E) (525 yd / 480 m per set; 80% easy-care merino wool, 20% nylon)
• needles: Size 8 US / 5 mm circular needle, 16" / 40 cm long
  Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge
• gauge: 18 sts and 26 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in Stockinette st (worked in the round), after blocking.
  18 sts and 23 rnds = 4" / 10 cm in Chevron patt, after blocking.
  Please note changes in gauge will affect yardage used and final measurements
• finished measurements: 9 1/2" / 24 cm wide, 15 1/2" / 39 cm circumference, after grafting

The cowl is worked as a tube. It begins with a provisional cast on (shown here with the Crochet Chain Provisional Cast-On) and ends by flattening the tube and grafting the ends together. The Party of Five colours for the sample are labelled as: A) Twilight, B) Black Raspberry, C) Cassis, D) Sangria, E) Amber Ale. The cowl is worked with two strands held together throughout. We recommend winding your skein in a manner that allows you to use both ends.

The 4-page PDF pattern includes written and charted stitch patterns.

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