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Our yarns are hand-dyed on the following bases:
Cheshire Cat — light fingering weight — 100% sw merino — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 512 yds
Mary Ann — fingering/sock weight — 85% sw merino, 15% nylon — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 475 yds
Confetti — fingering weight — 92% superwash wool, 5% nepps, 3% lurex sparkle — 28-34 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/432 yds
Summer Silk — fingering weight — 100% silk bourette — 25-28 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/ 390 yds
Mad Hatter — sport weight — 100% sw merino — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 344 yds
Sprinkles — sport weight — 95% superwash merino, 5% rainbow nepps — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 340 yds
Cotton Kiss — sport weight — 50% superwash merino, 50% cotton — 20-24 sts = 4” — 4 oz/ 372 yds
Tweed — sport weight — 55% sw merino, 15% mulberry silk, 15% baby alpaca, 15% donegal — 22-24 sts = 4" – 3.5 oz/310 yds
Alice DK weight — 70% sw merino, 30% silk — 21-23 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 242 yds
Silk Twist DK weight — 72% fine sw merino, 28% mulberry silk — 20-22 sts = 4" —3.5 oz/250 yds
Lory— DK weight — 100% superwash merino — 21-32 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
March Hare — worsted weight — 100% sw merino — 16-20 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 184 yds
Walrus — chunky weight — 100% superwash merino — 12 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
For more details on all our yarn bases, click here.Use the gather stitch, in the round, to create this cowl with puckers and pleats a-plenty! The gather stitch has long been on my list of simple stitches with lovely effects. By doubling the stitch count, working a few rows, then decreasing back and working a couple rows, the fabric puckers up in gathers, creating a cozy cowl. Despite the simplicity of the stitch, I found the gauge nearly impossible to measure — so close enough is close enough — and so I’ve left some wiggle room with the yardage, in the hopes you won’t need to play yarn chicken.
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Mad Hatter Blossom” sport weight, 100% superwash merino: 344 yds/4 oz skein , shown in limited edition colorway: “Madagascan Sunset Moth”
Needles & Notions: US size 6/4 mm 24" circular needles (or size required to get gauge), stitch marker to indicate start of round, darning needle
Gauge: 16 sts & 24 rounds = 4"/10 cm in gather pattern, measured at a purl row (gauge is approximate)
Measurements: longer: (shown) 41"/ 104 cm around, 7"/ 18 cm tall; taller: 32"/ 81 cm around, 9"/ 23 cm tall
Notes: Here’s a photo tutorial of the RLI (right lifted increase) https://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/05/very-nearlyinvisible-increase.html
