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.It starts like a shawl, ends like a cowl, and stays put when you wear it. Wear it asymmetrically over one shoulder in warmer weather, or let it fill the front of your coat when it's cold. The knitting is simple and the ridges add interest as the yarn magically shifts from one color to the next.
Yarn:
Wonderland Yarns “Blossoms” fingering, 80% superwash merino/ 20% nylon: 425 yds/4 oz cake (Pattern uses almost all, but not quite, of a cake. Start with your favorite color to make sure it’s used.)
Shown in limited edition colorway “Hyoscyamus Niger”
Needles & Notions:
US size 5/3.75mm, 20-28" range circular needle (or size required to get gauge), US size 9 needle for binding off (optional), darning needle, 3 stitch markers—1 unique to mark start of round
Gauge:
21 sts & 26 rows = 4"/10 cm in pattern
Measurements:
57" around at bottom opening, 24" around at neck opening, 19" when measured from cast on to bind off at deepest point.
Difficulty:
Medium