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.Options abound with this ziggity cowl! Choose either two contrasting 4 oz skeins or one mini-skein pack in our “Cheshire Cat” or “Queen of Hearts” fingering weight yarn and then work one of two versions of the pattern. No matter what you choose, it’s an eye-catching accessory.
Yarn option 1: Wonderland Yarns “Cheshire Cat” sock/fingering weight mini-skein pack, 640 yards/5 oz pack; 1 pack, (colors A-E) for gradient or wide stripes OR
Wonderland Yarns “Cheshire Cat” sock/fingering weight, 4 oz skein: 512 yds: 1 skein each of two colors for skinny stripe version (shown in “Sleeping Gryphon” and “TumTum Tree”)
Yarn option 2:
Wonderland Yarns “Queen of Hearts” sock/fingering weight mini-skein pack, 510 yards/5
oz pack; 1 pack, (colors A-E) for gradient or wide stripes (shown in “Down the Rabbit Hole: Too Much Pepper”) OR
Wonderland Yarns “Queen of Hearts” sock/fingering weight, 4 oz skein: 410 yds: 1 skein each of two colors for skinny stripe version
Needles & Notions:
US size 6 or 7 circular needles, 24-32” long or size necessary to get gauge, darning needle, stitch marker
Gauge:
22-23 sts = 3.5 inches in one pattern repeat, approximately
Measurements:
Mini-Skein Pack version: 36” around, 13” (Queen of Hearts) -22” (Cheshire Cat) tall after blocking; Skinny Stripe version: 33” around, 11-22”+ tall after blocking
Difficulty:
Medium