Honey Pie Cowl

This detailed cowl is the fifth design in a collaboration series with Ontario indie dyers. It features Honey Pie Hives and Herbals who naturally dyes yarns in Prince Edward County using plants from her property! Photos were taken on site with the stunning dyer as the model!

This design is strictly for stranded knitting lovers - it is made in one long tube starting with a provisional cast on and then the ends are grafted together for a seamless object of beauty that is also crazy cozy!

Two solid, contrasting colours are suggested for the best result. Note that all yarn is used, so if you are making a substitution, don’t skimp on yardage.

Experience with stranded knitting is suggested. Two-handed stranding is also recommended. See Resource links below.

Hexi-bee stitch markers from Bohoknits available HERE!

Craft Knitting

Skill Level

Rookie-Apprentice-Virtuoso-Genius

Skills stranded knitting, chart reading, provisional cast on, grafting

Sizes one size

Gauge

• not crucial - approx 28 sts and 36 rows = 10 cm (4”) in stranded St st on 2.75 mm

Yarn fingering weight wool

Suggested Brand

• 2 skeins Honey Pie Hives and Herbals Organic Merino
• 100% organic merino wool, 315 m (345 yds) per 115 g

shown in naturally dyed colours Marigold (pale yellow) and Wild Grape Leaves (green)

Needles

• 2.5 mm (US 1) 50 or 60 cm (20” or 24”) circs for lining
• 2.75 mm (US 2) 60 cm (24”) circs for bee
• 3 mm (US C or D) crochet hook

or size needed to obtain gauge

Other Materials

• tapestry needle
• 1 unique marker for BOR; 1 unique marker for halfway point; 8 markers to mark sections (for example, one blue marker, one red marker and 8 yellow markers)
• fingering scrap yarn for provisional cast on
• highlighter tape to help follow chart (optional)

Resource Links

Provisional Cast On

Two-handed Stranding

Dominant Colours in Stranded Knitting

Catching Floats

Grafting

Published August 2020

Languages English