A Thousand Suns Cowl by Cheryl Murray

A Thousand Suns Cowl

Knitting
April 2019
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in Stranded Stockinette Stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
300 - 350 yards (274 - 320 m)
25" circumference x 9 1/2" height
English
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A sunflower field is like a sky with a thousand suns.
Corina Abdulahm-Negura, Poet

Cowl is worked in the round from the bottom up using the stranded colorwork technique. The colorwork pattern is worked from a chart, beginning & ending with corrugated ribbing.

Materials:
Cascade 220 by Cascade Yarns, (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) 220 yds/200 m, 3.5 oz/100 gm. One skein each in:

  • #8401 Silver Grey (MC)
  • #7827 Goldenrod (CC1)
  • #2445 Shire Green Heather (CC2)

Size 8 (5 mm) circular needle, 24” length, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Stitch marker (1)

Yarn Substitution:
Worsted weight yarn in 3 colors of choice, approx. 170 yds (MC), 65 yds (CC1), 80 yds (CC2).

Project may be purchased as a complete kit ($38.50) in a variety of colorways exclusively at the Yarn Barn of Kansas. Click here for information.