This cowl pattern by Jamie Lomax is a design inspired by the chilly gray fog, drifting quietly through the pine trees, as your boots crunch across the freshly fallen snow. Perfectly Pacific Northwest, this intricate design provides a balanced mixture of colorwork and texture, inspiring knitters to learn new techniques will getting into the winter mood.
The Sitka Spruce Cowl is a stranded colorwork infinity cowl. This pattern requires approx. 3 skeins of DK weight yarn, in two coordinating colors. I recommend using high contrast colors so that the detailed stitch pattern is clear within the knitting.
Special Techniques 
Stranded colorwork in the round, reading charts, catching long floats, bobble stitch, Latvian braid, provisional cast on, and Kitchener stitch.
Size One size (adjustable)
Finished Measurements 
10 in height x 13 in width (25 x 33 cm) 
26 in (66 cm) circumference
Suggested Yarns 
West Coast Yarn Co. – Victoria DK 
Sample: Sitka Spruce (green), Fog Bank (grey) 
4-ply 85/15 SW Extrafine Merino/Nylon 
100g 246 yards (225 m)
Approx. Yardage Required 
375 yards (342 m) in MC 
160 yards (146 m) in CC
Suggested Needles 
16 in (40 cm) circular needles 
US 5/3.75 mm or size needed to obtain gauge. 
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