Fans of Downton Abbey’s amazing fashions, rejoice!

Just in time for holiday gift-knitting, A Head For Trouble: What To Knit While Catching Crooks, Chasing Clues, and Solving Murders (20 Hats & Adornments Inspired by Lady Detectives of the Roaring Twenties) was released in October, 2014. This captivating collection blends vintage glamor with wonderfully wearable contemporary style, and is available in both electronic and paperback format both here and on my website: www.julieturjoman.com

Knit something special for your inner flapper!

A quintessential example of the era’s fashion contradictions, Roaring Twenties collars (today’s knitters know them as cowls) often fit with snug propriety around the wearer’s neck, only to feature a luxurious ruffle or froth of lace that spilled out with seductive extravagance from its closure. This example, in two complementary yarn weights, befits today’s knitter as beautifully as it would the most style-conscious 1920s fashionista.

SIZE: one size
Collar: 16¼“ (41.5 cm) long and 6¼” (16 cm) wide.
Scarf: 36½“ (92.5 cm) long at longest point and 6” (15 cm) wide.

MATERIALS:
Collar: Sundara Yarn Aran Silky Merino 200 yds (183 m)/3.5oz (100 g), 50% merino wool, 50% silk. Color: Compassion. 1 skein.
Scarf: Sundara Yarn Fingering Merino 492 yds (450 m)/3.5oz (100 g), 100% superwash merino. Color: Sky Through The Cedars. 1 skein.
US Size 6 (4 mm) 24” (60 cm) circ needle, or size needed to obtain correct gauge
Tapestry needle
2 stitch markers
Size 8/0 (3 mm) iridescent glass seed beads (approx 80) in coordinating color
US Size 14 (0.50 mm) crochet hook
US Size E-4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook
2 large snap fasteners

GAUGE:
21 sts and 41 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Woven Stitch, blocked
20 sts and 25 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Tiny Leaf Lace, blocked