On a recent trip to India, I found a red-on-white embroidered textile in Rajasthan that I thought could be rendered in an interesting three-color stranded colorwork design. The first half of the design is worked in two colors and the second half sees a change in the background color while the pattern color remains the same.

Yarn
Miss Babs Yowza Mini
100% Superwash Merino Wool; 200 yd/2.8 oz (182 m/80 g) skeins
1 skein in each of 3 colors, shown in Correa (Color 1), Dark Pegasus (Color 2), and Slipstream (Color 3)
Or approximately 70 yards/65 meters of DK weight yarn in Color 1, 180 yards/165 meters of DK weight yarn in Color 2, and 40
yards/37 meters of DK weight yarn in Color 3.

Finished Measurements
Circumference: 29.5”/74 cm
Height: 10½”/26 cm

Needles
US 5 3.75 mm circular needle, 16”/40 cm long, or
size to obtain gauge

Gauge
Blocked: 26 stitches and 28 rounds = 4”/10 cm square in
stranded colorwork pattern.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited.