The best and most immediate way to access this design is by signing up to The Yarniverse and taking the Seeker Track: Colorwork. Joining The Yarniverse gives you immediate access not only to this design and its accompanying masterclass, but also to a wealth of online learning resources designed to nourish and feed your creativity and skill base.

When you sign up to The Yarniverse you get immediate access to:

• This design and its accompanying helpful masterclass videos
• A supportive workbook containing all the instructions for this design PLUS coloured charts, black and white charts, charts for you to colour in, and blank charts for you to customise, if you wish to design your own sections
• Short bios of all the artists represented in the cowl

PLUS:

• access to many, many other masterclasses and designs
• weekly online live events
• access to the Yarniverse Community, where you can knit this design with others

This pattern provides an accessible starting-point for designing your own stranded colourwork. It is divided into twelve sections, each of which speaks to the practice and approach of a particular artist. This Knit Stars project was conceived to be an engaging and imaginative knit and to meet you, the knitter, wherever you are in your own creative journey. Make it exactly as charted and enjoy learning about different artists and their work, or use the helpful prompts provided throughout to support you with altering elements of the design.

This pattern celebrates, and is dedicated to, our creative foremothers:

Alma Thomas, Althea McNish, Ann Southam, Bobby Baker, Daphne Oram, Dorothy Grebanak, Georgia O’Keeffe, Geta Brătescu, Jane Wight, Wendy Carlos, Yayoi Kusama - and to all the unnamed and undercelebrated artists on whose shoulders our creative stitching stands.