Woolen Mills by Kacey Herlihy

Woolen Mills

Knitting
February 2021
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
in Colorwork
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
235 yards (215 m)
One Size
English
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In 2013, I left home and I moved to Portland, OR. In my crafty endeavors, I quickly stumbled upon the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store, Portland’s most hidden gem. Giant bins of scrap fabric from their woolen mills all around the Pacific Northwest; remnants sold by the pound, quickly became an obsession. I spent hours at a time digging through these bins, searching for and being inspired by all of the colorful patterns on these scraps - blanket headers and small pieces of vibrant, wool fabric. I was inspired by those small fabric scraps to design colorwork that reminds me of days of digging, those details in small form.

This colorwork cowl is designed for two contrasting semi-solid or tonal worsted weight yarns. Superwash Merino is recommended, but this cowl will look great in any smooth fiber that shows off colorwork!

YARN
Cedar House Yarns Old Growth Worsted, 100% Superwash Merino, 100g / 218yds / 200m
65g / 148yds / 135.5m MC “Oyster” (grey) and 40g / 87 yds / 79.5m CC “Seaweed” (green)

NEEDLES
US 5 / 3.75mm 16” / 40cm circular for ribbing
US 8 / 5mm 16” / 40cm circular for main fabric

NOTIONS
Yarn Needle, 1 BOR stitch marker, 4 additional stitch markers (optional)

GAUGE
20 sts and 21 rnds = 4” in colorwork with larger needles, blocked

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
22” / 56cm circumference x 13” / 33cm tall