Filoli Cowl Kit (Valhalla)

Designed by Ksenia Naidyon of Life is Cozy for the Bay Area Yarn Crawl.

Choice of kit with yarn only, or bundled with the pattern (which can also be found on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/filoli-cowl), If you choose the yarn + kit bundle, you will receive a hard copy of the pattern as well as your own download code to save to your Ravelry library.

Kit includes 2 1/5 skeins each of Cloud Puff (100% superfine cormo wool) and Weathered Wood (75% cormo/25% alpaca).

Recommended needles and notions (not included in kit):

• Size US 6 (4mm) straight or circular needles
• 2 removeable stitch markers or safety pins
• Tapestry needle

FINISHED SIZE

• Width at the deepest point in front 21" / 53cm
• Width at the narrowest point in back 6.7" / 17cm
• Upper opening circumference, unstretched 22" / 56cm

Description: Filoli Cowl is an easy-to-wear accessory that offers the comfort of a cozy triangular shawl without the need to style it. It is named after the designer's favorite historic house and garden in the SF Bay Area.

The cowl features two types of mosaic patterns and garter stitch. Looking more complex than it is, all colorwork requires working with just one color per row and the whole cowl is almost completely worked with knit and slipped stitches — very little purling, yay!

The piece is knit flat from the back neck towards the wide front section and shaped with increases. The edges are polished with built-in i-cord that is continued in the two-color i-cord bind off, video tutorial provided. Colors are carried along the edge and hidden in the i-cord edging, so there's no yarn cutting and just a couple of ends to weave in in the end! Mosaic stitch patterns are both charted and written out.