This cowl was inspired by Aly Bee's first trunk show with us.  I asked her to drop off a skein of yarn and I would knit something.  With a yarn name like Aly Bee and a colorway, honey bee - I had to do something with a bee theme!

The cowl uses stranded colorwork and the design is charted.  You must be able to follow a chart to knit this pattern.

Size:10” tall andhas a 24” circumference

Skill Level: Intermediate

You must be able to follow a chart to work this pattern.  The pattern utilizes stranded colorwork techniques.

Materials:

    One skein Aly Bee “Worsted” (100% Superwash Merino, 190m/200 yds, 100g/3.5oz), color Honeybee (CC)

     One skein Urth Yarns “Monokrom Worsted” (100% Extrafine Superwash Merino, 200m/220yds, 100g/3.5oz), color 4061 (MC)

     16” Size US 6/4mm circular knitting needles

     4 Ring stitch markers – you may want additional markers to mark chart repeats – consider having three colors of markers.

     Yarn needle or large embroidery needle

Gauge: 5.5 sts and 7 rows to 1” on st st in the round.  Note that you will be closer to 6 sts per inch when working in the stranded colorwork.