Description ~ Cherry Blossom Cowl

Commemorate your trip to Japan and try some two-handed stranded colorwork to capture a fantastic memory of our cruise. Alissa has created a cowl that incorporates a Japanese colorwork aesthetic using at least two colors (add more shades into the contrast colorway with mini skeins for some pop) of fingering weight yarn. Students will learn how to hold a different color in each and and use the ladder-back jacquard technique to manage the longer floats without compromising the stretchy fabric or those pesky errant dots of color that pop out when you "catch" a long float.

Materials Needed ~ Cherry Blossom Cowl

• Fingering weight yarn 400 yds of main color, 250 yds contrast color(s).

• Students will only be working with 2 at a time. This design works best when the contrast colors have subtle shading. Would also work well with a tonal colorways.

Homework ~ Cherry Blossom Cowl

Work ribbing ahead of class (instructions & needle sizes will be sent closer to departure)