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Kuvvel cowl from Fair Isle Weekend

My project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/kuvvel

Get the book: https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/books-mags/products/fair-isle-weekend-by-mj-mucklestone

5 colors (originally traditional colors) but I changed mine:

Colors I used:

Dark green: Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper weight 82 mix

Dark brown: Jamieson & Smith Jumper Weight Supreme in 2009 (Yuglet)

White: Jamieson & Smith Jumper Weight Supreme in 2001 (White)

Light brown: Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper weight in 2

Medium green: Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift in Leaf

Get Jamieson & Smith: https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/jamieson-smith-yarn

Get Jamieson’s of Shetland: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/wool/jamieson-spindrift/jamieson.html

I noticed the difference between J&S and Jamieson’s here: the Spindrift was a solid (not heathered) color and it was inconsistent in the thickness and easily breakable in the thin sections. This is NOT a pronounced problem in the heathered shades (which is most of them)

You can read about the only mill on Shetland (Jamieson’s of Shetland) in the Shetland Wool Adventures journal (Vol 1). Get it here: https://thewoollythistle.com/collections/books-mags/products/shetland-wool-adventures-journal-vol-1?variant=36729960267928

Hat I’m working on: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ebarnaby93/hesti-hat

You can find the pattern in the above linked Shetland Wool Adventures journal!

Dimensions of Kuvvel cowl in Fair Isle Weekend:
Height: 8”
Circumference: 28.5”
Suggested needle: US 3
Gauge: 32 sts/4″

Dimensions of mine:
Height: 8.75” (a little taller)
Width: 29.5” (a little longer)
Needle: US 2
Gauge was slightly larger (closer to 30 sts/4”) as I preferred

Construction: use a provisional cast on and put a locking stitch marker at the halfway point, then when you graft the ends together, you’ll match up the first stitch with the halfway stitch. I recommend grafting with Kitchener Stitch and not a 3-needle bind off because Kitchener is more seamless. But use that method if it’s more comfortable for you! The ridge will likely not make a big difference.

How did I choose colors? I stayed in the same color families: browns and greens. I initially tried to use a warmer brown instead of 2009 for my darker brown color, but I didn’t like it and ended up swapping it out.

What I meant to say about laying out colors:
Line up your dark colors and your light colors separately. Match your darkest light to your darkest dark and your lightest light to your lightest dark, and if you have colors in between, match those up with each other too

Pattern origins: from a jumper knitted in the 1890s in the Shetland museum! Find a photo in The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting by Sheila McGregor (1981)

Want yours to be more symmetrical? Line up the points of the peerie patterns with the middles of the OXOs! It works, it’s just not laid out like that in the pattern.