August Club Reveal!

Time to reveal the August surprise!

Here’s the August, 2023 pattern, Storm Season Cowl!

Here on the west coast of Canada, the wind can pick up and the waves crash hard on rocky shorelines. In parts of Vancouver Island, “storm watching” is advertised as a tourist activity
to encourage folks to come here in the winter and it’s not just a gimmick! Storm season is a breathtaking time of year for contemplating the energy and beauty of the ocean, and for wearing lots of wool layers. This cowl project is double-layered to keep you warm on your blustery adventures. It takes inspiration from the ebb and flow of stormy waves on our rocky coast and it’s engaging to knit, with fun, colour-guided short-row garter stitch sections and simple wave- inspired lace and cables. This project was a collaboration between Andrea and Catherine of Gauge Dye Works.

This pattern and yarn are exclusive until next summer, so make sure you’re signed up for my newsletter if you want to find out when they’re available for everyone.

A woman standing in front of a blustery sea is showing off a blue cowl with delicate lace and cable motifs.

A woman standing in front of a blustery sea is showing off a blue cowl with delicate lace and cable motifs.

A lovely model is holding up one side of a cowl showing pale grey short row sections interspersed between blue and dark grey stripes.

A lovely model is holding up one side of a cowl showing pale grey short row sections interspersed between blue and dark grey stripes.

In front of an ocean background, a woman is wearing a blue, textured cowl.

Closeup of a woman smiling with her hair blowing in the breeze. She’s wearing a blue and grey cowl.

A woman in a white knit dress is holding up a blue and grey cowl.

🌊 What you’ll love about this project:

  • Intuitive and engaging short row sections that don’t require a lot of pattern-checking.

  • A simple and sweet cable-and-lace section that’s just exciting enough to keep you knitting

  • Self-striping yarn so there are very few ends to weave in and changes in the yarn indicate what to do next.

  • A very pleasing grafted finish so you get a cowl that looks beautiful from all angles. You can get a bunch of different looks just by adjusting which part is showing on the outside.

  • Printer-friendly pattern with lots of helpful extras.

  • Bonus — the pattern includes instructions on how to substitute different yarns so you can do some stash busting with it too!

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Waves are crashing against a rocky shoreline with dark green trees and foggy mountains in the background.

In Other News

My new book, KnitOvation Stitch Dictionary is coming next month! Click here to preorder and click here to learn about free bonus motifs you can get when you order before the launch on October 10, 2023.

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