About this Design:
In Iceland, some fairy rings are caused by geothermal activity rather than from mushroom spores. The inspiration photo shows fairy rings from the Rainbow Mountain region, near the Laugavegur trekking route.

The pattern is reversible. The cowl is shown inside out in the photos.

Pattern is 5 pages.

Errata: The written instructions for Chart A on page 5 had several errors. These have been corrected with pattern v1.03 (released October 15, 2015). Please ensure you are knitting from the most recent version.

Skills Required:

• Working with charts
• Increasing and decreasing
• Working Lace
• Blocking

Finished Size (blocked):
42”/106.68 cm circumference by 11.75”/29.85 cm wide

Other Tools:

• Stitch markers (1)
• Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/instructions)
• Fine cotton thread in contrasting colour for life-lines
• Tapestry needle
• Blocking wires and pins

Skill Level: Intermediate

Yarn: 410 yards/375 meters of merino or wool aran weight yarn that knits up to 3.5 sts/inch.

Shown In:
Briar Rose ‘Sonoma’, (460 yards/421 meters; 100% wool; 8.82 oz/250 grams per skein), 1 skein.

About the Collection:
This past summer I traveled to Newfoundland, to the arctic coastal tundra region where the Vikings had the first European settlement in North America. Such gorgeous landscape! It’s inspired a collection focused around the landscape of this area of Newfoundland and its geological cousins in Iceland and coastal Ireland. I’ve been lucky enough to visit all three places over the past 10 years. I find the remote and stark landscapes inspiring – nature has such beautiful lines and movement.

During my visit to Newfoundland’s Great Northern Penninsula (the location of the first Viking settlement in North America) inspiration struck quite quickly and before the week was out, I had the core ideas for the Northern Landscapes collection. This accessory collection of 30-40 pieces focuses on shawls/stoles, scarves, hats, and cowls. I knew right away that the beautiful, natural colours and textures of Bare Naked Wools paired perfectly with this landscape. The collection also features indie dyers, focusing on colours drawn from the three landscapes.

The collection will be released in three parts and will be available as an ebook or individual patterns. Part one was published August 2015, part two will be published over 2016/17 and part three will be released in 2019.

Hard (paper) copies of this pattern may be available from your local yarn shop. Please contact them for more details.