Featuring stranded colourwork knitted in the round, with corrugated ribbing, this cowl is inspired by decoration on the Neolithic pottery and stone artefacts excavated at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney. Matching hat and mitts patterns are available from the Skein Reaction ravelry store.
The cowl is designed by Skein Reaction and Anne Lea.

The design of this cowl, and the related mitts and Tam o Brodgar, came about as a charitable fundraising collaboration with Orkney Tweed and the Ness of Brodgar, in order to raise funds for ongoing excavations. The cowl pattern is available as a PDF download from the Ness of Brodgar excavation website, and also as a kit, either separately or combined with the hat and / or mitts.

Yarn: Orkney Tweed 4-ply 100% wool (105m/114yd per 25g skein) - one skein in each of:
Zwartbles Black/Dark Grey (A)
Natural White (B)
Zwartbles Black (C)
Light Grey (D)

Skills Required
The pattern uses stranded colourwork, requiring anchoring of longer yarn floats behind work. Other techniques include
German twisted cast-on and corrugated ribbing.

No publication date on printed leaflet; first published online Autumn 2023, see “News from the Ness” no. 37 (2023) link text