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The Little Gemstones Cowl is worked in the round in one piece with no sewing or picking up stitches, the yarn is broken after each gem is worked so you could use a different colour for every gem.

For a shawl version see the original Little Gemstones.

Choose this cowl pattern if you want to use many colours, if you want to knit rows of one colour choose the Geodes Cowl instead.

The size of the cowl can be increased / decreased in both circumference and height, the pattern includes directions on how to do this.

This is a written pattern with no charts.

Materials:

4ply / fingering weight yarn
Background colour (BC): 115yds / 105m
Gem colour (GC): 295yds / 270m total; each gem uses a max of 9yds / 8m yarn
3.25mm / US3 24” / 60cm circular needle
1 stitch marker

Finished Measurements:

33” circumference x 8.5” tall (84 x 22cm)
Size is customisable.

Sample shown in Knit Picks Felici Bare (BC) and Needle and Fred BFL Nylon Sock (2022 advent set).