Many years ago, I collaborated on some knitwear design ideas for a local designer-clothing brand. One of the experiments we did was to hold seven strands of handpainted yarn together to make a big, thick knitted fabric. I absolutely loved how the various bits of color popped out at different intervals to create a mesmerizing marled fabric. In this cowl pattern, I used nine strands of yarn: two ends of four diff erent skeins, plus one more skein of fuzzy laceweight mohair and silk yarn for added warmth and texture. You can wear the cowl double-wrapped for extra coziness.

FINISHED SIZE
About 49” (124.5 cm) circumference and 10” (25.5 cm) high.

YARN
Shown in the sample here:

• SweetGeorgia Yarns CashLuxe Fine (70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 400 yd 365 m/4 oz 115 g): Bewitched, Coral Rose, Lovestruck, Raspberry, 1 skein each. Laceweight (#0 Lace).
• SweetGeorgia Yarns Silk Mist (60% mohair, 40% silk; 325 yd 297 m/.88 oz 925 g]): Ultraviolet, 1 skein.

The fingering-weight yarns are held doubled by taking the inside and outside strands of each center-pull ball and holding together with one strand of Silk Mist. Altogether there are nine strands held together.