Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

I created this design in collaboration with Rachel from Six and Seven Fiber to showcase her entire 20-color tonal palette on mini skeins in her Soybean base, a 100% Non-Superwash DK merino. She asked me to work on a piece accessible to all levels of knitters, and I’m excited to have come up with this design that showcases a few of my favorite things: garter stitch, stripes, weighing yarn (yes, I really do enjoy this), and modular knitting. Each individual form is small and satisfying to complete, leading to a manageable project that seems to fly off your needles! Experimenting with the color layout allows each knitter to really create a personalized project. While the design uses 20 colors, it would also lend itself to just a few colors from the palette in full skeins, or also serve as a great way to use up other partial or mini skeins. The samples shown in these pages show 2-row stripes, but feel free to experiment with wider stripes or even solid colors, simply taking advantage of the variation that comes as a result of changing directions within the work.

I hope you CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP knitting this design!

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YARN
Six and Seven Fiber Soybean DK, 100% Non-Superwash Merino, 245 yards / 224 meters per 100 g
Samples shown in full 20 color tonal palette of DK mini skeins- see yardage requirements per each size below

DIMENSIONS
Options are given to create 5 different sized pieces:
WRAP: 15.5” x 60” (39.4 cm x 152.4 cm) 340 G (833 yd / 762 m)
SCARF: 7.75” x 60” (19.7 cm x 152.4 cm) 180 G (441 yd / 403 m)
LONG COWL: 11.5” x 60” around (29.2 cm x 152.4 cm) 280 G (686 yd / 627 m)
MEDIUM COWL: 11.5” x 42” (29.2 cm x 106.7 cm) around 196 G (480 yd / 439 m)
SMALL COWL: 7.75” tall x 24” (19.7 cm x 61 cm) around 72 G (176 yd / 161 m)

GAUGE & NEEDLES
16 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch
US 9 (5.5 mm) min. length 24″ (60 cm) or size needed to get gauge

TECHNIQUES
Join-as-you-go modular knitting, knit stitch, icord cast-on (scarf and wrap), provisional cast-on (cowls)

PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
This is a modular reversible beginner friendly written pattern with photo tutorials, a schematic, and a blank coloring page.

EXPLORE ON INSTAGRAM
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Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn
Yarn support: Six and Seven Fiber
Test knitting: Norah B., Christen C., Shauna M., Anja S., and Lauren S.