Grid Gambit

**Construction** Grid Gambit is a cowl worked flat beginning at one corner, shaped with increases and decreases, and seamed after blocking. The cowl features an allover mosaic pattern, built-in I-Cord edges and an I-Cord bind off. **Needles** One 24” / 60 cm circular needle or longer, US 7 / 4.5 mm or size needed to get gauge **Yarn: Sample One** **Main Color** Newburgh Yarn Co. ‘Hudson DK 4-Ply’ 100% Superwash Merino (246 yds / 225 m per 100 g) Shown in colorway Adirondack Haze 1 skein **Contrast Color** Sport to DK weight handspun yarn, fiber shown was dyed by Hello Yarn 100% Corriedale (200 yds / 183 m per 110 g) Shown in colorway All Bark, No Bite 1 skein To substitute the Contrast Color yarn used here, I recommend using a sport to DK weight yarn with marling or color transitions to create an effect similar to handspun, or use a similarly colored fingering weight yarn held double. Alternatively, this could be a perfect project for mini skeins (either sport or DK held singly, or fingering weight held double), using a different color mini for each 12-row section. There are 19 of these sections and there are indications to change contrast color yarn in the “Bandana Body” section of the pattern. **Yarn: Sample Two** **Main Color** Plies & Hellhounds 'Revival DK' 50% Kent Romney, 37.5% Blue Faced Leicester, 12.5% Brown Leicester (268 yds / 245 m per 100 g) Shown in colorway Old Growth 1 skein **Contrast Color** Plies & Hellhounds 'Nectar' 60% Superwash Merino, 20% Yak, 20% Silk (400 yds / 365 m per 100 g) *Held double to achieve gauge Assorted colors of mini skeins See amounts below Sample Two used the following amounts of fingering weight yarn held double: Sections 1-2: 1 g / 4 yds / 4 m per section Section 3: 2 g / 8 yds / 7.5 m Section 4: 3 g / 12 yds / 11 m Sections 5-9: 4 g / 16 yds / 15 m per section Sections 10-11: 5 g/ 20 yds / 18.5 m per section Sections 12-18: 6 g / 24 yds / 22 m per section Section 19 & Bind Off: 7 g / 28 yds / 26 m If substituting mini skeins with a sport or DK weight yarn, yardage will be half of what is listed above. **Gauge** 19 sts and 25 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch, worked flat, unblocked **Note about Gauge** This pattern uses nearly all of the listed yardage of main color yarn. To conserve your yarn for the cowl, knit a gauge swatch without cutting the yarn and measure the swatch unblocked. When you have gauge, rip back the swatch and cast on. **Notions** Tapestry needle, blocking materials **Techniques** Long-tail cast on, slipping stitches, built-in I-Cord, I-Cord bind off, seaming **Tutorial** [Mattress stitch][1] https://tinyurl.com/mrzup8sk [1]: https://www.purlsoho.com/create/mattress-stitch/?srsltid=AfmBOopMKX6Mfs1JUq8l_Al1mH5nDzP147RPBRbmboQLgiVy2OvdXld7