Stupid Canadian Wolf Birds (Loons in Love) Chart

**[Get the free pattern here.][1]** Like many of my fellow queers and smutty romance lovers, I found myself completely sucked into the world of Heated Rivalry this past December. And as I watched Shane and Ilya drive off back to the cottage together, I knew I needed to knit myself a loon sweater. I was inspired by those duck sweaters from the 80s and wrote up a chart with a loon instead of a duck. I decided I couldn’t just have one sad, lonely loon, so I flipped the chart and gave my little gay Canadian loon a cute bi boyfriend loon. So now my two queer loon lovers (no, that’s gross) can live happily ever after by a cottage on a lake in Canada. If you want to knit your own sweater with cute loon boyfriends, here is the chart! You can apply this chart to any sweater you like, or even make it as a pillow, wall hanging, or blanket. The chart is 89 stitches by 39 rows, so keep that in mind for any patterns you choose to apply it to. For sweaters, it works best for a fingering weight gauge. You can knit the chart directly into the fabric using intarsia or you can duplicate stitch the loons onto a finished piece, which is what I did. I have a duplicate stitch tutorial available on my website ([https://juliettepecautdesigns.com/blogs/resources/duplicate-stitch-tutorial][2]). The yarn I used is Harrisville Designs Shetland in Grass for the main sweater (just less than 2 cones) and then small amounts of Shetland in Ebony, White, and Cypress for the chart. The dark grey for the beaks is Garthenor Snowdonia, and the eyes are Knit Picks Palette in Pimento. Happy knitting, and see you at the Cottage! [1]: https://juliettepecautdesigns.com/blogs/journal/loons-in-love-colorwork-knitting-chart [2]: https://juliettepecautdesigns.com/blogs/resources/duplicate-stitch-tutorial