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It’s the sweetest time of the year! Christmas is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than with some holiday cheer? The Gingerbread Mystery Knit-a-long is the perfect treat for your holiday sweet tooth. This cozy project combines delightful textural stitches with classic stranded colorwork to create a holiday cowl bursting with sugary charm. Knitting begins December 1st with one clue revealed each day for 12 days. That’s 12 days of Christmas knitting fun! The final clue arrives on December 12, giving you plenty of time to finish your cowl and wear (or gift!) it before Christmas.

SCHEDULE
You will receive one clue a day for 12 days beginning on December 1st and ending on December 12th. That’s 12 CLUES!

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• seamless construction

• stranded colorwork

• textural stitches

• slipped stitches

• video tutorials

• Holiday knitting fun!

A portion of this cowl will be worked in textural stitches. These sections will be charted and include written instructions. I provide tutorials to help you through the textural stitches. This pattern includes stranded colorwork. In fact, most of this pattern will be worked in stranded colorwork. The stranded colorwork will be charted, but will not include written instructions. All stranded colorwork will be done in the round and you will never need to carry more than 2 strands at once. The Gingerbread Mystery Cowl is intended for intermediate knitters who are comfortable with stranded colorwork.

SIZE
ONE SIZE : Adult

The overall shape & size of this cowl is NOT part of the mystery. This will be a shawl-shaped cowl. This is my absolute favorite shape for knitting a cowl. This shape is wonderfully wearable, and it is PERFECT for working colorwork in the round. If you have never knit one of my shawl-shaped cowls, check out the the cowls from the previous Christmas MKAL: the Merrymaking Cowl OR from the Halloween MKALs: the Halloween Party Cowl the Witch’s Brew Cowl and the Haunted House Cowl.

FRONT LENGTH: 25.25 inches / 64 cm
BACK LENGTH: 12.75 inches / 32.5 cm
NECK OPENING: 19.5 inches / 49.5 cm

YARN
Fingering weight yarn in 6 colors

Color 1: 127 yards / 116 m
Color 2: 117 yards / 107 m
Color 3: 123 yards / 113 m
Color 4: 115 yards / 105 m
Color 5: 123 yards / 113 m
Color 6: 122 yards / 111 m

When you purchase this pattern, you will receive the GETTING READY GUIDE. You will not receive the pattern clues until December 1st. The 12 clues, & Supplemental Photo Tutorials will be delivered daily from December 1st through the 12th. Check out the kits available from Miss Babs OR from the list of dyers who have created something special for the MKAL. This project is also great for stash busting and using up leftovers!

NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5mm) 24-inch (60cm) circulars or as required to meet gauge

NOTE: Many knitters have a tighter gauge when working in stranded colorwork. You may need a different size of needles to achieve your colorwork gauge.

GAUGE
24 sts & 32 rounds = 4 inches / 10cm in stockinette flat & in the round after blocking

24 sts & 32 rounds = 4 inches / 10cm in stockinette stranded colorwork flat & in the round after blocking

TOOLS
4 stitch markers, measuring tape, blocking pins, & tapestry needle