Slip Happy Plaid Cowl Kits

The Slip Happy Plaid Cowl celebrates this time of year when happiness is knitting season and where crisp mornings mean you absolutely need a cowl. Fall also brings thoughts of patterned textiles – of plaids and stripes and houndstooth. This cowl is an homage to our favorite autumnal plaids, utilizing a variation of Barbara Walker’s mosaic instant plaid, and worked in an unexpected and ultra-soft yarn.

The project uses one skein each of three colors of our Birdie DK yarn. Your MC is the plaid "framework"; your CC is the background color throughout, and your AC is the "pop" color that peeks out from each pattern repeat. We've kitted up some of our favorite color combinations and designated roles for each, but feel free to mix and match the color roles within your chosen kit!

Please note: Slip Happy Plaid Cowl Kits are dyed to order and will begin shipping the week of 11/25/24.

And don't forget to snag your copy of this free pattern — from our website or on Ravelry.

If you’d like to build your own cowl kit, check out the Birdie DK available as a part of our Lamb & Kid 4Ever collection, or call the shop!

Kit #1: Birdie DK, 3 skeins total, 1 each in Coorie (MC), Shell (CC), and Plaid Is My Favorite Color (AC)

Kit #2: Birdie DK, 3 skeins total, 1 each in Frog Rock (MC), Waverly (CC), and Plaid Is My Favorite Color (AC)

Kit #3: Birdie DK, 3 skeins total, 1 each in Port (MC), Sweetbriar (CC), and Grandma's Button (AC)

Kit #4: Birdie DK, 3 skeins total, 1 each in Waverly (MC), Vixen (CC), and Inside Scoop (AC)

Kit #5: Birdie DK, 3 skeins total, 1 each in Picnic (MC), Commodore (CC), and Vixen (AC)

Mystery Kits!

Please note that if you have a preference on the tone of your mystery kit, please be sure to tell us in the order notes section of your shopping cart and click UPDATE CART to save your notes.

FIBER CONTENT

Dimond Laine Birdie DK:

Announcing Dimond Laine Birdie DK! We’re thrilled to offer this base for the first time – a 90% alpaca, 10% silk blend in a shapeshifting DK-weight to join our Birdie family. And, while Birdie DK is related to our beloved Birdie and Big Birdie bases, it is a base unto itself too – and we’re in love! 

The higher alpaca content offers even more squishable softness than you’re used to in the rest of the Birdie family, and it provides a slubby, thick-and-thin quality to both the yarn in the skein and in the finished fabric. Speaking of the fabric, think texture – just a bit of wild wavy-ness to your finished stitches – in an overall cuddly and drape-y finish. Delicious.

DK Weight
90% Alpaca / 10% Silk
246 yards per 100 gram skein

Hand wash suggested. Lay flat to dry.