The February club colour is finally ready, and it goes on sale at our Etsy site starting Friday morning January 29th :)

Based on a photo I took in Ireland, ‘Forty Shades of Green’ (so named for a song Johnny Cash wrote after he traveled through Ireland) is a rich, tonal green with fabulous stitch definition on our Escarpment DK yarn.

The pattern is a one-skein cowl that is knitted sideways and then seamed. Rich celtic cables run sideways along the cowl, framed by a smaller cable below and a moss stitch background.

Don’t be intimidated by those cables; they are less complicated than they look, and the rest of the cowl is just moss stitch. I provide written directions as well as charts, and there will be video tutorials on my blog to help with any of the trickier bits (the video section is a goal I had for 2016, so this will be the first!).

The result is a cute little bandana cowl that sits up nice and high on the neck, but can be pulled close for warmth, with beautiful details. Made from less than 256 yards of DK weight it’s also a relatively quick knit. You’ll be done in time for St. Patricks day!

Just a quick recap on how the Blue Brick’s yarn club works:

• Pattern and yarn are listed together on our Etsy site.
• You will have 3 days to purchase as many skeins as you like, from just one kit, to a sweaters worth.
• After those three days are up, I will dye all the yarn to order, and ship out kits within 2 weeks.
• Kits will contain the yarn, the photo on a 5×7 metallic print and a printed copy of the pattern.
• The pattern is exclusive to the club for one month, after which is is released to Ravelry
• Once a club colourway is done, it will no longer be available.

I love the flexibility this gives everyone, you can opt in or out each month depending on how much you like the yarn, and I can design patterns with new bases, multiple skeins, or even get a guest designer to take part.

See you on January 29th!