Yarn Requirements & Finished Measurements
Many yarns held together; the pattern lists every yarn we used. Boulder: about 90 yds each of six yarns. Glacier: about 70 yds each of seven yarns, plus a doubled base yarn. Avalanche: about 6 skeins (738 yds / 675 m) of super bulky base yarn plus 6–10 other yarns.
Boulder Cowl: about 10” / 25 cm wide and 26” / 66 cm long. Glacier Cowl: about 12” / 30 cm wide and 24” / 60 cm long. Avalanche Blanket: about 48” / 121 cm square.
Needles & Notions
Boulder Cowl: US 35 / 20 mm straight (or circular) knitting needles. Glacier Cowl and Avalanche Blanket: US 50 / 25 mm straight (or circular) knitting needles.
Darning needle. Three 2” / 5 cm buttons for each cowl.
Gauge
In Seed Stitch, holding all yarns together, blocked: Boulder 6 sts and 10 rows, Glacier 4 sts and 7 rows, Avalanche 4 sts and 6 rows = 4” / 10 cm.