Maud Yarn Kit

 Stunning Maud moebius cowl yarn kits, containing our beautiful Excelana North DK weight yarn, spun from 100% British wool at a nearby Yorkshire mill and hand-dyed here at our Lake District studio, available now. *

Excelana North DK yarn is worsted spun for a soft handle, and works exquisitely for Fair Isle projects as well as textured and lace stitches, blocking and holding its shape beautifully. Despite its softness, Excelana is a sturdy yarn that doesn't pill easily.

Your kit contains all the yarn you need to knit the elegant Maud cowl, inspired by the decorative end papers found in the book, No Surrender by Constance Maud, and which used the colours of the British suffragette movement. This book follows the story of its heroine Jenny Clegg, a Lancashire textile worker and her part in the women's suffrage movement of the early 1910s. From this inspiration I have designed two intricate Stranded Colourwork motifs which traverse the surface of this tubular, moebius cowl. Maud is knitted in the round to create a tubular cowl. Work commences with a provisional cast-on and is completed by grafting the two ends together to create a continuous loop. A 180 degree twist is added prior to the graft being worked to add the modern, moebius element to the design.

The Maud cowl uses four colours including the three colours of the Suffragette movement - Emmeline - a rich, vibrant purple, Atonement - a bold, leaft green, Snowdrop the natural undyed shade of Excelana North, plus Colne, a soft, stone shade to represent the Lancashire mills of the Victorian age, where the story of No Surrender begins.

The pattern also includes instructions for an alternative vintage-esque neck warmer using the same beautiful colourwork pattern. The muffler is knitted in the round but is not joined into a loop but is finished with tassels at each end of its length.

Choose from either an all-inclusive kit which includes your yarn, a high quality printed pattern, a SCV drawstring bag plus a PDF pattern; a yarn and PDF pattern bundle or yarn only option.

What your kit contains:

Option 1 (All-Inclusive bundle): 1 100g skein each of Emmeline, Atonement, Snowdrop and Colne in Excelana North DK weight, 100% British wool, plus the Maud printed pattern, an SCV drawstring bag plus the PDF pattern.

Option 2 (Yarn Plus PDF): 1 100g skein each of Emmeline, Atonement, Snowdrop and Colne in Excelana North DK weight, 100% British wool, SCV drawstring bag and the Maud PDF pattern.

Option 3 (Yarn only): 1 100g skein each of Emmeline, Atonement, Snowdrop and Colne in Excelana North DK weight, 100% British wool plus an SCV drawstring bag. Please note the Maud PDF pattern is not included as part of this option. To purchase your pattern follow the link above. (* Please note hand-dyed yarn kits can take 7-10 working days to dispatch)