Swiss Miss Knits

This year’s virtual Traveler’s Club: A Knitter’s Journey has moved from Switzerland to Germany. But before leaving the alpine meadows and glacial lakes of my grandparents, I finished two of the three Swiss inspired patterns. (The February knit-along project, Kleine Sweater, is still on my needles.)

Marie Greene developed these new designs after spending time in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps.

• The Interlacken Headband features a clever mosaic technique that creates a textured fabric in two colors without actually carrying multiple strands. The 17-stitch width in worsted weight wool knit up quickly and will surely keep ears warm on nippy mornings.
• Like its namesake, the Lake Stroll Cowl, was inspired by walks along the shores of Lakes Brienz and Thun while Marie visited Interlaken and features slipped stitches interspersed with garter stitch pops of color.

Happy Knitting! Or, more appropriately, Viel Spaß beim Stricken!