Fiddlehead Bundle In New Colors
Your gift-knitting season is short, and winter is long… and our collection of free and super easy Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available) accessory patterns addresses both realities! In our incredible Fiddlehead, these quick knits are the softest, coziest, blow-you-away-beautiful-est arctic attire you can imagine!
Whether you’re casting on for our Loop + Tuck Scarf, our Coziest Cowl, our Toasty Hat + Mittens, or our new Warm + Fuzzy Kerchief, all you need is our two-skein Fiddlehead Bundle and you’re good to go!
Soft and cozy Fiddlehead infuses each of these Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available) accessories with its own brand of joy, full of a distinctive mix of charisma and personality, elegance and beauty.
Lots of highly textured yarns involve a bit of nylon, but not Fiddlehead. It is 100% natural, 100% alpaca, and 1000% incredibly soft against your skin!
It features waves of amazingly soft roving that undulate along fine central strands of alpaca. The result is a delightfully curly surface and an ethereal buoyancy, making Fiddlehead Bundles big on volume but light as air!
More… There are actually two shades of roving traveling along the central threads, sometimes quite different (like the blue and purple above, third skein down) and sometimes more subtle (like the two pinks above, top skein), but always adding tremendous depth and beauty to the color.
Each project shown here only requires one two-skein Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available), which comes in 17 gorgeous colors (8 of them are brand new!). So, pick up a Fiddlehead Bundle or two for the knitters in your life, or cast on for some quick and beautiful gifts… Or treat yourself and make your own cozy Fiddlehead accessory!
Yarn lovers, if you adore the yarn used in this project, you’ll love exploring all of our other yarn collections! Discover over 45 thoughtfully designed yarns in nearly every natural fiber and in every spectacular color you can imagine. Only available here at Purl Soho’s online yarn store, where every skein is created with care and your creativity in mind!
The Coziest Cowl was designed by Purl Soho designer, Gianna Mueller. Loop + Tuck Scarf was designed by Purl Soho designer, Hiromi Glover. And the Toasty Hat + Mittens and Warm + Fuzzy Kerchief were designed by Purl Soho designer, Gaby Bush.
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FIDDLEHEAD BUNDLES
All of these projects use our Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available), which includes…
- 2 skeins of Purl Soho’s Fiddlehead, 100% alpaca yarn. Each skein of this super bulky yarn is 65 yards/ 100 grams.
THE PATTERNS
WARM + FUZZY KERCHIEF
- A Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available); approximately 130 yards required. We used Pink Azalea for one version, Pine Nut for another, and Chocolate Truffle for a third.
- US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch or longer circular needles
- Removable stitch markers
GAUGE
9 stitches and 15 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch, unblocked
9 stitches and 12¾ rows = 4 inches in garter stitch, blocked
NOTE: You’ll need almost every bit of your 2 skeins for this kerchief. To avoid running short, we recommend not cutting or blocking the yarn for your gauge swatch, so you can re-use it. If you’re close to the unblocked gauge and your fabric has some stretch, you should be good!
SIZE
- Finished Depth: 12 inches, blocked
- Finished Wingspan: 66 inches long, blocked
- Finished Lengths of Shorter Edges: 35 inches long, blocked
PATTERN
Find the free Warm + Fuzzy Kerchief pattern here!
LOOP + TUCK SCARF
- A Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available); approximately 130 yards required. We used Spring Onion for the version shown above, and Aqua Celadon, Ocean Air, Heirloom White, and Northern Spruce for other versions.
- US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch circular needles, or size needed for gauge
- A stitch marker
- Optional: Spare needle, US 13 or smaller, for 3-Needle Bind Off
GAUGE
8 stitches and 12 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 6½ inches wide x 33 inches long
PATTERN
Find the free Loop + Tuck Scarf pattern here!
COZIEST COWL
- A Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available); approximately 90 yards required. We used Sugar Beet for the version shown above, and Black-Eyed Susan for another.
- US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch circular needles, or size needed for gauge
- Stitch markers, including one unique
GAUGE
9 stitches and 10 rounds = 4 inches in seed stitch
SIZE
- Finished Circumference at Top: 19½ inches
- Finished Circumference at Bottom: 23 inches
- Finished Height: 11 inches
PATTERN
Find the free Coziest Cowl pattern here!
HAT, MITTENS + HAND WARMERS
- A Fiddlehead Bundle (no longer available); approximately 30 (43, 50) yards required for Hat; and 35 (60, 85) yards required for Mittens or Hand Warmers. We used Jet Stream for the Hat + Hand Warmers and Violet Evening for the Hat + Mittens shown above, and Silver Lilac and Warm Ginger for other sets.
- US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch circular needles, for Hat
- A set of US 13 double pointed needles, for Hat, Mittens + Hand Warmers
- Stitch markers, including 1 unique, for Hat, Mittens + Hand Warmers
- A stitch holder or scrap yarn, for Mittens + Hand Warmers
NOTE: For an Adult Large set, you may need an additional skein of Fiddlehead. If you don’t end up needing it, you can return unwound yarn for a refund within 30 days of purchase, or within 6 months, for store credit. Our Return Policy has all the details!
GAUGE
7¼ stitches and 13½ rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
HAT SIZES
Toddler/Kid (Adult Small, Adult Large)
- Finished Circumference: 16½ (19¾, 23¼) inches
- Finished Height: 7½ (9¼, 10) inches
MITTENS + HAND WARMERS SIZES
Toddler/Kid (Adult Small, Adult Large)
- Finished Circumference at Palm: 5½ (7¾, 10) inches, comfortably stretching about 1 inch
- Finished Length from Cuff to End of Palm of Hand Warmer: 8½ (10¼, 11) inches, with instructions to modify
- Finished Length from Cuff to Tip of Mitten: 9 (11¼, 12½) inches, with instructions to modify
PATTERN
Find the free Toasty Hat + Mittens pattern here!
LEARN ABOUT FIDDLEHEAD + ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL YARNS
Fiddlehead brings joy wherever it goes! Delightfully curly, it is 100% alpaca and as soft as you can imagine. One characteristic of Fiddlehead that’s hard to convey in photos is just how surprisingly light and airy it is, so although it is a super bulky-weight yarn, it practically floats off your needles! Available in lots of gorgeous colors and in 2-skein gift bundles, too, Fiddlehead is as fun as it is beautiful!
More Free Knitting Patterns
- Be sure to explore our collection of (mostly free!) Fiddlehead knitting patterns
More Super Bulky-Weight Yarns
- Shop our entire collection of super bulky-weight yarns
- If you want to use a different yarn, be sure to take the time to get the correct gauge. Need help? Check our All About Gauge Tutorial!
More Yarns With Similar Fibers
- Shop alpaca yarn
Looking for more inspiration? Explore all of our free knitting patterns and knitting tutorials, buy one of our many knitting kits and yarn bundles, and shop for beautiful yarn. We have over 35 gorgeous natural fiber yarns in 100’s of magnificent colors, designed to bring integrity, beauty, and joy to your next knitting project and only available at Purl Soho!
Would you please design a stuffed animal pattern for this yarn, perhaps a dog or a teddy bear? If you could come up with one that is not too difficult, that would be great. A kit might be a good idea.
Hi Stephanie,
Awwwww, I’d love to see a stuffed animal pattern in Fiddlehead as well! I’ll pass along your suggestion to our design team!
All the best,
Lili
I’m working on the Fiddlehead cowl and do not get the increase. I understand the double increase stitch, but don’t understand how to translate the asterisk part of this statement and is the 4 stitch right? seems like it will be more if you increasing 2 at each stitch marker.
“Increase Round: [Kyok (see Notes), p1, *k1, p1, repeat from * to next marker, sm] 2 times. [4 stitches increased]”
Please translate for me. I don’t get it.
Thank you for helping me.
Mary Ann Ellsworth
P.S. I’m also having trouble seeing if my stitch is a knit or purl with this yarn.
Hi Mary Ann,
Happy to help! Asterisks in a knitting pattern mean to repeat that section of the pattern multiple times. In this pattern specifically, you’ll repeat “k1, p1” over and over until you reach the next stitch marker. Then, you continue on to the next part of the instructions (which is “sm”).
And boucle yarn does make it harder to see the stitches, since it has very little stitch definition. While that make it trickier to knit with, it also hides any mistakes very well!
All the best,
Lili
I’d love a pattern for a head wrap. I have long hair and like a pattern for a headband/earcover.
Hi Lori,
That’s a great idea! While we don’t have any patterns like that yet, I’ll pass along your message to our design team for the future.
All the best,
Lili
I just want to say I love this yarn! Please make it a staple in your shop! Don’t discontinue ever!
I really appreciate that you have patterns for several different types of pieces, so I can do a nice set as a gift – matching hat, cowl, and mittens. I wish you would do this for all your yarn!!
Hi Juli,
Thank you for writing in! We love that idea! A lovely set in each yarn!
Happy knitting,
Gavriella