Tesla Slept Here Cowl

For years I’ve been obsessively taking pictures of hotel carpets. They offer weird and graphical patterns not found anywhere else, and I’ve long dreamed of creating colorwork knitting patterns based on them. When I decided to team up with Elemental Fiber Works, a yarn company that highlights science themes, my mind turned to a pattern I saw at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City. Famed scientist Nikola Tesla spent his final days there, living in rooms on the 33rdfloor. For a discussion of some of the negative aspects of Tesla’s legacy, listen to Episode 070 of the Kino Knits podcast.

This hat is designed to pair with the Tesla Slept Here Hat. Switch the main color to get the set out of two skeins of yarn (larger sized hats may need to pair with the smaller sized cowl).