Slytherin Green Cowl
Hey, remember me? Real life has kicked my butt this January, but the good news is that I have lots of stuff that I want to share with you all over the next bit. I just need to get my thoughts in order and some photos taken. In the meantime, I will just share my latest favorite FO, which is shown here on a rare appearance of Salvbard since I was feeling unphotogenic. Make no mistake, this project is mine, mine, mine.
I bought this lucious yarn ages ago when The Knitting Room in East Arlington was closing its doors. I hadn't been able to bring myself to make anything with it, for fear of not making just the right thing. It is so very soft that I knew I wanted something where I would get the advantage of getting to touch it all the time, especially near my neck or face. Also the fuzziness of the yarn made me want to avoid a lot of fancy patterning, since it will get lots in halo as it wears. Then in my Ravelry wanderings I found this pattern, and I knew it was perfect for me.
The stupid cold weather combined with what a fast knit this pattern is was great motivation to actually make something with this snuggly yarn. I actually knit this pattern from the bottom up, rather than the top down, as the pattern reads, but otherwise the changes were small. And just in time for more snow this week!
Pattern: Dolores Park Cowl by Parikha Mehta
Yarn: Misti International Misti Alpaca Chunky in color 1440
Needles: US 15 / 10.0 mm
Yarn: Misti International Misti Alpaca Chunky in color 1440
Needles: US 15 / 10.0 mm
I bought this lucious yarn ages ago when The Knitting Room in East Arlington was closing its doors. I hadn't been able to bring myself to make anything with it, for fear of not making just the right thing. It is so very soft that I knew I wanted something where I would get the advantage of getting to touch it all the time, especially near my neck or face. Also the fuzziness of the yarn made me want to avoid a lot of fancy patterning, since it will get lots in halo as it wears. Then in my Ravelry wanderings I found this pattern, and I knew it was perfect for me.
The stupid cold weather combined with what a fast knit this pattern is was great motivation to actually make something with this snuggly yarn. I actually knit this pattern from the bottom up, rather than the top down, as the pattern reads, but otherwise the changes were small. And just in time for more snow this week!
Labels: knitting
posted by omly at 11:48 PM
1 Comments:
Good to see you back and sorry to hear about the butt-kicking. I hope things are easing up a bit.
Your cowl looks wonderful - so nice, in fact, I may indulge in onw myself. Thanks for the link to the pattern. I don't have any size 13 needles, but maybe if I knit really loosley on my 11s?
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