As you know, I've been big on cowls. Let's face it: the reward for effort is pretty instant. In one evening, I can take a skein (new word!) of yarn and turn it into a cowl.
I branched out before the holidays into making
SCARVES. My first attempt was for Killian. Honestly, a big hit. But so loooooong to make. Over a week!
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Before fringes were added |
Of course, Ella wanted one too (even if I'd already made her a cute light blue cowl with matching hat). So I made her one, but with thicker yarn and with an awesome pattern of k1, yo, k2tog, k1.
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Miss Ella walking with purse (and scarf) |
This last scarf opened up a ton of new ideas. I was inspired by this model, thanks to
ImagiKnit in the Castro.
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ImagiKnit model |
Of course, I didn't have any yarn that thick so I just improvised with these two skeins of wool in alpaca I had purchased a while back (Bouton d'Or in Divine Mustang). I had actually tried to make a cowl with this yarn but it was too difficult to knit in the round for some reason. Maybe the needles were too small or I hadn't experienced knitting enough to manage. Using size 10 1/2 needles in bamboo turned out to be perfect.
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Alpaca - love it! |
I began the above-mentioned pattern and probably knitted fifty rows before I made a big mistake. I kept on, thinking it wouldn't matter but I have to say, it looked really bad. So, I undid the whole thing, which turned out to be quite the job as the yarn was so fuzzy, it kept getting tangled and knotted.
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Au tout début... |
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En cours de route |
I finally got back on track. The project is still in the making so I'll make sure to add a finished photo.
Lesson learned: sometimes, you just have to start over to get what you want!
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La moitié est faite |