Birthday Cowl

I finally have a new project to post. I've had some issues with new proects lately...right project, wrong yarn...wrong project, right yarn. Finally had everything come together. I have enough scarves to clothe a small army, but I thought a Cowl might be good to wear when I don't want a huge scarf hanging down. And as I had purchased this very soft malabrigo to use with a skein of black malabrigo for the herringbone mittens, and it just wasn't work. The yarn looked dirty next to the black yarn. So I pulled it apart and decided to do a cowl. First knit in a long, long, long time that I cast on without having cast on multiple times. And didn't have to rip multiple rows at the same time. So cute, comfy, and can't wait to wear.

Birthday Cowl

Malabrigo Worsted, Pigeon

Clover US 8

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Weekend knitting

Spent the weekend trying to use up more of my stash.  Made a bit of a dent, but still only used up about 1.5 skeins of the Lily Sugar 'n Cream.

Don't have enough to make another one, but I might make a mini version.  

The pattern really is a quick knit.  I took apart the body once since I ran out of the 3 color variegated, so started with the 2 color one for about 12 rows and moved to the 3 color and back to the 2 color for the last 12 rows and the handle.  

I found this pattern on ravelry searching yarn types.  I actually found this a good way to use up my stash.

Pattern: Elisa's Nest Tote (free from Purlsoho.com)

Modifications: I casted on 45 instead of 41 to make it a bit wider.  plus the yarn substitution

Yarn: Lily Sugar 'n Cream (about 1.5 Skeins)

Needle: 5.7 mm for body and size 6 double point for the handle.

-E