Pinterest Week Two: Cowl Love

Since my knitting skills are not anything to talk about, my choices of knitting projects is limited (and so is my attention span!). Recently I discovered the *perfect* knitting project for me. I get to use super bulky yarn, there’s no counting involved, and I can finish the entire thing in one night. Introducing……the cowl!

I’ve made two cowls thus far, I love them that much.

The cowls were inspired by this pattern over at loopknits.com. I wanted to use a chunkier yarn though, so I cast on 49 stitches onto my size 13 circular needles. This pattern does need to be worked in the round to create the awesome spiral effect. It can be modified to any length though, as long as you cast on an odd number of stitches. From joining in the round, you just K2, P2 until your ball of yarn is almost used up, then cast off! It’s that simple 🙂

I made one cowl in grey for my friend Laurie’s birthday. It is such a wonderful last minute gift. Like I said, these can be done in one night.

I of course had to try it on to make sure it looked awesome.

 

Then I made one in navy (which you can’t tell very well because of my lamp lighting) for myself and Nathan. Let me tell you, it is getting its use. One of us wears it every day.

As a last note, I used wool-ease thick and quick, but you can use any sort of yarn you want, you just have to make sure you cast on an appropriate amount to fit over your head. After knitting my first cowl, I really liked the warmth of the wool-ease, but also how it holds its shape. I can pull it up over my nose and mouth and leave only my eyes showing when it’s super cold out, but I can also squish it down and wear it all day with a sweater or dress. I love this cowl! I hope you will try making one; I’d love to see pictures if you do!

-Cassie

Knitting Project Queue

I love reading blogs, particularly ones with knitting or sewing patterns. I’ll favorite projects that I want to make one day, but eventually forget about them because they’re buried deep in my bookmarks folder titled “crafting”. These are the projects I want to accomplish this winter.

1. Nathan wants a thick scarf. I’m thinking the New York Scarf. It looks cozy, and it’s an easy pattern to memorize.

2. Now that I have wonderful new boots, I need legwarmers to go inside of them! I had cast on a pair early in September, but I need a fresh start I think. I’m probably just going to modify a couple of patterns that I’ve found in order to accommodate for the yarn I already have.

3. Nathan is jealous of the slippers you bought me at Folk Fair. I started one slipper last year, but I never got around to finishing it. I might continue on that one or just start anew. Once again, undecided. I also have a lot more yarn options from which to choose.

4. I need to finish some of the projects I have started. I have two infinity scarves right now that are in the works. The first one I started knitting in the round and put a ridiculous amount of time into, but I’m too impatient to finish it. Plus, I think I dropped some stitches, screwing up the pattern. The other one is about half done. It’s going to be a crazy scarf (aka squares of leftover yarn pieced together haha)

What are you knitting?