So remember the hat that was free until the end of the month? The hat that I found the yarn in my stash that I didn’t even remember I had? Yea that hat. Well after I finished I said I wanted a cowl to match. Although I have a pile of handmade knits that I keep in rotation; what I don’t have many of is matching sets. When you see me with hats on it’s usually the hat I messed up. I have the island of misfit hand knits in my bedroom. Hahahahaahahahahaaaa!!!
Insert my issue..the hat didn’t have a cowl pattern soooo what did I do? I figured it out!! I doubled the co and then followed the hat pattern. Woot Woot Go GG Go!!
I didn’t touch it yesterday, *record scratch* Did you read that? I didn’t knit yesterday, at ALL!! Who does that? NOT me, that’s why I was in a funk. I needed to knit, but today, because it was snowing and the pics SHOULD be taken in the snow..I got to knitting! The dimensions are 17 inches wide and 12 inches deep, so it’s just enough. I didn’t even use 2 full skeins, just about, but not all! I didn’t block it because well, I am lazy AND I didn’t want to lose any of the bulk, so I left it as alone.
I put on a turtle neck sweater, tucked my pj pants (yes I was outside in the cold in my pjs) into my daughter’s Uggs, powdered my face and a mini photoshoot happened. Wait, am I the only one that gets dressed, even partially, to take pics in the latest FO?
So here is how the cowl was born:
Needle: US15
CO 62 and then completed 3 repeats of the hat pattern (there is a link above) and ended with Row 1 then I finished by binding off in pattern. I am super happy with it and I now have a matching set.
NOTE: All selfies were taken with my handy dandy iPhone6+ and the pics of the set were taken with the Canon
Knit on my fiber friends…knit on
~GG
This is Rusty Knits and more aka A. Rease. Just want to say I too enjoy keeping my hat variations and let’s call them one of kind…hee hee lol
Lol yes one of a kind, thats it!!
Woot Woot Go GG Go!! Your photoshoot is awesome! If you lived closer, I swear we would be friends. We could get each other to take our photos instead of making our daughters do it. LOL! Thanks again for a great pattern.
Ha! If i could get my daughter to do it! Yes we would be fast fiber friends! Dont tell but i am the selfie queen 😉
I like the matching set you have there. Well done on figuring it out 🙂
I’m keen on trying some chunky knits. So I was spinning yarn much thicker and then realised I don’t even have needles big enough to swatch!
Thank you very much! Well if you ever need someone to test the yarn, I’m your girl. Thanks for the visit
🙂
Love the hat and cowl set! Love the humor…keep it coming. I knit daily also so it’s weird when you miss a day. It sort of upsets your well being.
I was in a mood that day and thats probably why! I should have grabbed my knitting
I’m the same way. Yep, we are addicts. Things just aren’t right if I don’t get the daily knitting fix.
Amen!
That is GORGEOUS!!!
Thank you!!
They look SO soft and lovely! Enjoy!
Thank you!
Q- AWESOME!! Love the set. That hat is a totally cool pattern. Cowls are my favorite!! Such an interesting pattern. Gotta make one!
Thank you! I get a ton of compliments when I wear it