FO: Wasabi Cream & Sugar

Pattern: Cream and Sugar Cowl

Yarn: Shibui Knits Sock, in 'Wasabi'

Needles: 3.5 mm  (US 4)

  Give me all your yarnz!!

Notes: I didn't make any modifications, and really enjoyed knitting this for the second time. It's one of those great gift knitting patterns- quick, one skein, and easy to churn out quickly. My friend Andrea saw the previous cowl and wanted one, so I happily obliged. I have some of the yarn leftover, I'm going to make her some fingerless mitts as well. Not that she needs either of those items right now- it's hot. Like, your skin feels like sticky toffee hot. But no matter how hot is it right now, fall always comes around again.

 Why yes, I did put on a wool cowl and a winter coat to model this for you in the dead heat of June.

I'm working away at this cardigan for my mom, as an overdue Mother's Day gift. I actually ran out of yarn (totally my own fault- I keep all my white/cream yarns together in one box, and thought I had more of this yarn than I really did) but fortunately a fellow Raveler came to my rescue and sent me the single skein I needed to get this completed.

I'm also working on another version of my Grapefruit Cowl, this time making it bigger, for more of a fall weather cowl. Maybe because I've knit this stitch so much, but I find the pattern really easy to memorize, so I just pick it up and chip away at it whenever I get a chance. It's almost done- just need to drop the stitches!

FO: Cream & Sugar Cowl

Pattern: Cream and Sugar Cowl

Yarn: o.o.a.k  from Tanis Fiber Arts

Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5)


Notes: I knit this lovely neckwarmer back at the beginning of March, and promptly gave it to my mother who had been admiring it while I was binding off at her home. We took some photos, but it wasn't until we were back in Toronto that it was clear that they just didn't work. So we had to wait until we were back in the same town as the cowl to do some re-shoots on Easter weekend! Isn't my mom gorgeous?She makes 57 look goooood.

This is such a great little pattern. It's perfect for a treasured skein of fingering weight yarn, and everyone who sees this just loves it- another friend in my home town saw it and wanted one, too! So.... here it is in progress, the Cream and Sugar Cowl  in Shibui sock yarn, in the wasabi colourway.

I was surprised when I looked over my projects and realized I hadn't made anything with this yarn before. It's really lovely, and the indoor, nighttime photo doesn't do the colour full justice- it's a lovely, fresh spring-y green.