Project: Turbulence Cowl by Laura Chau available for purchase here.
Yarn: Leftover half skeins of Stonehedge Fiber Mill's Shepherd's Wool (worsted) in Lakeshore (blue) and Granite (grey).
Needles: size US 9
Mods: Because I was running out of yarn I couldn't complete the pattern as written. I deleted a row here and there, did my last wedge, and then knit until I ran out of both colors. This pattern would be fun to do with a single main color and multiple contrast scraps!
Shepherd's Wool worsted is so soft - perfect against the skin. It doesn't have a lot of structure to it though, so my cowl is more floppy than the original. Still, I have found it is a great inner cowl when used in conjunction with my State Fair cowl - a rustic handspun romney that is wonderfully wooly, but not terribly soft. And yes, the temps in Michigan are starting to dip finally so that two cowls are necessary - Zeby and I went for a walk this morning when it was 5 above.
very pretty cowl, love the colors together!
ReplyDelete5 above! Yikes, I don't recall it getting that cold when I lived there...or maybe I just blocked it out? Or never checked the weather, more likely :)
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of the cowl, the granite really makes the lakeshore pop.
I love the colors you used. It looks great. I'm really bad at blogging about my finished projects. I'm just getting caught up from last year.
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