Like some, I was never fully sold on the concept of the cowl. ¬†I know I have regular contact (including seeing her on the ferry this morning!) with the guru of cowls! ¬†Having seen the ones Jessica finished, the final stroke was Hillary’s newly finished cowl. ¬†
I dug around in the stash bag and found a single skein of mmmmmmmMalabrigo I picked up from the sale bin at Modern Yarn a few weeks back.  I see the cowl light now!
 
Birthday Cowl
The color is Cinnabar. ¬†I’m using US8 over 99 st. ¬†MmmMMmmmMMM. ¬†I started it last night and am looking forward to wearing this!!
Nothing else to report today. ¬†I worked from home yesterday as Kat wasn’t feel well so I had far less crafting time than normal. ¬†She’s fine today and went off to school, stubbornly wearing a light dress without tights. ¬†Weird kid refused to even wear socks, oh and totally carried her coat. ¬†Ugh. ¬†
Craft on!
6 responses so far ↓
1 deborah // Oct 30, 2008 at 10:53 pm
dangit, i put that skein back in the basket and picked up black instead! the orange looks fantastic knitted up!
2 Daniele // Oct 31, 2008 at 10:25 am
Sheesh… I think that’s the fastest I every queued a pattern…..
3 Hillary // Oct 31, 2008 at 11:19 am
Your cowl is looking great. I really like the gentle color shifts in the Malabrigo. I may be the last person on earth who’s never seen that stuff in person and I must track some down.
4 Janette // Oct 31, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Oh no, Kat’s not weird for refusing to acknowledge Fall and the need for clothes to go with it. Her birthday-buddy, Peanut also has the same problem. We have a daily negotiation over clothing. She’s finally given up refusing to wear the leggings outright, but she still fusses about it every morning. It’s the only way I allow her to wear her lighter dresses. Walmart has Geranimal (sp?) leggings for $3.50 a pair. She must have 10 different pairs. I think it’s the only way we’ll make it through the winter.
5 Elsie // Nov 1, 2008 at 1:02 am
risa, what pattern did you use for the cowl? It’s lovely!
6 Kim // Nov 3, 2008 at 4:07 pm
The lure of the cowl is too strong! Everyone caves to the cowl eventually.