Tuesday
Aug182009
FO: Spiral Cowl
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:58PM
I'm not knitting socks. It's the first time since I started knitting socks that I don't have a single pair on the needles. I somehow got socked out. Maybe it was knitting two pairs of knee socks in a row in about 3 weeks.
At the end of Sock Summit, I really needed something simple and mindless and pretty to work on; something for my hands to do, that didn't require much support from my brain.
On Sunday, I hopped across the aisle to our neighbors at the Yarn Garden, and picked up two heavenly skeins of Alchemy Synchronicity in Spruce to cast-on for the Spiral Cowl, from Knitty Gritty Thoughts, during the Luminary Panel. . It's the most incredible color: turquoise, with flecks of oxidized-copper green.
It goes perfectly with the recycled copper shawl pin I got from Fox Ryde, our neighbor on the left, don't you think?
It's a ridiculously easy pattern, but my brain being what it is, it took longer than it should have, and I only finished it last night. I lightly steam blocked it this morning so I could photograph it, and it smells delightfully of barnyard.
I felt a bit silly wearing a wool/silk cowl and a wool coat in the middle of August, but I wanted to get some nice pictures! I can't wait for the fall so I can wear this. But we have hot weather until, like, October. So it'll be awhile, but I'm ready!
I like it pinned like this, but it's nice loose too.
This really is a stupidly simple pattern. Very easy to work, with a lot of impact to the finished product. I absolutely adore this. The spiral of eyelets, with the strong lines of decreases give it a sculptural quality, especially in this worsted single-ply wool/silk blend.
The Stats:
Pattern: Spiral Cowl by Keri McKiernan (Ravelry)
Yarn: 2 balls of Alchemy Synchronicity, 50% merino wool, 50% silk. 110 yards/50g ball, in "Spruce."
Needles: Size 7 Addi-Lace circs.
Mods: My gauge was larger, so I cast-on 104 stitches instead of 128. It's about 12" wide. I knit until I ran out of yarn, so it's about 12 inches tall, rather than the 8" of the pattern.
At the end of Sock Summit, I really needed something simple and mindless and pretty to work on; something for my hands to do, that didn't require much support from my brain.
On Sunday, I hopped across the aisle to our neighbors at the Yarn Garden, and picked up two heavenly skeins of Alchemy Synchronicity in Spruce to cast-on for the Spiral Cowl, from Knitty Gritty Thoughts, during the Luminary Panel. . It's the most incredible color: turquoise, with flecks of oxidized-copper green.
It goes perfectly with the recycled copper shawl pin I got from Fox Ryde, our neighbor on the left, don't you think?
It's a ridiculously easy pattern, but my brain being what it is, it took longer than it should have, and I only finished it last night. I lightly steam blocked it this morning so I could photograph it, and it smells delightfully of barnyard.
I felt a bit silly wearing a wool/silk cowl and a wool coat in the middle of August, but I wanted to get some nice pictures! I can't wait for the fall so I can wear this. But we have hot weather until, like, October. So it'll be awhile, but I'm ready!
I like it pinned like this, but it's nice loose too.
This really is a stupidly simple pattern. Very easy to work, with a lot of impact to the finished product. I absolutely adore this. The spiral of eyelets, with the strong lines of decreases give it a sculptural quality, especially in this worsted single-ply wool/silk blend.
The Stats:
Pattern: Spiral Cowl by Keri McKiernan (Ravelry)
Yarn: 2 balls of Alchemy Synchronicity, 50% merino wool, 50% silk. 110 yards/50g ball, in "Spruce."
Needles: Size 7 Addi-Lace circs.
Mods: My gauge was larger, so I cast-on 104 stitches instead of 128. It's about 12" wide. I knit until I ran out of yarn, so it's about 12 inches tall, rather than the 8" of the pattern.
tagged spiral cowl in finished objects, handspun, knitting
spiral cowl in finished objects, handspun, knitting
Reader Comments (6)
It's gorgeous! I love the color that you picked out and the little copper shawl pin to go with it - stunning combination!
Thanks for the pattern, Keri! I can see myself making one of these for every day of the week, and for everyone I know.
Hey!
Thanks for the shout-out for our shawl pin! Anybody that is interesting in them can contact me directly at foxryde@foxryde.com as we don't have them on-line yet.
It was such an honor to have a skein of your yarn visiting our booth to show off our shawl pins! I am heading to my LYS with the skeins of Wool Candy to show off! I know she will love them!
You were a great neighbor and hope to see you at the next Sock Summit!!!
All the best,
Sheron
Fox Ryde Gardens/Ildanach Studios
I like it so much I ordered the yarn and cast on for myself! The pattern calls for a picot edge on both ends. Did you do that?
Thanks! I still haven't gotten to wear it. It's like 100 degrees today! I guess I didn't note that mod in my post, did I? I started the cowl with 2 plain rounds so the edge would curl a bit, and finished with 2 plain rounds. The picot looks nice, but was too hard for my brain at the time I knit this. Hope that helps! :)
Thanks for the info. I have finished mine. The picot was a little fiddly and it will need major blocking! I think the next one, and there will be a next one, I will use your mod.