FO: clean slate cowl <– ravelry project page
pattern: state street cowl
yarn: from a thrifted outdated gap sweater that i pulled apart.
needles: US size 11 & 13
mods: well, i knit this up on slightly smaller needles, as i don’t believe i own 15 circulars. and considering how massive this knit up on smaller needles, i think it’s a good thing! also, technically i did one row wrong, but good luck figuring out which one!
this is a pattern i’ve had a crush on for quite a while, and after my push to finish a couple of obligation knits at the end of 2012, i wanted to work on a purely selfish knit. but my queue of obligation knits is still a little long, so the large gauge and low yardage of this recommended it. clean slate is a bit of a misnomer, but calling it that made me feel a little better…
also shown: my harry! hat (ravelry project page, blog post). back to my backlog of knitting and my frontlog of obligations!
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taraleww
Oh my glob, I want a grey cowl in this patter. Gosh, I need to practice my knitting !
ifandany
this pattern isn’t super hard… how far along in knitting are you? if you can knit, purl, and decrease, you should be fine to make this.
disparatedisciplines
Love this cowl! I’m surprised it was thrifted & re-used yarn. It held up so well I never would have guessed.
Rebecca Lately
Oh mah goodness, it’s gorgeous! It looks so comfy 🙂
Ness
Oooo…lovely! It looks so squishy and warm. 🙂
kessanlin
Oh, I love your cowl! Hooray for recycling beautiful yarn! I’ve been wanting to try that a while, too. But I have yet to come across a suitable sweater in the thrift shop. Anyway, very lovely cowl – it looks so squishy! Love the hat, too (ps the link to the project page is not working properly). The grey coat ties it all together – beautiful ensemble!
ifandany
oh, if i’d known that, i’d have snuck a thrifted sweater into your package! the men’s sweater section at the thrift store is my favorite place to look… bigger sweaters=more yarn!
thanks for the heads up about the hat link! fixed!
kessanlin
This reminds me… The package I sent should be arriving soon… I hope it arrives today!
Josie
So lovely!
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Julie
Gorgeous cowl, and I love that it’s recycled from a thrift store sweater, that makes it even more awesome! I’ve admired this design for a while.
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