Holy Cowl

I found this beautiful design online here at:
http://mypurlsofwisdom.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/holy-cowl.pdf

So, I tried it out. I used my size 15 circulars instead of the 13 (so the holes are a bit larger). I also only made it about 9 inches wide (10-11 stretched out fully).

First Cowl! Knit in the round

So here is my first cowl! I've been wanting to knit one ever since I started knitting, I was too afraid to learn how to knit in the round. But now that I tried, I'll never go back for sure. It was simple and easy. For this pattern I used an Exquisite Chunky wool blend that I found at Tuesday Morning. It's a 57% merino wool, 33% acrylic microfibre, and 10% cashmere blend. It's incredibly soft and stretchy enough to be worn in quite a few different ways. The photos are horrible (taken from my iphone...bleh) but I'll get some better ones up tomorrow.
Just to let you know this was a chunky wool blend, (10.5 knitting needle, 14 sts and 22 rows = 10x10cm), cast on 120 stitches on a 29" long size 17 circular needle knit every round for 10 rounds. (Use a marker). 11th row knit 3 and knit two together (k3, k2tog) and repeat until the end, knit rows 12-22. Row 23 knit 4, knit 2 together (k4, k2tog) repeat until end. Knit until length is where you want it (place over head and see how far it goes over head, over shoulders, etc. Bind off, weave in ends.

First Blog

Well this is the very first time that I've ever blogged before. Usually I like to update Facebook, check my emails, etc, but I have never really thought about the use of blogging to keep up with my knitting projects. I started knitting during this past summer 2011. My fiancee and I went walking in downtown Pineville, NC and walked right into a small little yarn shop called " Rainy Day Yarn Shop". I talked with a very helpful and nice woman who worked in the store and bought my very first pair of knitting needles and some nice worsted weight yarn. I was inspired just by walking into the store; the colors, sizes, shapes, textures, possibilities were endless. They had all different types of pattern samples such as scarves, vests, sweaters, and things I didn't even know you could knit at home. Being an art student, it was very easy for me to get into the swing of things with knitting. I started knitting scarves, then made a hat, fingerless gloves and my most recent endeavor is working on a cowl by knitting in the round on a pair of circular needles. I'll post some of my original photos and patterns on here soon. Can't wait to do more knitting! It's so addicting =)