blanket and cowl updates!

Cowl update:   yaaay it's done! and just in time for tons more snow to get dumped all over us.  it's not the most beautiful thing in the world but I finished it in two evenings and have really really appreciated its warmth these past few frigid days. 

In other news: My camera has arrived!  I'm very thrilled to have a functioning camera - my last was really a mess.  In celebration, I present a picture of my not-so-gorgeous- BUT -very-functional cowl.  huzzah!

mmm..warm. 

Also! I got my knitpicks yarn in the mail finally.  I spent an excellent Sunday morning (er, afternoon) watching PBS travel shows and casting on the blanket.  I made a last-minute change to a (very very slightly) different feather and fan pattern that looked a little more workable to me - and didn't require navigating around color changes I won't be doing.  It is "Janice's Easiest Ever Lacy Blanket" and is available on Ravelry.  I cast on additional stitches for 2 more repeats of the pattern because I wanted to make sure it was a usable blanket for the longest period of time! 

I cast on in the Willow, which is growing on me.  When I first saw this in the package, I realized that it was a bit more camel-colored than the soft beige I was expecting.  I photographed it against the blue practice swatch so you can get a better sense of the actual color. 

hmm, yes?  I think the thing that gets me is that there's more yellow/red in it than like, cool green (which is the beige I obsess over and have painted on nearly every wall in my apartment).  Fortunately there is also the divine Silver Sage skeins to pacify me...if I make it through this one blanket, there will be another in that color coming soon!

Comments

[Allison]

Oooooooooh Kirsten, it looks so good. I really like the color too...it's very classic looking. Good work!

[Kirsten]

thanks, allison! we'll have to have another girl posse knitting night sometime soon. it's all i really feel like doing lately with all this snow around!!

[William Fitzgerald]

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