Sunday, January 19, 2020

Two cowls

Happy New Year everyone! I haven't posted much knitting or sewing lately, but progress is being made. It's happening a little more slowly because I've been pretty busy during the holiday season selling my 3D printed jewelry. For anyone who's interested, the website is Tiny Right Brain Designs. I've been slowly working on knitting a sweater, but while I was selling at various craft fairs, I wanted to knit something really simple that didn't require any concentration that I could work on during slow sale times. A fellow vendor recommended the Pivot Cowl from Purl Soho. It's a really simple pattern and you can use any gauge yarn as long as you adjust the number of stitches for your gauge. I made two of them - one in a bulky yarn and one in a DK weight. They're both fun to wear.

On an amusing note, I'm using a mannequin that I found for a bargain price in San Francisco at a store closeout sale. I had to haul it back on an SF muni bus, showing here:

I wanted the mannequin not so much for fitting clothing as for a way to display my necklaces for photography. I've decided to name my mannequin "Jolene". :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the three-needle-bindoff on the outside idea. I have often thought of knitting a cowl like that with the seam in a contrasting color. Of course that would require the forethought of using the contrasting color at the beginning of the piece as well the end - unless you want a marled look which may work too. Chloe