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Dot Dot Dot Cowl



Every year I go to DC with my husband.  Unfortunately we go in February when it is cold and this year is was super cold!!  We also usually take time to go visit daughter #1 and her husband in NY.  When I go I like to bring her something just to tell her I appreciate her letting us stay with them in their small apartment.  So since the weather was going to be cold I brought along a wonderful wool project.

Last fall I found this wonderful kit being sold by Interweave.   It was featured in the Fall 2015 Knit Purl magazine by Mari Chiba and can be found here on Ravelry.   The yarn used is a wonderful wool worsted by Freia Handpaints.  Once I saw it I fell in love with it instantly.  I bought it thinking I would get it done for a Christmas present.  Well of course that didn't happen.  So I bundled up the yarn and pattern and took it with me on this trip.  While I do a lot of sightseeing on my own while hubby is in meetings I also have lots of time for knitting so I try to make sure I have plenty of projects.  

The cowl was much easier to make than I had expected.   I had done anything with multiple colors in a long time so it took a little while to figure out how to carry the different strands of yarn.  Once I got the hang of it, it was happy knitting!  I started this on Saturday when we got to DC and got it done by the following Tuesday.   It is a heavy cowl as it is do ef in the round which makes it double sided.  Ingenuous really as it hides all the yarn that is carried within the cowl.  

One good thing about being in a hotel is that there is always plenty of towels for blocking:



One dried the cowl was finished with a Kitchener stitch and was happily received by daughter #1 when we got to NY!



Just lovely!

I loved working with this yarn, the texture was wonderful and I loved the uneven thread.  It is extremely warm and I would definitely make it again!
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