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Cowling Around

Photo credit - The Loopy Ewe

The weather around here is far from frightful. We've have a very easy season so far, little snow, little ice and mostly moderate temperatures. This would of course be the best time of year to begin making items for severely cold weather, right? Well, leave it to me to start knitting things like scarves and socks and well, cowls!

I walked into my (new - to me) local knitting store and a simple perusal of the skeins led me to fall in love with he Malabrigo Rasta. As the name would indicate, the ply is woven together to resemble dreadlocks. The skeins I loved were dyed in a green-blue called teal feather and a bright green called lettuce.  It's not an inexpensive yarn, which isn't a surprise considering my taste, so at $23 a skein, I indulged in just one. One can make a hat, a scarf, and come to find out a cowl!  I hardly had to turn 180 degrees in the store only to find this lovely cowl knit in a fluffy white yarn that struck me as something that look extremely comfortable, extremely warm, and looked professionally done.

The front of the project looked like a celtic knot with cables interweaving. For someone who had never done cables, it appeared fairly intimidating. But as in love with this yarn as I was, and with the promise that cables were easy and this pattern was even easier, I went for it!

Cloud Cowl in Malabrigo Rasta - Teal Feather

It was a simple pattern, it was an awesome yarn to work with, and I am beyond delighted with the final results. Problem is, I can't wear it. It's just not cold enough outside for me to get any use out of it. Yet.

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