Tuesday 28 September 2010

Stash busting- super fast cowl with fantastic buttons

I am still on a stash busting kick, most especially clearing the small quantities- part balls and one or two 50g balls. This cowl is made using the Baby Cable Rib neckwarmer pattern by Kerry Moorhouse using Sirdar hug in a blue/light grey colourway. I added an extra cable repeat to make it a little deeper.
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It was a very fast knit, I made it in the car on the way to and from a Landrover show, probably not more than two hours.
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The colour is somewhere between the two pictures in real life. It is a great pattern and fairly nice yarn- the colour is good and it is quite soft, it is a singles yarn and little underspun in places which can make sewing on buttons tricky, I added a little extra twist before I threaded it onto the needle. The whole thing used less than 50g of yarn.
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The buttons are my favourite thing about this FO, it is meant to be going in the stock gift pile but I may have to keep it just because of the buttons, or I could buy more buttons!
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5 comments:

  1. Those buttons are beautiful! The sure make the piece.

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  2. Yes, the buttons are very sweet.

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  3. Perfect choice for the cowl. Lovely!

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  4. What a great cowl. I like the idea of keeping a stock gift pile; I need one of those! I really LOVE those buttons, too!

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  5. Love those buttons. They are a perfect match for that yarn and your cowl is very pretty.

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