COWLS... AND MORE COWLS
Hiya, For 2019, I was determined to do more knitting from my stash. To that end, I have found several cowl patterns that looked interesting and I knew that I could use the yarn I had in my craft room. The first cowl was a design from Alexandra Davidoff . This design was given to Vogue Knitting Live NY Attendees (some years ago). It was apart of a gift bag to those who attended the gala dinner. It included a single ball of yarn by DMC (100% Baby Pure Merino Wool). The pattern reminded me of the Joji Locatelli's Odyssey Shawl. I added tassels instead of pompoms. The second cowl is a design by Bristol Ivy, Persimmon . For this cowl, I used three different off-white merino wool yarn (Debbie Bliss, Katia & MilliaMia). I faded the three yarns from bottom to top. It looks great. No one notices the difference unless I point it out to them. The blossom (or whatever you want to call them) stitch expands on the bottom and contracts at the top. It creates a