Pattern/Technique: Jessica Jones Cowl by Handmade by Smine
Modifications: n/a
Materials: 1 skein Cece’s Wool Sock (3 ply fingering weight, 88% SW merino, 12% nylon, 490yds / 115g) in Rhinebeck 23 colorway
US9 24” ChiaoGoo SS circular knitting needle
New skills: EZ Sewn Bind Off
Lessons/Notes: While knitting the main fabric I held the tension in my working yarn fairly tightly so that I would have a nice structured fabric. I probably also could have achieved this more consistently by going down a needle size. I think there was some slight increase in tension toward the middle/top of the cowl vs. the bottom, but nothing overtly noticeable given the subtle variation in the variegated tones.
The cowl pattern called for 100g of fingering weight wool, so I knit until I had a small ball left then started weighing the ball and stopped knitting when my ball was 15g. (I certainly could have knit that remaining 15g but I love this colorway and would like to use my remnant as a pop of color on another knitting/weaving project.)
This is a very long cowl, which ends up having a really nice height and proportionality even as it slouches down around the neck.
What I'd do differently: The bound off edge looks a little bit rustic, so if I make this again I might research ways to get a more even finish when binding off linen stitch (e.g. perhaps 1 round knitting all stitches to have an even row of loops before binding off?)
Care: hand wash, dry flat
