This one I’ve learned to hate! I’ve assembled and frogged and reassembled and frogged… So what do you do then? Something that can’t, at least easily, be undone. Get out the Singer! So here is the Singer Infinity Cowel. Done & finished.
It’s been so long-3 years, I think – that the band is gone & I’ve no idea what it is. A nice yarn… just wasn’t working for me.
I’m beginning g to feel a bit more like I may live. Still not over it, but better. Himself has it now, of course.
This is some handspun, a soft fluffy yarn, cannot of course remember what. I really do need to label stuff, but finished assembling the triangle cowel and wanted to weave a hat to go with but didn’t have enough of that yarn left so I knitted a head band. Which, as you will see, does not really work for me. lol I need a pretty young model! But none the less, if you have long hair this may work well for you . The cowel consists of twelve 7″ triangles sewn together with the faggoting stitch, in this case. Pretty fast and easy to make.
The headband is a reversible cable. I modified from a scarf pattern. Cables don’t show up very good here.
CO 12,
1. Seed for 4 stitches them k1p1 for 8 stitches, and 4 more seed for the border.
2. Seed for 4, knit the knits, purl the purls for 8, seed 4. Work 8 rows and cable the 8 center stitches.
Repeat as long as needed.
I’d suggest working just 4 rows before the first cable so as to be able to join away from the last cable, If you are good at kitchner that would make it truly reversible. I am not so just did the knit together cast off, making mine a little less reversible.
So today we are photographing the looms for the new web page but I’ll get to the next one once we finish this. meanwhile, hoping my cold is on it’s last legs– or I might be! lol
I’m going to have to put the red & green on hold for a bit. The idea was an apron, but I found the ball band which informed me that this was a fine wool. Not a good choice for such a utility garment! So in looking for another, I discovered several. The Grey has had me stumped for a few years. I think I’ll go with the stack of triangles. Already partly assembled it should not take long to come up with a pretty cowel. This fat yarn is also very soft! Don’t know why the photo won’t enlarge but you get the idea. I wove these on the 7″ Quilt Weaver Triangle. Still working on the finishing. Keep your fingers xed for me! That’s when you are not weaving yourself, of course!
I betcha didn’t think I’d do it! Took awhile and a few re-do’s but I got it done (barring buttons) and here it is! You’d think that anyone with two large cans of buttons would have the right ones! lol Well, I did but I need 8 and only have 7. That’s the pits. I’ll get better pictures with it on once I find buttons. But it fits well and I like it!
Next.. I think. Got a couple vague ideas for this. Can’t remember what I had in mind when I made them. There’s not much of that yarn left.
Yesterday I went through my stash and laid out all my WIPs. At least 4 Large projects & a few smaller ones, not abandoned, but halted for one reason or another. I’ve decided that as there is really a lot of time & yarn tied up in these that I need to either find a way to finish them or repurpose them into something else useful. Most were meant to be some bit of clothing, large projects. So I think today I’ll choose one to start with. I’ll have to make the bed first as that’s the only place other than the dining table ig enough to lay out these projects. As we actually eat all meals at the table it isn’t available all day. I guess I am just posting this as a kind of commitment to actually doing this. You are all holding me to it!
I think I’ll start with this one. A vest. I can’t remember when I started it or why I quit. I’ll take a look at the details and make a decision today. Hang in there, I’ll try to keep it up.
Hazel Rose 