Last week, when I posted, I was tapped for inspiration and barely knitting. I’m not sure which invisible switch was flipped, but my needles have been hard at work this week!
I finished my first accent pillow, and the Whovian in me is simply delighted! Knit with the colours of the Fourth Doctor’s iconic scarf, I finished seaming the pillow and adding the zipper on Monday. I like making these knit pillow cases with zippers, so that if they need washing, it doesn’t become a huge production. I can unzip, wash, then rezip. Easy peasy.
After completing this pillow, I grabbed a yarn that had been in my stash for a few years and started making a cowl. I lost the ball band, but a friend helped me identify this yarn as Sirdar Donegal Tweed. I’ve loved it since I first bought it. It reminds me of crushed Smarties (for any Americans reading this, the Canadian Smarties are like M&Ms, candy coated chocolates), and really, who doesn’t want to wear something that reminds you of chocolate!
With the Sirdar, I cast on and completed a second ‘Cousin Cowl‘, a project I initially reversed engineered for my cousin, hence the name. I was inspired by the Leaf Lace Bandana Cowl on Ravelry, and took the general structure of the cowl and made it my own with a completely different lacework pattern. I liked the one I made for my cousin so much, that I made another. A quick knit, I finished it in four days.
And finally, I needed to keep my hands busy on Saturday, so I made excellent progress on my Hermione Everyday Socks, finishing Sock #1 on Sunday, and casting on the second later that afternoon.
Loving the self patterning yarn, and the texture of the knit fabric is just lovely!
Seriously, what happened to the girl who was seeking inspiration?!
Many thanks to those who commented last week! I now have new patterns in my ‘Favourites’ on Ravelry, and I was shown different features of this beloved site to check out when I need inspiration. This blogging community rocks!
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