Week of WIPS: Day 1

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As usual,  I have a lot of projects on the needles.  Feeling very unfocused this weekend,  I tried to ignore the pressure of some upcoming knitting deadlines and spent some time with almost all the WIPs in my house.  I quickly realized that I have enough projects going to share one daily for at least a week. So, welcome to the Week of WIPs!


First up is the GAP-tastic Cowl. This has been in my queue for years,  but I honestly probably never would have made it if it didn't come up as part of a Yarnathon flash challenge.  Bulky yarn (Malabrigo Mecha) and size 11 needles are a departure from the projects I tend to gravitate towards. 

I cast on in anticipation of a work trip, thinking this would be great for airplane knitting.  Turns out it's just rows and rows of seed stitch. It's easy,  it goes quickly, but man, does it get boring. I also managed to twist the whole thing in the beginning and didn't notice until I was 6 inches into it.  I think it's going to turn out as some crazy moebius cowl. It is really soft and squishy,  and it should be long enough to double wrap, so it might end up being useable.  I'm going to power through,  submit my project by the end of the month and see how I feel about it later. I might end up frogging it after I'm done,  but the color wasn't quite what I was hoping for,  so I'm afraid I might never reuse the yarn. 

Until tomorrow, 
Xo uhlissa 





 

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