UhlissaKnits

  GAP-tastic Cowl by  Jen Geigley Cast on: 8/8/21 Cast off: 8/28/21 Yarn : Malabrigo Mecha in Mostaza. Just about every inch of 3 skeins (384 yds)  It's kind of a disaster, but it's done. I don't know if I would have ever picked this pattern to knit, but the Yarnathon keeps motivating me to try new and different things. The yarn was more green than the golden color I was hoping for, but otherwise it's dreamy. I always thought the pattern looked more interesting, but just turned out to be 15" of seed stitch. At least the bulky yarn made it go quickly. I managed to twist the cast on and not notice for six inches. Based on the deadline, and my general dislike of the project, I just kept going. It turned out to be some sort of weird mobious, but it wraps around my neck twice and is very soft and squishy. I'm contemplating frogging and re-doing it, but I doubt I'd ever actually re-knit it, so I think it will stay as-is and we'll see if it gets ...

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 ...