This is a gift for a friend, a sort of knitted hug-from-afar. It's the Burberry-Inspired Cowl from Julianne Smith at The Garter Girl, a simple, quick knit -- yeah, if you don't cut the yarn too short for weaving. It's cables but isn't cable-y, more just sort of ripples, or in this particular color, kind of like sand dunes --
This is the Filatura di Amigo Cashmere/Seta yarn I got from Joy in Hong Kong umpteen years ago, and made a Backyard Leaves scarf out of not long after. Still have tons left over. I remembered how much this yarn stretched, so I worked it a little tighter this time than I might have done, and hoped it would stretch enough to soften and show the cashmere to its best advantage.
And of course the recycled Kidsilk Haze, this time into nona's "Tie One On" Wrap from Knitty --
I do not like knitting with Kidsilk Haze. Scratchy and hairy, and with an unpleasant feel almost like very thin wire, not to mention unkind when you make a mistake. This color is wonderful, though -- "Ghost" -- a very soft purply-grey neutral.
But the pattern is, like the cowl, a quick and satisfying knit, and I think will be pleasant to wear on a cool spring afternoon. Just be warned that you will not be able to make the ribs line up.
Not sure I will knit much for a while, as summer is rapidly approaching here in Southern California, and although I was wearing wool socks and a slipover just last week, this morning I am in sandals and short sleeves! But a sewing project is on the cutting board --
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