I love it! When I first thought about combining all the skeins together to knit a cowl, I was expecting the colors to clash a little, but as it turns out, the colors couldn’t be better suited for each other. And as chance would have it, I had the perfect buttons on hand for the project: the sheep horn buttons I got from Rhinebeck. I love the natural color of the buttons against all the wild colors of the cowl.
Best part is that I have enough yarn left over to make another cowl, maybe even two. But just to keep things interesting, I might knit them up with slightly different construction. Ideas are a-brewing in this knitter’s noggin. It feels mighty good to be back to knitting.
Project Details
Pattern: My own. Knit flat in garter stitch, alternating skeins, adding button holes where I thought appropriate. Yarn: My own handspun from Ashland Merino Top in a variety of colors. Needles: US 9
Yarn Over Matter 
Oh I LOVE the finished cowl, and the horn buttons are SO perfect!! It looks great on you, too :) Do share the other cowls when they’re finished!
Thank you! Have no fear, I’ll be sure to share the others once I get them knitted up :)
argh it’s gorgeous! I was a bit meh about it when I saw it in the first picture, but the pic of you modelling it really does it a world of justice. Looks fantastic on you!
Beautiful and it’s so good to have you back
I love the colors!! Ummmm….I’ll take one!! 😍
It looks beautiful! Maybe one for you, and the next two for our super-spectacular-funtimes craft table at the next craft show?? :)
Also I think what is key is that we have a good display. Maybe your beautiful photography skills will come in handy for this!
Hell yeah! Nice cowl!
OOOH!! I love it!! Nice work! And I’ll continue the sentiments….IT’S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK! :)
I recognized those buttons! They look fabulous with the cowl – the perfect mix of natural material with crazy colors that all work together somehow.
Awesome Skyping with you this morning, we to do that more often! (And have a beer and knit night face to face soon!)
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone! And believe me, it’s good to be back knitting and blogging. Glad you’re all here with me :)