Janie | A Cowl
Finished
November 19, 2013
December 15, 2013

Janie | A Cowl

Project info
GAP-tastic Cowl by Jen Geigley
Knitting
Neck / TorsoCowl
christmas 2013
one size
Needles & yarn
US 13 - 9.0 mm
Malabrigo Yarn Mecha
390 yards in stash
1.4 skeins = 182.0 yards (166.4 meters), 140 grams
290419? or 062513?
Gray
Eat.Sleep.Knit in Dallas, Georgia
January 26, 2019
Notes

casting on 132 stitches using German twisted cast on. (the extra stitch is, of course, for the invisible join in-the-round) the German cast on will use twice as much cast on yarn as the longtail method, but I prefer the look, definitely. I noticed some others had done the same when I read through gaptastic project notes. now, to just not lose count. :)

11/22/13 one ball of mecha knit and I’m about 4.5” in. it feels and looks so lovely! must complete all Christmas knitting before knitting one for me, but I have decided I want one for my very own, in the mecha. this is the first time I’ve not become frustrated with seed stitch, probably because of the wonderful US13s. I’ve only had 1 error, 5 rows in where I slipped into k1p1 and made a k1p1k1 rib. thankful I caught it 7 rows up. I just knit back around to each column, dropped the stitch as I came to it, then purled it back as they should have been. much easier than using a crochet hook, in these circumstances. to see LiatGat’s video for better explanation and how this works picking up stitches 10 rows down, click here

11/23/14 7.25”/18.5cm prior to starting the project today. so excited to have a really nice, handmade Christmas gift nearly done so soon. (years ago this would have been considered l-a-t-e)

12/05/13 all done except for weaving in the ends (opted for just 2 skeins to reduce width when not doubled around neck. has a bit of a “baby carrier” look to me) then lightly spraying it {and pinning} to give it a nice little finish. I used the lace bind off and the cowl doubles over my head easily. yay! I chose this bind off not just because it stretches well, but because it has a lovely chain edge that closely matches the German twisted cast on* (longtail, too, FYI). lace bind off uses 3x more yarn.

I preferred Miriam Felton’s way for lace bind off here on YouTube.

12/22/13 ready to wrap after spritzing/drying and I notice a dropped purl! gah! how did I do that?!? {deep calming breaths} I can only wrap it and give it with love. {jj}

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December 15, 2013
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by Malabrigo Yarn
Bulky
100% Merino
130 yards / 100 grams

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  • Originally queued: October 20, 2013
  • Project created: November 19, 2013
  • Finished: December 22, 2013
  • Updated: December 1, 2019
  • Progress updates: 4 updates