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June 18, 2010

New Project: The Noble Cowl

June 18, 2010

I have a skein of Berroco Ultra Alpaca in my stash.  Just one.  So,
looking on Ravelry to find a pattern appropriate.  I was looking for
something relatively quick, but something I’d actually wear.  And since
I only bought one skein (really? I now know better) it’d have to be
something kinda small.  And stash… well, don’t let that word fool you.
My stash is a shoebox sized plastic container with 4 balls of yarn in
it.

Debated between the Darkside Cowl and the Noble Cowl and in the end the
Noble Cowl won.  I like the slouchy-ness of it.  The pattern calls for
size 6 needles, but I’m using size 8.  I also cast on 30 less stitches
(2 pattern repeats) and we’ll see how that goes.

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The alpaca feels … scratchier, but I did just finish knitting with
cashmere.  I’m using dpns… which is taking some getting used to.  I’ve
already dropped some stitches off the ends *sigh*  Out of practice.

Anyway, here’s the link to my Ravelry project page.

Lessons Learned:

  • knitting lace on dpns
  • don’t buy just one ball of yarn
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Posted by norine
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::The Name::

Five Baht Elephant. My mother is from Thailand, where elephants are royal animals. Growing up Mom would tell us to save our pennies, "in case a man came to our door selling elephants." At the time we thought it was the most absurd thing ever. Now I realize it was the Thai version of saving for a rainy day. Lets hope that we can buy an elephant for only five baht!

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