Visions of Blue

You guys already have the cocktail, now here's the finished cowl. And, thanks to Caro's photographic magic, once again I have amazing pics to share!

As promised, the ribs are gone. Well, most of them anyways. (I did keep a few.)

But mostly, they've been smocked away.

I love how cowls work - cozied up and folded over, or down in a big cowly loop. Both good. Amazing. We also did the babushka, but I couldn't pull it off. The cowl could, just I couldn't.

If only it wasn't about to be summer and I could wear it around for a while longer -- instead, both my fave coat and my lovely little cowl will have to wait till fall for some real airtime.

But you guys probably want the details now.

It's all on Ravelry, but I'll tell you here too. You'll need about 400 yards of the Plucky Knitter's handdyed merino superwash. It's worsted weight, knit up on US #8s/5mm needles here. My gauge was 4 st, 5.5 rows per inch.

And although cozy accessories aren't the thing to wear in late spring, they are the perfect thing to knit - smaller than a sweater, easy to cart around, and low maintenance. So this guy will be available on Ravelry just as soon as I can get over there to post it!

and don't forget to make your blue drink :-)

(All pics here are Copyright 2010 Splityarn)