a noble cowl, revisited

It’s been over three years since I originally released my Noble Cowl pattern, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the finished products and provide a few comments that I keep running into via email and Ravelry messages.

First, pictures!

Raveler Neelo made hers extra long and treated it like an eternity cowl. Love that! I’m also a total sucker for that lovely yellow!

This one was of the first dozen or so of the pattern completed and shared on Ravelry. The red is beautiful and the cowl against a dark background really shows off the lace.

This is just a gorgeous photo! I also adore the shawl pin.

I’m so happy that shhanalog knit this up in Malabrigo, and in such a terrific colorway. No project is complete without someone using Malabrigo! I’m also chuffed by her comments:

This is hands-down my favorite thing I’ve ever knit. Favorite yarn, best color, gorgeous pattern. I’m in love with it.

Now to some additional pattern notes!

• I get asked quite often if there is a chart. Well, there is!

Thank you Raveler Megalion for making the chart!

• As you can see in the chart, from rows 11–22 the pattern repeat changes from 15 stitches to 16 stitches. This is a consequence of the decreases in row 11. You won’t end up with extra stitches at the end of the row or anything funny like that so long as you follow the pattern as written.
• A few people have asked about parts of the pattern in red. These are merely corrections. I should probably just take that out, but I didn’t want to bother uploading another version of the pattern to Ravelry. So don’t worry about the red; just know that the pattern used to miss some instruction but it’s all there now!
• If you are a native German speaker you can find a version in German here (PDF file, requires a PDF reader to open).
• If you are a left-handed knitter, you can find a translation here.

To those of you that have made any of the current 1919 (!!!) Noble Cowls linked on Ravelry: THANK YOU!!!!!

If you haven’t made one and want to, you can find a copy here.

Happy knitting!
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wrapping your head around the west lynn headwrap

I’ve noticed on a few project pages on Ravelry that people are finding the West Lynn Headwrap to be too large. I have a huge head, so I have to make things big! If you are concerned about your headwrap turning out too large, here’s what you can do: read more

pattern: west lynn headwrap

Show off some retro flair with a chic headband that is both stylish and functional. Keep your ears warm and bust your stash at the same time! You only need a skein (less than 132 yards) to make this headwrap.
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Daleks Marching

Now you can spice up your knits with a little Dalek action. Add these guys to any stockinette fabric that is a multiple of 10 stitches.

Use adorable, fun colors to emphasize how adorable we all know Daleks really are.

You can queue it up on Ravelry, and add it to your Google Docs.

Pattern: Chantillon Cowl

The Chantillon Cowl is a pattern I made up for the Head & Shoulders pattern booklet released at Hill Country Weavers for the Hill Country Yarn Crawl this year. The booklet was a handout for yarn crawl participants; each pattern included is made to use one skein of Cascade Soft Spun, which we also gave to yarn crawlers.

The patterns are currently rolling out on Ravelry, and the booklet will eventually be for sale as an ebook on Ravelry. For now, you can queue up my pattern here:

And you can check out the rest of the patterns as they become available here.

About the name: Nothing fancy really, just a contorted version of the French word échantillon. If you look it up you may gain some insight into my design motivation.