Sugar & Cream Cowl

I have been meaning to write this review for a month and a half. Things have just been a little crazy, but it's raining outside and the plumber is here (eek!) so I thought this would be the perfect time to do a little catching up.

I adore the Sugar & Cream Cowl! I have already worn it 5 or 6 times. My only complaint is that the yarn has very little elasticity because of the silk content. When I make it again I will use 100% wool. The pattern worked up relatively quickly, I just didn't have very much free time to work on it.

I used Cascade Yarns Heritage Silk Paints which is SO soft and a pleasure to work with, but like I said it has no elasticity. The colorway is Misti Blue. I used 80g of yarn so do NOT try to get away with using a 50g skein of sock yarn.

<3

Trousseau Shawl

Trousseau is a gorgeous half circle shawl that was published in the Spring 2011 edition of Twist Collective.

I was a little scared of this pattern, because I thought that it would be really complicated. It's not. Throughout the pattern there are really only two different rows of patterned lace, they all just start in different places.

A lot of people said that they had problems running out of yarn, I used about 600 yds where the pattern says the large size could use up to 750, so I had plenty of yarn left, and I didn't even try to get gauge, but I'm assuming it was a little larger because I knit quite loosely.

I used some stashed discontinued yarn for this by Hedgehog Fibres. It's a fingering called Merino Bamboo Silk. It's to die for! I really wish it was still being produced.

I definitely want to knit the small version of this shawl at some point. It was definitely a joyful knit!

Shawls

I finally got around to blocking the shawls that I had been putting off since last year. They were looking pretty pitiful, but now they are gorgeous again :D

Sock

I love this yarn. I love almost everything about it. It’s pretty, soft, wool, superwash. But it’s pretty thin. Thin enough I’m knitting my sock on size #0 needles, and the fabric isn’t all that tight.

It’s Malabrigo Sock. It’s in the Primavera colorway.
This is my “official” 3rd pattern. You can purchase the first two from Ravelry!

You can purchase the Cholara Collarette Pattern:




You can purchase the Steampunk Mitts Pattern:









More updates on the knitting later. Now off to school to get Emily!