Black Cat Cowl

I picked up this fun yarn about a year ago (who is counting these things?) and finally found a pattern that I thought would be perfect. I don't often buy DK or sport weight yarn because I just don't know what to do with it. I mostly buy fingering yarn. I also mostly make shawls, which can be knit with as little as 100 grams of fingering yarn, though a 200 gram shawl is an amazing thing. The yarn is the colorway Black Cat and I bought it from Brediculous Yarns. You can find her great yarns on Etsy. You can also find Brea on Instagram. If I spend too much time looking at her sock kits I'll end buying a couple. 

The pattern is the Cottage Faded Linen Cowl, a free pattern on Ravelry. It is a very simple and straightforward design. If you have a single skein of DK and want something warm that isn't a hat, I recommend you give it a try.

I finished in a little over a week. 

I worked on it while riding in the car on the way to the supermarket, or out to dinner.

At some point I tightened up my gauge and ended up with some pooling. I relaxed a little and got back to the more random look. I would like to try this one in another variegated and play with color pooling. 

Finished yesterday. I didn't block it because as a cowl it should be more squishy than flat. I'm really pleased with this finish.

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Crochet hooks: Clover Crochet Hook Set (10 hooks)