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Reunited with False Creek Cowl

It was about a year ago that I started my first False Creek Cowl.  The plan then was to knit it in a lovely chunky maroon Cascade yarn.  The pattern included a very simple lace pattern, and I tried to follow the chart in class like we were instructed to do.  But after three hours in class where nearly everyone else finished, I was merely one-third through the project.  I wrote about that sad story here.

At home that yarn and I tried it work together, but to no avail, we were doomed, or so it seemed.  So the needles, pattern and yarn were all put away until we could figure out a way to play nice together.  In fact it was so well stored that it took me over an hour of searching to find it recently.  But find it I did about three weeks ago.  Apparently I had high hopes to make False Creek because no less than 3 more skeins of chunky yarn showed up in the house.  (I so wish yarn would quit sneaking into my stash.)

So it came to be that I gave False Creek another try.  It is hard to say why this time it all seemed so easy.  Perhaps because I had done a bit of lace knitting this past year, perhaps because I gave up on the chart and followed the written instruction, or perhaps because I used a different yarn, but this time around it was a breeze.

The directions show two different places to sew on buttons to give the cowl two different (although very similar) looks.

Drawing from Pacific Knits by Tin Can Knits

So I did one of each, so far.  Here's my off-white version with the more V-front look.




And an charcoal gray version with the more circular or aligned look.


It is the buttons that polish off the entire project.  And this time around I could go shopping through my rather extensive button collection.  The off-white version got buttons found in Des Moines, Washington at All Points Yarn.  I love the mix of whites and browns.  The charcoal gray got black and silver buttons I've had for years.  The idea with them was to play with the root colours of charcoal.

The maroon yarn is still in a ball patiently waiting its turn.  It seems since I now have the pattern down it is time to reunite this yarn with its original intended use.  Then I have to locate the buttons I purchased specifically to match this yarn.  More digging around will be required.


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