Newest Cowl

I'm so excited about this new cowl.  Not only is it my favorite style to wear, but I was also able to get my beautiful cousin to model it for me while we visited her family for Christmas!  :)


I have to admit I'm not normally much of a color-red fan, but this variegated skein was calling out to me in the store and I couldn't wait to get it on my needles.

Long enough to wrap around twice for extra neck coverage.

I was hoping to have enough to make two double-wrap cowls but I guess I didn't realize how much I truly needed.  So this time I have one long (above) and one shorter (below).


How do you think they turned out? 

More Fun Finds

Since I haven't had a whole lot to blog about (at least, not a lot with pictures) here are some more fun finds from yesterday.

I need to find a simple pattern to make this sweater.  What a classic!

Isn't it terrible that I'm already looking at children's clothes?  Or rather, patterns.

Thanks to LieslMade, I've finally decided to get on Pinterest.  A few people have recommended it to me but until last week, I hadn't really wanted to join *another* website.  But I love the idea of being able to save one's favorites to a wall in a pretty collage of pictures :)  So I guess I'll have to give it a try.

While waiting for my "invite" to join, I've bookmarked a few pictures I'll be "pinning" first.

Like this embroidery how-to and this embroidered shirt.  I think this would be fun to do to some of my current shirts to update them.
Also this granny square afghan goes along with the other one I bookmarked.
And this is an interesting off-shoulder knitted sweater.  I couldn't seem to find a good link to its original (if there was a pattern), but maybe it'll find me down the road.