Merry Xmess…
…to me!
In all the craziness of the past month, I managed to fit in a gift for myself:
…here it is all laid out next to the tree (with my iPhone for scale – a la crazyfiberlady):
The colors are more true in the first picture. The pattern is the Dragonfly Fire Cowl (rav link) and the yarn is mine. This project took me all of three evenings from beginning to end – it was awesome. I might do another one just for kicks and because this pattern is so easy, it’s like comfort knitting. I don’t have to think about it.
The only drawback to a cowl is what it does to the curly hair. I look like a mad scientist when I take the thing off – I think I scared the crap out of a toddler at the grocery store yesterday. ;o)
This is my official last post until Monday so I’d like to take a moment to wish you all a happy and a healthy!!
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Your hair must be curly than mine. I tend to wear my curls down. But I have also been known to trap them under the cowl to add another layer for warmth.
Scaring toddlers is a plus.
It’s lovely! Well done! xo
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Looks lovely! Merry Christmas Jess!
Merry Christmas, Jess. Those colours are wonderful!
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I love the cowl and I can just picture you pulling the thing off and scaring little children everywhere. hahahaha!
Merry Christmas!
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If I had known they had that kind of effect, I would have made myself one a long time ago.
Have a happy holiday!
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Oooh, I like that yarn! The cowl is nice too, but the colors of the yarn are just spectacular.
I hope you and yours have had a wonderful Christmas, despite it all. ;P
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The cowl is gorgeous! I love it! I hope you had an absolutely wonderful Christmas!!!
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Merry Christmas! Good for you getting some knitting done for yourself. I love the colors. That is pretty.
I’m off to check out the pattern now……
Merry Christmas! Great cowl, bet it is very welcome over there at present, love the colours, and scaring little kiddies can be fun! LOL
Aw. I’ll bet the kid deserved it.
Beautiful colors. Thanks for the pattern link.
Happy, Merry to you too. Get any cheesecake lately? Hmmmmm? ;-)
Always nice to have a present for yourself! It’s very pretty and looks very warm!
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That’s a really lovely color. I like the pattern too….may just have to queue that for myself. :-)
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That is a beautiful cowl!
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Gorgeous! At first I thought it was the Stacked Eyelets Cowl. Good thing you inlcuded the iphoen for scale! tee hee!
Love the cowl and more so the iphone for scale. See, it’s the perfect scale item. Everyone knows how big it is and well, its always around.
bonus for scaring the kiddie :)
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beautiful cowl! and there’s nothing wrong with scaring the little people. ;-)
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lovely cowl. I am on the hunt for a pattern for one for myself too! But the yarn I want to use is worsted, so the hunt continues!
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That cowl is beautiful. Don’t you just love fast projects that turn out great?
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I love the yarn, the cowl is gorgeous. As for the curly hair effect, maybe I should make me a cowl so I can save some money on the perms I have to get to have curly hair ;).
That’s a lovely FO and the yarn is gorgeous.
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Very pretty! Happy New Year!
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I meant to post when I first saw this and now that I see it again I just have to tell you how much I love it. Absolutely beautiful in a way that makes me long to make one just as lovely. Enjoy it, and maybe post a pic so we can tell you that you don’t look scary ;)
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