It's rare that I actually design a project around using up yarn in my stash - particularly yarn that has been in my yarn "collection" for years. I bought the yarn in question several years ago at School Products in NYC simply because I thought it was just beautiful - a multi-strand cashmere in which the colors just seemed perfect together. I had no idea what I would use it for (a hat? a scarf? both, as the salesperson recommended?), but I am definitely glad I purchased it as it ended up being the perfect yarn for what has become my favorite accessory this winter, my new (and first!) cowl. Hopefully, completing this project will help me embark on a year-long stash-busting effort? Maybe I shouldn't get ahead of myself...in any case, project details follow the first two pictures!
Madhu's Cashmere Cowl
Pattern: I just did a broken rib (1 row of k1, p1 followed by a knit row), in the round, casting on 144 stitches for an ideal 44-inch cowl (approx. 13.5 stitches for 4 inches in my gauge swatch).
Yarn: Multi-Strand Cashmere from School Products, used approx. 2/3 of the 290-yard skein.
Needles: One US9 circular
Measurements: The pre-blocked cowl was 44 inches long and 6 inches wide. The post-blocking cowl was 52 inches long and 5 inches wide. After almost daily use for one month, the cowl has grown slightly further to approx. 53 - 54 inches long. Although the cowl is longer than I would like, I am still quite warm when I double wrap it around my neck (so it's not TOO loose double-wrapped, which is good to know for future cowls).
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