Swatchless

This is the project I started on Thanksgiving.  It’s intended to be a cowl that wraps around the neck and buttons up the side.

Everything was working so well.  I was enjoying knitting the lace pattern.  I enjoy the beautiful colours and the softness of the yarn.

However, I have now reached the absolute end of the small ball of leftover yarn that I had to make this project, and it is about 2 inches too short!  The yarn is lovely, but it is an absolute one of a kind, handspun blend of two different colourways of hand dyed roving.  It’s impossible to replicate.

I now have a small dilemma: do I rip back and knit the entire thing so it is narrower, or do I add a little bit of another ball of yarn and finish it up?

I’m not going to make a rash decision and rip out all my hard work tonight.

What would you do?

Christmas is around the corner, and I’m making top secret gifts. In the mean time here are a few of my favourite FREE patterns for knitted gifts that don’t take TOO long to create.

Pictures link to pattern pages.

What are your favourite gifts to knit? leave links in the comments. I’d love to try some new patterns this year.

Hats:

1. Fake Isle2. Shedir3. Thorpe

Mittens:

4. Snowfall Mittens (I know the designer!)

5. Give a Hoot Mittens

Scarves:

6. Man (or anyone) cowl 7. Noro Striped Scarf 8. Counterpoint ScarfMiscellaneous:

9. Bunny (origami AND knitting!)

10. Christmas Stocking