Tapestry Cowl Class

This blog has been lacking in knitting content recently, although my life hasn't. Time for some catch up.


Last week I took one of Staci's classes at The Knitting Nest. I learned double knitting and started the Tapestry Cowl.


Here's where I was at the end of the class. We practiced casting on several times.


See, it's pink on the other side.

(By the way, the gauge got larger when I did double knitting. It turns out US Size 2.5 is not too small for me. It's closer to five stitches per inch now.)


The first half of the class was Tuesday night. Wednesday night I cast on the actual cowl. I started with the magic cast on on two different needles. I put a stitch marker every ten stitches on both sides to keep track of things.


Then I put all the stitches on one needle, alternating colors.


And here I am, one row in.


Here's where we were at the end of class on Thursday. Fran's is on top. She spent a lot of time perfecting her technique and waited to cast on Thursday night. Jo's is on the left. She got a lot of work done between Tuesday and Thursday. I'm on the right somewhere in between.

I've done the first nine rounds, and the next round will involve colorwork. So far it's going pretty well, although my purls (the blue side) are bigger than my knits (the pink side.) I'll go more into my technique later. I'm still looking for the best way to handle two yarns at once.