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Giveaway: Yarn to Knit a Cowl from the Yarnspirations Lookbook

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Win the yarn to knit your own Strand-Tastic Cowl from Yarnspirations!

Congratulations to Frank George!

When Yarnspirations contacted me about featuring their fall lookbook (which I was totally going to do anyway, because I love it) I threw out the suggestion that we could do a giveaway with the yarn from one of the patterns.

Because I’m a big fan of gifting what you would like to receive, I picked the Strand-Tastic Cowl, a cute and easy cowl worked with stranded colorwork where the strands are actually on the outside of the work as you wear it.

I like the look of a project like this but have never actually done it myself. Maybe thinking about this project will finally inspire me to try it on my own.

The giveaway this week, then is four balls of Classic Wool Roving, one each in natural, yellow, aran and low tide. It won’t hurt my feelings if you knit something else with them, but I think they’re lovely in this cowl.

If you want a chance to win these, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, November 2. (What is it doing being almost November already?)

Why don’t you tell me what you would knit with this yarn if you weren’t going to make the cowl, or who you would make it for if you were. (I would keep it for myself.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

{Photo via Yarnspirations.}

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  2. I would make the cowl for myself. It’s beautiful and the colors are too. It would be fun to learn this technique and show that the WS of a work can be just as beautiful as the RS.

  12. I would probably make the cowl..but for someone else. I hardly ever make something for myself. Thanks for the giveaway!

  13. Wow, great pattern and colors! I would love to win and learn how to do this, then show off my new cowl.

  16. I think the cowl looks really great. I make gifts for girls in a transition home for Christmas and I think they would love this.

  24. I would make the cowl for myself or as a gift for my sister. I am interested to see what the WS looks like as well. Could wear it both ways!!!!

  25. I am not sure I would make this cowl – but probably a cowl as a Christmas gift. Love the yarn!

  27. I think its cute I would make it for my mother she loves everything I make and treats it like gold. 🙂

  30. I love the different stitches used in this cowl and the way the colors show on the outside. I would definitely knit this cowl and of course, I would keep it for myself! 🙂

  32. think I would use it to make a mitten and hat set for my daughter. It’s getting cold out and she walks to school.
    But the cowl is made in a technic I’ve never heard of before so it would be something I might try down the road with different yarns maybe.

  33. I’ve been on a cowl kick for a while and am well-stocked for winter. The yarn might be used for mittens for my kids.

  37. Probably the cowl – but if no one was interested in receiving it as a gift – I might make a nice felted pillow for my craft room.

  38. I would make the cowl,looks quick and it would be the perfect gift for my mama!!.Gotta get going on Christmas gifts!!!

  39. While the cowl is interesting, I don’t need any help with keeping my body warm these days so would probably knit slippers. : )
    wahoomerryf on Ravelry

  44. I love this colouway! I would knit this cowl with the original intention of giving it as a gift for Christmas, and then fall in love while I was knitting it and become weakened and wear it myself 🙂

  45. I would love to have the opportunity to knit this cowl to keep my mother warm when she is taken outside in her wheelchair this winter.

  48. If I won this yarn, I would immediately go to my friends house to learn how to knit it for myself

  50. I JUST LOVE THE COLORS AND STITCHES ON THIS COWL…SO BEAUTIFUL ON THE MODEL…AND HOPE IT WILL LOOK HALF AS PRETTY ON ME….THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE! HAPPY FALL!

Have you read?

Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells,  so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

[Photo: Knit Picks]

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