Winter Solstice Cashmere Cowl

Lobster Pot Cowl by Susan McCurdy

Yarn:  Lobster Pot Hand Dyed Cashmere
One Skein: Hydrange US Needle 8 

Winter Solstice Cowl

I wish you could squeeze this in your hands!  

I decided last minute that I wanted to knit something special for my sister out of Lobster Pot Hand Dyed Cashmere yarn.  It was too late to order and none to be found within a two hour drive so I frogged my cashmere hat I knit last winter.  I only wore my hat twice so after frogging a gentle steam and dry removed any kink.  

I knit this in two evenings and finished the morning of Solstice and it was ready for the trip to Vermont with Christmas crackers and Lake Champlain chocolates. 

 I love this yarn.  The color is beautiful and the seed stitch in the pattern makes the neck warmer cushion-like.  

I knit this one years ago (2006) and I see my knitting has improved!  

...Happy Trails.... 

Swan's Island Côte-Nord Cap and Fingerless Mitts

Cursed Co-worker or Cursed Knitted Gifts?

Yarn: Swan's Island Natural Colors
Cap Pattern:  Côte-Nord Cap by Amy Christoffers
Free Fingerless Gloves Pattern:  Maize (with modifications)


I knit this gift-set for a co-worker to give to his girlfriend for Christmas. I took no money for the yarn or time; that was my gift to him.  Good Karma, right?

Sadly, I learned she accepted her lovely cap and no gap at the thumb gusset mitts knit in lovely 100% organic wool and then DUMPED him!  I have heard of the sweater curse and I wonder if that curse split and formed a new unforgivable and not yet identified curse.

Perhaps it is my co-worker who is cursed and not my lovely knitted hat and gloves.  I know this:  I would not want her karma.


Notes:  The Swan's Island Company yarn used for is 100% organic merino.  It knit up with a soft hand and the color “Glacier” is a lovely shade of blue!!! The fabric is light but very warm.  It took less than one skein for my hat and with just enough yarn to knit a simple pair of hand-warmers to go with.  For the mitts I used Maize making a few modifications as I knit.   The stitches in the hat and gloves relaxed during a short soak and looked flawless after they dried.

...Happy Trails....

Swans Island Côte-Nord Cap and Fingerless Mitts

Cursed Co-worker or Cursed Girlfriend Gift?

Yarn: Swan's Island Natural Colors
Cap Pattern:  Côte-Nord Cap by Amy Christoffers
Free Fingerless Gloves Pattern:  Maize (with modifications)


I knit this gift-set for a co-worker to give to his girlfriend for Christmas. I took no money for the yarn or the time it took to knit; that was my gift to him.  Good Karma, right?

Sadly, I learned she accepted her lovely cap and no gap at the thumb gusset mitts knit in lovely 100% organic wool and then DUMPED him!  I have heard of the sweater curse and I wonder if that curse split and formed a new unforgivable and yet to be identified curse.

Perhaps my co-worker is cursed and not my lovely gift set.  I know this:  I would not want her karma.

Notes:  The Swan's Island Company yarn used for is 100% organic merino.  It knit up with a soft hand and the color “Glacier” is a lovely shade of blue!!! The fabric is light but very warm.  It took less than one skein for the hat.

I had just enough yarn left to knit a simple pair of hand-warmers to go with.  I used a free pattern, Maize but made a few modifications as I knit.

The stitches in the hat and gloves relaxed during a short soak and the cap looked flawless and the mitts near-flawless after they dried.

...Happy Trails....