Cumbersome
As some of you guessed, the Pink Thing from the last few posts is destined to be a cowl. Apparently a reversible cowl, as I’ve yet to come to any decisions about which side is the right side. I think I even have buttons that will work with a reversible fabric, so it’s apparently meant to be.
But, because I can’t keep things simple, I also want to make mitts. I know what they should look like, the only question is if I have enough yarn. So I’ve devised a plan. The cowl is now thick enough that it will be ok even if I don’t make it bigger…but I’d like to make it bigger if I can. So I slid the project off of the needles onto a lifeline, but I didn’t cut the yarn. Next I weighed the yarn and the cowl and did some math to figure out how much yarn it takes to do another repeat on the cowl. Now I’ve cast on for the mitt (with the other end of the ball). Once I’ve got one done, I’ll do some more weighing and some more math and see how much taller I can make the cowl.
All of which is all well and good…it totally works, the math is easy. But it does mean that the project has become just the smallest bit cumbersome (what with one project on one end of the ball and another project on the other end). I think it will be worth it though, and it’s the best way I can come up with to use all the yarn and have as deep a cowl as possible.
I struggled with the same thing last week – a hat on one end and my Linaria Bipartita KAL socks on the other end of a skein of Artisan Sock in Indigo. I finally just decided to finish the socks (which are lovely) and stop the struggle. You could just cut the yarn and have an extra end or two to weave end, but I guess that wouldn’t work as well with your reversible plans.
Good luck!
LOVE IT! yay for as little waste yarn as possible! :)…..Could one twist the cowl to show off both sides if one were so inclined?
One could…if one were less lazy than me and knit it a wee bit longer (or if one were possessed of a more slender, swan-like neck than me). But since I am both lazy and not possessed of anything resembling a swan, I personally may be out of luck. You’re likely cooler though!
You show those fancy pancy math teachers what real math is – go, Hunter!
Also – yippee for a cowl!
Hmmm … for greater warmth, you should wear it puffy side out, trapping air. BUT, because of it’s design, you could wear it more in spring and fall with the puffy side in!