Magic

So the cowl grew and grew and grew.

And then at some point, it was done.  Bound off, flippy as all get out (as you’d expect from stockinette), and ready for a soak.

And here’s where the magic happened.  I soaked it, squeezed it out, and flopped it on my desk.  No pins.  No wires.  No tension at all.  Just soak and plop (it will get a more formal blocking later, I was just testing a theory).  And look at that.

It laid down flat.  Not a bit less flippy, not more or less ok, but flat.   Now part of that is the bind off (I used a yarn over bind off, I think it helps with flippy edges), but most of it is the yarn.  It’s clearly magic.