cowl tutorial

Brr. It's been rainy and cold here the past week. Guess what? I love it! I have been digging out my flannels, coats and scarves, thinking about Ugg boots and red Starbucks cups full of yummy coffee.

Saweet!

I ran across a really creative sweetheart last week. Tamara's blog Ectetorize is a great place to find all thing knitted and sewn. Loves. She posted a tutorial to Sweet Saturday last week that I fell in love with. It involved an empty ice cream jug. No really. Genius!

I decided to try it out this weekend. I have a hard time knitting like I used to since I was diagnosed with Sjogrens, so this method is perfect for me, my hands don't hurt at all. I modified it a little because I didn't have an ice cream jug, so I bought a large package of plastic containers. 

These worked great but were a bit small, next time I will look for bigger containers. 

Make sure you have an odd number of spokes, I made that mistake the first time.

What do you think? I used yarn I already had to practice the first time. My next cowl will  be made with thick fluffy yarn. I can't wait!

Check out Tamara's blog, she is super creative!

Happy crafting!

april

xoxo