Life LackaDaisiCal

My Swatch Cowl Trilogy is complete! This K4 P4 cowl really compliments this yarn.... This photo shows how this shade, Bachata 551  looks in stocking stitch.... (go to KnitRowan.com to see how the other shades of  +RowanYarns  Fine Art Aran looks in stocking stitch!) Sometimes it is hard to visualize how a skein of yarn will knit up.... that's why I highly recommend buying a skein or two and swatching.... you can always use a simple cowl to add to an outfit.... and they make great gifts.... with Christmas coming up fast, that can only be a good thing!

While I was waiting for the Rowan Yarns Fine Art Aran mini collection to come out....I've been knitting up one-skein "Swatch" cowls. Trilogies are all the rage - The Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, The Chronicles of Narnia....for more great books written in trilogy....go to  Goodreads  here... There are Trilogy movies too.....like the Jason Bourne series, the Mission Impossible movies and the Lord of the Rings trilogy! so I had to do one more to complete my own trilogy, a Trilogy of Swatch Cowls! This time I'm using a fabulous neutral shade called Bachata (no 551) Surprise, surprise.... I just got an e-mail from my LRS to advise....that.... the Rowan Fine Art Aran mini collection booklet has just arrived! (ahead of the January 15 release schedule!) Mini-collections are "vintage" designs reworked in new yarns... This one called "Dali" - it was Chippy by Kim Hargreaves from Rowan 27  This is the fabulous Lowry by Martin S...